DENVER -- - Kyle Freeland allowed two hits and tied a career high with 10 strikeouts in eight innings and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Friday night.
Freeland retired the first 13 batters before Ramón Laureano doubled in the fifth inning. Jose Iglesias had a two-out single in the eighth.
Freeland (4-14) was on the mound three days after being ejected eight pitches into his start against the San Francisco Giants . He made up for the truncated start with his longest outing of the season.
Laureano was his 10th strikeout victim leading off the eighth and Freeland got Jake Cronenworth to ground out after Iglesias' two-out single. He left after 88 pitches.
The first two Padres batters in the ninth reached against Victor Vodnik but he got Manny Machado