A shutout has never looked so good to the Rockies.

Colorado posted a 6-0 blanking of the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday afternoon at Coors Field, snapping MLB’s modern-day record for games between shutouts at 220. Prior to Wednesday, the Rockies last registered a shutout on the road in an 8-0 victory over the San Diego Padres on May 15, 2024.

“I did not know that, but that is a long time between shutouts,” interim manager Warren Schaeffer said. “That’s a long time, but I’m glad we shut them out today.”

Wednesday’s performance was Colorado’s first shutout at home since a 2-0 win over the Oakland Athletics on July 30, 2023. It not only put a stop to history. It also handed the Rockies their second consecutive home series win.

Taking two of three games from the Minnesota Twins and Cardinals in consecutive series has the Rockies heading in the right direction in terms of another piece of MLB history as well. Now 4-2 after the All-Star break, Colorado needs to win just 16 of its final 60 games to avoid matching the all-time loss record of 121 defeats set by the 2024 Chicago White Sox.

Wednesday’s shutout came on the back of starting pitcher Tanner Gordon, who pieced together his best start of the 12 he has made for the Rockies over the past two seasons. The 27-year-old right-hander, activated before the game as Colorado placed German Marquez on the 15-day injured list with right bicep tendinitis, allowed just four hits over 6.0 innings.

After walking a pair of batters in the first inning, Gordon settled in, throwing 65 of his 96 pitches for strikes.

“I think it was just a little bit of adrenaline being back here, but I settled in and played the game like I know how to play,” Gordon said. “The offense was swinging the bats well, so that took the pressure off of me.”

Jimmy Herget allowed one hit combined in the seventh and eighth innings while Tyler Kinley hurled a perfect ninth to complete the shutout.

Colorado pounded out 12 hits against three Cardinals pitchers, including five consecutive singles in the second inning that produced four runs.

“That’s hard to come by in the big leagues. Five straight singles off Major League pitching is rare,” said Rockies catcher Austin Nola, who had one those hits on his way to a 2-for-4 day. “As a team, your offense strives to do things like that because it really makes the pitcher show a lot of pitches and it puts a lot of pressure on him.”

Colorado, now 26-76 on the season, has Thursday off before starting a three-game series in Baltimore against the Orioles.