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ESPN News Services
Jul 23, 2025, 07:29 PM ET
DENVER -- The Colorado Rockies ended a dubious streak by signaling a zero.
Rookie right-hander Tanner Gordon pitched six innings arsenic the Rockies bushed the St. Louis Cardinals 6-0 connected Wednesday for their archetypal shutout since May 15, 2024, ending a streak of 220 games since they past kept an hostile from scoring.
"I did not cognize that. ... That's a agelong clip without a shutout," Rockies interim manager Warren Schaeffer said. "But I'm gladsome we unopen them retired today. That was bully down Gordon. Gordon did a fantastic job."
Colorado is the lone large league squad since astatine slightest 1901 to spell much than 200 games without a shutout victory.
Going backmost adjacent further, lone the Washington Senators, who went 383 games without a shutout betwixt 1893 to 1896, and the St. Louis Browns/Perfectos, who went 298 games betwixt 1897 to 1899, had longer streaks than the Rockies successful MLB history, according to Elias Sports Bureau.
The past shutout for the Rockies came connected an 8-0 triumph against the Padres past season. The past shutout astatine location was a 2-0 triumph implicit the Athletics connected July 30, 2023.
Gordon (2-2) scattered 4 hits portion striking retired 3 and walking 3 to go the archetypal Rockies rookie since Kyle Freeman successful 2017 to transportation astatine slightest six scoreless innings successful a crippled astatine Coors Field. Freeman did it doubly that season, with one-hit shot implicit 8 1/3 innings of a 10-0 triumph implicit the Chicago White Sox connected July 9, aft going 7 innings successful an 8-0 triumph implicit San Francisco connected April 23.
The Rockies (26-76) person won consecutive bid for the archetypal clip this season, taking 2 of 3 games from the Cardinals aft coming retired of the All-Star interruption by winning 2 of 3 against Minnesota past weekend.
"Extremely important," catcher Austin Nola said. "One crippled astatine a time. And I deliberation that's the biggest thing, is sticking to the plan, being successful the present. And past astatine the extremity of the time we're going to travel retired connected top."
Last month, Colorado ended an MLB-record streak of 22 consecutive bid losses, dating to past year, with a 3-2 triumph astatine Miami.
The Associated Press and ESPN Research contributed to this report.
