ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kyle Freeland gave up five hits in a season-high 7 1/3 innings, Hunter Goodman hit a home run, and the Colorado Rockies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 on Tuesday night to snap an eight-game losing streak.
Freeland (3-12) walked two and struck out two in his longest outing since a career-best 8 1/3-inning outing on July 9, 2017 against the Chicago White Sox.
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Colorado Rockies' Tyler Freeman, right, is out as he slides past the bag while trying to steal second as St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Brendan Donovan makes the tag during the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Colorado Rockies' Hunter Goodman rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland adjusts hit cap during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland throws during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Victor Vodnik pitched the final 1 2/3 innings to earn his third save and clinch the Rockies’ second shutout of the season after they blanked the Cardinals in Denver on July 23.
Cardinals starter Matthew Liberatore (6-10) allowed three runs on four hits and a walk in four-plus innings after striking out the side in the first inning and retiring the first nine batters he faced.
Goodman hit his two-run homer in the fourth inning and Kyle Farmer singled up the middle off Matt Svanson with one out in the fifth inning to expand the Rockies’ lead to 3-0.
Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras left the game after the fifth inning with a right foot contusion after being hit by a pitch in the fourth inning.
Tuesday night’s game started after a 41-minute rain delay.
Goodman hit his team-leading 23rd homer of the season 442 feet over the lower-deck seats in left and on to the concourse to give Colorado a 2-0 lead. It was the longest home run at Busch Stadium this season. Goodman has now homered in five of his last 12 games.
Freeland struck out Jordan Walker to end the seventh inning for his 900th career strikeout. He became the third pitcher to record 900 strikeouts with the Rockies, joining Jorge De La Rosa and Germán Márquez.
Rockies LHP Austin Gomber (0-6, 6.52 ERA) faces Cardinals rookie RHP Michael McGreevy (4-2, 4.40) on Wednesday
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Colorado Rockies' Tyler Freeman, right, is out as he slides past the bag while trying to steal second as St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Brendan Donovan makes the tag during the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Colorado Rockies' Hunter Goodman rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland adjusts hit cap during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland throws during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight criminal trials over the martial law debacle that forced him out of office and other allegations.
Yoon was impeached, arrested and dismissed as president after his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024 triggered huge public protests calling for his ouster.
The most significant criminal charge against him alleges that his martial law enforcement amounted to a rebellion, and the independent counsel has requested the death sentence in the case that is to be decided in a ruling next month.
In Friday's case, the Seoul Central District Court sentenced Yoon for defying attempts to detain him, fabricating the martial law proclamation and sidestepping a legally mandated full Cabinet meeting.
Yoon has maintained he didn’t intend to place the country under military rule for an extended period, saying his decree was only meant to inform the people about the danger of the liberal-controlled parliament obstructing his agenda. But investigators have viewed Yoon’s decree as an attempt to bolster and prolong his rule, charging him with rebellion, abuse of power and other criminal offenses.
Judge Baek Dae-hyun said in the televised ruling that imposing “a grave punishment” was necessary because Yoon hasn’t shown remorse and has only repeated “hard-to-comprehend excuses.” The judge also restoring legal systems damaged by Yoon’s action was necessary.
Yoon, who can appeal the ruling, hasn’t immediately publicly responded to the ruling. But when the independent counsel demanded a 10-year prison term in the case, Yoon’s defense team accused them of being politically driven and lacking legal grounds to demand such “an excessive” sentence.
Prison sentences in the multiple, smaller trials Yoon faces would matter if he is spared the death penalty or life imprisonment at the rebellion trial.
Park SungBae, a lawyer who specializes in criminal law, said there is little chance the court would decide Yoon should face the death penalty in the rebellion case. He said the court will likely issue a life sentence or a sentence of 30 years or more in prison.
South Korea has maintained a de facto moratorium on executions since 1997 and courts rarely hand down death sentences. Park said the court would take into account that Yoon’s decree didn’t cause casualties and didn’t last long, although Yoon hasn’t shown genuine remorse for his action.
A supporter of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol shouts slogans outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs and flags outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A supporter of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol waits for a bus carrying former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs as police officers stand guard outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs and flags outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A picture of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is placed on a board as supporters gather outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
