Kyle Freeland’s six shutout innings leads Rockies to fifth straight road win

True Grit. It’s not conscionable a John Wayne classic. It besides describes Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland.

The latest occurrence was connected show during the Rockies’ 6-0 triumph Saturday astatine Nationals Park.

In the sixth inning, Washington loaded the bases against Freeland with 2 singles and a throwing mistake by Rockies archetypal baseman C.J. Cron that wiped retired a imaginable treble play. Unfazed, Freeland induced Ryan Zimmerman to crushed retired backmost to the mound wherever Freeland started a 1-2-3 treble play.

When Freeland walked Carter Kieboom, the bases were loaded again. But Freeland struck retired Yadiel Hernandez connected a curveball to scuttle the Nats’ would-be rally. Freeland pumped his fist and fto retired a shriek arsenic helium walked disconnected the mound.

The Rockies, who were 6-31 distant from Coors Field connected June 14, person won 5 consecutive connected the roadworthy and are 7-1 connected their existent roadworthy trip. They person won 11 of their past 16 connected the road.

Freeland gave up 7 hits, walked 1 and struck retired 7 implicit his six scoreless innings. He wasn’t the lone headline-grabber.

Red-hot 2nd baseman Brendan Rodgers deed a two-run homer successful the archetypal disconnected of lefty Patrick Corbin and added a treble and a azygous to decorativeness a triple shy of the cycle. Rodgers has deed 14 homers, 12 connected the road.

Trevor Story, entering what is apt the last 3 weeks of his Rockies career, continued his late-season resurgence. In the fifth, helium blasted a three-run homer to close disconnected of Corbin. Story has homered 4 times successful the archetypal 7 games of the roadworthy travel and has 5 location runs implicit his past 10 games, bringing his play full to 23.

Corbin was done aft 4 innings, saddled with six runs (five earned) connected 9 hits arsenic his ERA roseate to 6.11.

Yency Almonte, Robert Stephenson and Daniel Bard combined to blank the Nats for the last 3 innings. Washington was 1-for-10 with runners successful scoring position.

The Rockies volition effort to decorativeness disconnected a three-game expanse of the Nationals connected Sunday afternoon.