ST. LOUIS -- Kyle Freeland is finally feeling better physically -- and it certainly showed on the mound on Tuesday night.

The veteran left-hander finally got over an illness that derailed his last two starts as the Rockies beat the Cardinals, 3-0 , to snap their eight-game losing streak. It was the second shutout of the season for Colorado, with the other also coming against St. Louis on July 23 .

Freeland pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings, his longest outing since he took a no-hitter into the ninth in a start against the White Sox on July 9, 2017 . He allowed five hits, struck out two and walked two.

The 32-year-old got help from his defense via double plays in the first, second and sixth innings. Perhaps the biggest came in the sixth after Masyn Winn and Brendan Donovan led off

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