DENVER (Interstat) — Nick Martinez pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings Wednesday as the Tampa Bay Rays blanked the Colorado Rockies 4-0 at Coors Field.

Martinez allowed six hits and struck out four while improving to 11-3. Tyler Wells, Garrett Cleavinger and Cam Booser combined for 3 1/3 hitless innings of relief, with Wells recording four strikeouts. The Rays improved to 68-46, while the Rockies fell to 45-70.

Tampa Bay grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first on Jonathan Aranda’s RBI single and Chandler Simpson’s run-scoring single. Junior Caminero homered in the third, his 33rd, and Victor Mesa Jr. added a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Mesa Jr. finished 2-for-3 with an RBI.

Tampa Bay had five hits and Colorado had six, but the Rockies could not score. Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5) took the loss, allowing three earned runs in five innings with three strikeouts. Attendance was 21,100, and the game lasted 2:37. The Rays have won the first three games of the series.