DENVER (AP) — Freddy Sanchez singled in the winning run in the 11th inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the struggling Colorado Rockies 4-2 on Monday night.

Cesar Izturis drew a leadoff walk off Brian Fuentes (0-5). Nate McLouth bunted him to second and after Fuentes hit Matt Kata on an 0-2 pitch, Sanchez blooped an RBI single to short center field.

The Pirates added an insurance run when third baseman Garrett Atkins threw wildly on Adam LaRoche’s two-out grounder, allowing Kata to score.

Damaso Marte (2-0) walked two, but retired pinch hitter Jamey Carroll in the 10th for the win. Matt Capps pitched a perfect 11th for his 12th save in 14 opportunities.

LaRoche went 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles. Josh Phelps hit a pinch-hit home run for Pittsburgh.

Troy Tulowitzki tied his career high with four hits, including his 16th home run. Brad Hawpe hit an RBI single as the Rockies lost for the fifth time in seven games.

Kata tripled into the right-field corner and scored on Sanchez’s ground out in the first inning as the Pirates took a 1-0 lead.

Colorado starter Ubaldo Jimenez allowed a two-out double to Adam LaRoche in the first and then settled down, allowing only three hits after the first inning. He allowed a run in seven innings, and struck out four without allowing a walk.

Tulowitzki hit a 445-foot home run to center with two outs in the seventh to give the Rockies a 2-1 lead, but for the third time in three days, the bullpen failed to hold an eighth-inning lead.

LaTroy Hawkins gave up a one-out solo home run to Phelps to tie the game.

Pittsburgh starter Matt Morris was just as stingy, giving up two runs, but only one earned with seven hits in seven innings.

Colorado tied the game at 1-1 in the fourth when Jose Bautista dropped Todd Helton’s fly ball in right for a two-base error. One out later Brad Hawpe scored Helton with a bloop single to left.

The Rockies left a runner on third base when Garrett Atkins drew a leadoff walk and moved to second on a ground out and to third on a wild pitch. But Morris fanned Ryan Spilborghs and Yorvit Torrealba to end the inning.

Jimenez worked out of a minor jam in the Pittsburgh seventh inning. LaRoche led off the inning with his second double of the game, but Jimenez retired Jason Bay, Bautista and Ronny Paulino.

Notes: 3B Matt Kata, a career .400 hitter at Coors Field, started for the Pirates in place of Xavier Nady. ... INF Josh Phelps had two home runs while with the New York Yankees. ... 1B Todd Helton turned 34 and OF Cory Sullivan turned 28. ... RHP Jason Hirsh (broken right ankle) is nearly ready to begin throwing on the side.