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Brenton Doyle’s homer, Kyle Freeland’s gem lead Rockies past Angels

The Rockies’ big three carried them to one of their most satisfying victories of the season on Wednesday night at Anaheim Stadium.

Kyle Freeland pitched like an ace, Ezequiel Tovar kept streaking and Benton Doyle provided the muscle in a 2-1 white-knuckle victory over the Angels.

Colorado snapped a five-game losing streak.

And how’s this for a nice change of pace? There was no late-game drama involving Colorado’s bullpen. Right-hander Tyler Kinley took care of business in the eighth with two big strikeouts, and right-hander Victor Vodnik pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save.

Doyle, hotter the Front Range weather in July, rocketed reliever Hans Crouse’s 3-1 slider 431 feet to deep left-center for the go-ahead run in the eighth.