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ST. LOUIS -- Jorge De La Rosa answered a pair of pitching gems by the St. Louis Cardinals with one of his own. The Colorado Rockies offence woke up, too. De La Rosa held St. Louis hitless into the seventh inning and Troy Tulowitzkis three-run homer ended Colorados scoreless streak at 28 innings, sending the Rockies to an 8-2 victory Sunday. "I definitely think it was a big hit and it took some pressure off Jorge," Tulowitzki said. "He didnt feel like he had to be perfect, even though he was real close to being perfect." De La Rosa did not allow a hit until David Freeses two-out single in the seventh. "You try to stay calm," the pitcher said. "I think that helps, but I started feeling tired the last few innings. I think thats why I left a couple of pitches up and they hit (them) very good." Mets lefty Johan Santana pitched a no-hitter against the Cardinals last year. Freese flashed back to that game, which ended when he struck out. "You never want to lose a game. You never want to get no-hit, either," Freese said. "I remember last year it was pretty frustrating against Santana and it was creeping up on us. "So it was nice to get it out of the way." 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 totalling three in consecutive shutout losses to rookie Shelby Miller and Adam Wainwright. "Jaime definitely had a couple of pretty tough acts to follow," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "He came out and looked pretty good at the beginning, and had a couple things happen that didnt quite go his way." Nolan Arenado, who singled with one out in the eighth to break up Wainwrights no-hit bid Saturday, was among four Rockies with two hits apiece. "Its too good of an offensive lineup to stay down too long," manager Walt Weiss said. "Tulo had a big home run that got us going." 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 Colorados shutout bid. 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, by 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, and he carries a 13-inning scoreless streak into his next outing. Tulowitzkis eighth homer and first on the road since April 9 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 offence 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. Blackmon got a nice ovation for his fourth career homer after mistakenly getting introduced as a player making his major league debut during his first at-bat. "Oh my gosh," Blackmon said. "Thats unbelievable. Who does that? It wasnt my first home run, but they thought it was." Colorado had five hits in the first three innings after totalling three 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 -- his highest against any opponent. He entered as the career ERA leader at 8-year-old Busch Stadium at 2.41. "How many starts have I made against them?" Garcia said. "You know what, I didnt even think about that at all. Obviously, they have a really good lineup but I dont think about those things." The lefty gave up just two homers in his first seven starts and entered with a 2.25 ERA overall. Pacheco doubled with one out in the first to stop a 34-inning drought since the teams 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. ... Jay has a nine-game hitting streak with 14 hits.China Jerseys Authentic . -- An ugly goal by Nick Bonino helped the Anaheim Ducks overcome the defensive-minded Phoenix Coyotes on a night when their ragged power play continued to struggle. Nike NFL Jerseys China . Down by seven with 90 seconds left in regulation, thats where they looked comfortable. http://www.cheapchinajerseysnfls.com/ . 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Im mean theyre all kind of in your face, smiling at you." Erne had done some post-season training work back home, including spending time on a bike. "Obviously its different here when youve got a thousand people watching you and yelling at you Go Go and then they tell youre halfway and youre already dead." Erne, ranked 26th among North American skaters by the NHLs Central Scouting Bureau, did the full routine before scores -- rather than a thousand -- of NHL team officials. None of the top three ranked North American skaters took part in the fitness testing Friday. Portland Winterhawks defenceman Seth Jones, ranked No. 1 by Central Scouting, and Halifax Mooseheads linemates Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin, rated No. 2 and 3, exited after the measurement portion of the day. Jones had a medical exemption. But all three had the same excuse, pointing to a prolonged season that didnt end until last Sundays Memorial Cup final, won 6-4 by Halifax over Portland. "My bodys worn down. Ive been nursing a couple of injuries all year so I didnt think I was really prepared," Jones said. "And I had a good talk with my agent about it and he thought the same way." "Theres a difference between being in shape on ice and being in shape off the ice," he added. "Ive been playing hockey since August," added MacKinnon. Drouin echoed the sentiment. "Weve been through a lot of hockey. We just came back four days ago," he said. In truth, none of the three really stood to benefit from publicly pushing themselves to the limit. They have already shown their wares. Plus they have endured a punishing season. The two Halifax players flew home from Saskatoon on Monday, took part in a parade Tuesday and then jumped on a 4 a.m. flight Wednesday to come to Toronto. Hardly the best preparation. Especially compared to players like Cape Breton winger William Carrier, who prepared for two months for the tests. Even then, they werent pleasant. "Theyre pretty hard," Carrier, the 18th-ranked North American skater, said of the bike challenges. A native of Montreal, Carrier was just happy that the Canadiens were one of the teams that interviewed him this week. Drouin said he will work out at a later date for individual clubs as needed while MacKinnon said he would be open to such. Jones, however, said he would not. Colorado, Florida and Tampa Bay hold the firsst three picks in the June 30 NHL draft, which will be held at the Prudential Centre in Newark.dddddddddddd. "Colorado is in the drivers seat and we know were going to get a hell of a player at (No.) 2, or 3, or 4. Its a deep draft," said Florida GM Dale Tallon. The Panthers exec says the phone has not rung off the hook yet. "Ive had a couple of mild conversations," he said. "They say, Are you moving the pick? I say, Make me an offer. Thats the way it goes. You start the process early and you work it all the way through til five minutes before you make the pick, maybe a minute before you make the pick." MacKinnon, for one, said he had been doing his homework on the teams that could draft him. "Im pretty interested in some of the teams I could end up with," said the poised 17-year-old. "Obviously anything can happen on draft day, teams could decide to trade their picks or anything like that. But its human nature to be interested in that kind of stuff, what your future could be." NHL teams leave little to chance, doing just about everything except checking out the prospects teeth. The prospects were measured, from height to body fat, before doing a variety of tests including bench press, standing long jump and vertical jump. Then it was on to the gruelling bike tests: the Wingate Cycle Ergometer and VO2 Max. The so-called Wingate peak power output test is short and painful, measuring how explosive the athlete is -- usually as someone trying to help yells at you to keep going. Its a 30-second all-out sprint on a stationary bike with the resistance climbing until you hit a point where you cant pedal any more. "Faster, faster, go, go, go, go go," was one typically loud refrain. Said Erne: "Its 30 seconds and it feels like a lifetime." The VO2 Max tests the endurance capability of a players heart, lungs and muscles. The player cycles away, with a breathing tube lodged in his mouth. Swedish defenceman Hampus Lindholm was the only prospect last year who lasted more than 14 minutes. He was taken sixth overall by the Anaheim Ducks. "I thought the VO2 would be the worst just because (of the length). I think mine ended up lasting 13 and a half minutes," said Erne. "But it surprised me how hard the Wingate was. After the Wingate, everybody was just kind of dead. I mean a couple of guys were throwing up." Vernon Vipers winger Adam Tambellini, ranked 42nd among North American skaters, also was able to forgo parts of the fitness testing. And asked about why, he showed he already is well into the NHL way of doing things. "Lower body (injury)," said Tambellini, the son of former Edmonton Oilers GM Steve Tambellini. Like other prospects, Tambellini was interviewed by a number of clubs this week. He said the strangest question he got was when someone asked him what his favourite animal was. Showing he is quick on his feet, Tambellini chose a player on that team. The testing continues Saturday. ' ' '