Quintana exits start with left elbow discomfort in second inning

PHOENIX -- Lefty Jose Quintana, the Rockies’ most consistent starting pitcher during a rough stretch, left Sunday’s 9-1 loss to the Diamondbacks with left elbow discomfort after giving up six hits -- four for extra bases -- in 1 1/3 innings.

Quintana gave up Ketel Marte’s two-run, ground-rule double to left field in the second inning, and headed to the clubhouse after a brief visit from athletic trainer Heath Townsend and manager Warren Schaeffer.

Quintana’s outing started with a Marte double and a Corbin Carroll triple during a two-run first. The Diamondbacks added four second-inning hits off the left-hander, the last two being doubles from Tommy Troy (his first Major League hit) and Marte, and Quintana’s day ended. He was charged with all the runs of the Diamondbacks’ 6-0 lead after two innings.

The Rockies already have two starters on the 15-day injured list. Righty Ryan Feltner (right ulnar nerve inflammation) threw one injury rehab start at Double-A Hartford and started for Triple-A Albuquerque on Sunday, and righty Chase Dollander sustained a right elbow sprain in Pittsburgh on May 14 and has been shut down since.

Feltner was strong on Sunday – five innings, one run on six hits, with five strikeouts and just one walk.

Quintana had gone 2-0 with a 3.04 ERA over his last five starts leading into Sunday.