The Sim Rockies (31-41) were shut out on Tuesday, thanks in large part to a masterful eight innings from the Sim Cardinals' Jack Flaherty. The Cards (31-41) were only able to eek out a single run in each of the first two innings, but that was enough to give them the 2-0 victory.
Kyle Freeland was coming off a couple of rough starts that inflated his ERA from around the 2.00 line to closer to 4.00. The first two innings surely made Rockies fans nervous that that was bound to continue. It started with a two-out Paul Goldschmidt home run (because of course it did) in the first.