Rockies starter Juan Nicasio matched his longest outing of the season on Monday night in Chicago. That said, two poor innings to begin his night doomed him.

Nicasio gave up all five of his earned runs over his first two innings and his offense failed to score behind him against Chicago's Travis Wood. Nicasio dropped his first decision of the season to fall to 3-1 with a 5.13 ERA.

Nicasio went six innings and allowed five earned runs on eight hits and a walk. He threw 94 pitches and struck out two. Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run homer off him in the first inning to get the scoring started for the Cubs.

The 26-year-old has not been able to get deep in games, despite limiting the damage on most nights. The five earned runs he gave up Monday are a season-high, but the six innings also match a season high. Nicasio will make his next start Saturday against San Francisco.