Rangers 9, Rockies 0
DENVER -- Left-hander Matt Harrison gave the Texas Rangers a huge boost Tuesday night, pitching six scoreless innings in a 9-0 romp over the Colorado Rockies.
Right fielder Shin-Soo Choo hit for the cycle with a triple in the ninth and drove in three runs to support Harrison.
The victory was Harrison's first in the big leagues since May 8, 2014, when he beat the Rockies in Texas. Six days later, Harrison went on the disabled list with a back condition that led to season-ending spinal fusion surgery.
He won 14 games for the Rangers in 2011 and 18 the following year. But since the beginning of 2013, Harrison has undergone four surgeries, three on his back.
He worked four innings in his 2015 debut for the Rangers on July 8, allowing six runs in a loss against Arizona. But Harrison (1-1) stifled the Rockies, allowing six singles and one double and getting 11 outs on ground balls.
Center fielder Delino DeShields had a career-high four hits and two RBIs for the Rangers. First baseman Prince Fielder hit his 15th homer and had two hits for his major-league leading 40th multiple-hit game.
Rockies starter Kyle Kendrick (3-11) allowed a season-high tying 10 hits and six runs in 4 1/3 innings. He yielded Choo's 12th homer, the major-league leading 24th homer Kendrick has allowed this season.
Kendrick's 11 losses are tied for the most in the majors.
The Rockies were shut out at home for the first time since July 4, 2014.
NOTES: Rockies SS Troy Tulowitzki went 0-for-4, ending his on-base streak at 41 consecutive games, tied for the second longest in Rockies history. ... Choo's cycle was the 13th at Coors Field, the sixth by a Rockies opponent at Coors Field and the first since Scott Hairston of the Mets on April 27, 2012. The last player to hit for the cycle at Coors Field was Michael Cuddyer of the Rockies on Aug. 17, 2014.