Montas (5-3) lasted just 4.1 innings Sunday, allowing three runs on six hits and two walks while taking the loss to Colorado. He struck out six and gave up a home run.
Montas surrendered three earned runs for the third time in his last four outings, bumping his ERA up to 3.75 this season. He allowed a two-run homer off the bat of Tom Murphy in the second inning before Ryan McMahon drove in another run during the third. Montas will carry a 39:19 K:BB into Saturday's start against Detroit.