Colorado Rockies' starting pitcher Jorge De La Rosa throws against the St. Louis Cardinals in the first inning in a National League MLB baseball game Sunday, May 12, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce)
Colorado Rockies' starting pitcher Jorge De La Rosa throws against the St. Louis Cardinals in the first inning in a National League MLB baseball game Sunday, May 12, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce)
Colorado Rockies' Troy Tulowitski (2) watches his three-run home run against the St. Louis Cardinals in the third inning in a baseball game on Sunday, May 12, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce)
Colorado Rockies' starting pitcher Jorge De La Rosa gets the sign against the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth inning in the National League MLB baseball game Sunday, May 12, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce)
Colorado Rockies' Charlie Blackman (19) crosses the plate after his two-run home run as St. Louis Cardinals' Yadier Molina looks on in the sixth inning in a baseball game on Sunday, May 12, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce)
St. Louis Cardinals' starting pitcher Jaime Garcia throws against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning in a baseball game Sunday, May 12, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce)
ST. LOUIS (AP) ? Jorge De La Rosa held the St. Louis Cardinals hitless into the seventh inning and Troy Tulowitzki's three-run homer ended Colorado's scoreless streak at 28 innings, sending the Rockies to an 8-2 victory Sunday.
De La Rosa did not allow a hit until David Freese's two-out single in the seventh, answering a pair of pitching gems by St. Louis over the weekend.
Charlie Blackmon added a two-run homer off Jaime Garcia (4-2) for the Rockies, who snapped a four-game skid. They finished with 11 hits after totaling three in consecutive shutout losses to rookie Shelby Miller and Adam Wainwright.
Nolan Arenado, who singled with one out in the eighth to break up Wainwright's no-hit bid Saturday, was among four Rockies with two hits apiece.
The Cardinals lost for just the second time in 11 games. Pinch-hitter Matt Adams' RBI single off Matt Belisle in a two-run ninth ended Colorado's bid for a shutout.
De La Rosa (4-3) struck out seven and allowed two hits in seven innings, baffling the Cardinals until Freese singled sharply to right off the glove of diving first baseman Jordan Pacheco and Jon Jay followed with a double. De La Rosa finished his longest outing of the season, and his best showing on the road by far, getting Pete Kozma on a lineout to first.
De La Rosa entered 1-3 with a 5.13 ERA on the road and 2-0 at home with 12 scoreless innings. This was the fourth time he worked six or more scoreless innings.
Tulowitzki's eighth homer stopped the Rockies' scoreless streak two innings shy of the team record. They went 30 innings without a run from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, 2010, according to STATS.
The Rockies entered the weekend with the top offense in the National League and still led with a .266 batting average going into the finale of the three-game series. Tulowitzki was 0 for 6 in the first two games with five strikeouts and Carlos Gonzalez had been hitless in 15 at-bats before finishing with two singles and a walk.
Blackmon batted eighth after being called up earlier in the day to replace Michael Cuddyer, placed on the 15-day disabled list with a neck injury.
Colorado had five hits in the first three innings after totaling three hits and going 40 consecutive at-bats without a hit the previous two days. The Rockies have never been shut out three straight times.
Garcia had won three straight starts before giving up five runs in six innings and falling to 0-3 with a 10.53 ERA against the Rockies in four starts. He entered as the career ERA leader at 8-year-old Busch Stadium at 2.41.
The lefty gave up just two homers in his first seven starts and entered with a 2.25 overall ERA.
Pacheco doubled with one out in the first to stop a 34-inning drought since the team's last extra-base hit, also according to STATS. The Rockies finished with five extra-base hits, including a two-run double by pinch-hitter Reid Brignac off Carlos Martinez in the eighth.
The Cardinals' streak of retiring 40 straight batters is tied for the second-longest in the majors since 1974, two shy of the record set by the Seattle Mariners from Aug. 14-17 last year, with Felix Hernandez throwing a perfect game on Aug. 15. Rangers pitchers retired 40 in a row in 1996.
NOTES: Gonzalez had two singles and a walk and is 6 for 12 against Garcia. ... Cardinals pitchers had a 2.02 ERA the previous 10 games. ... Cardinals C Yadier Molina was 0 for 3, ending an 11-game hitting streak. He had five hits in the first two games of the series.
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