Rockies’ Kyle Freeland pitches eight brilliant innings in win over Padres days after ejection

Kyle Freeland wasn t perfect but he pitched a masterpiece on Friday night in the Rockies - supremacy over the Padres in front of at Coors Field Just days removed from throwing only eight pitches in his last outing the Rockies veteran left-hander threw eight shutout innings allowed just two hits and tied a career-high with strikeouts Freeland did not walk a batter He threw just pitches but the decision not to let him chase a complete event was likely because of his abbreviated start on Tuesday night against the Giants one that saw him ejected without recording an out Of class nothing comes easy for the -loss Rockies Closer Victor Vodnik gave up a walk and a single in the ninth before getting a flyout and a double-play grounder to third to notch his seventh save The Rockies entered the night having lost of their last games but led by Freeland and catcher Hunter Goodman they put a crimp in the Padres playoff path San Diego in a race with the Dodgers for the National League West division title lost its fifth competition in a row Freeland has never pitched a complete match The closest he came was on July when he pitched no-hit innings against the White Sox the longest no-hit bid for a Rockies pitcher at Coors Field in franchise history Friday night Freeland pitched a perfect tournament until Ramon Laureano ripped a one-out double to left in the fifth inning No worries he got Jackson Merrill to fly out to left and struck out Jose Iglesias with a wicked knuckle curve to end the inning San Diego s only other hit off Freeland was a two-out single by Jose Iglesias in the eighth Related Articles Cellar-dwelling Rockies want to play spoiler against NL West s Padres Dodgers Warren Schaeffer on Kyle Freeland taking issue with Rafael Devers home run trot I back him Rockies Brenton Doyle turns corner with confidence and bat turned upright Kyle Freeland on Rafael Devers home run trot that started brawl Extremely disrespectful Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland ejected for confronting Rafael Devers after home run Freeland was coming off the largest part bizarre challenge of his career On Tuesday he faced just two batters threw eight pitches surrendered two runs recorded zero outs and was ejected for confronting Giants slugger Rafael Devers during Devers showy home-run trot Colorado took a - lead in the third on Goodman s two-out home run off San Diego right-hander Nick Pivetta It was Goodman s team-high th homer tying Wilin Rosario for the bulk homers by a primary catcher in franchise history Rosario set the mark in Goodman continued his torrid streak at the plate He contributed to Colorado s run in the second when Mickey Moniak Goodman and Jordan Beck hit successive singles off Pivetta to put the Rockies ahead - Goodman s bloop double to right scored Moniak pushing the Rockies lead to - Over his last three games Goodman has gone for with two homers two doubles and nine RBIs Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis