Post by John on Jun 1, 2006 22:39:15 GMT -4
Angels' Colon tosses four shutout innings in Class A
June 1, 2006
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- Bartolo Colon pitched four shutout innings Thursday for Class A Rancho Cucamonga of the California League in his first rehab start, and figures to make one more outing in the minors before returning to the Los Angeles Angels.
Colon, last year's AL Cy Young Award winner, hasn't pitched for the Angels since April 16 because of inflammation in his pitching shoulder. He was placed on the disabled list three days later.
Throwing mostly fastballs, the 33-year-old right-hander allowed two hits while walking one and striking out three in Rancho Cucamonga's 7-1 victory over Lancaster. Colon threw 47 pitches, and retired eight consecutive batters at one stage.
"The arm's not bothering me at all, so I just want to take it easy, and hopefully the injury won't come back," Colon said through a translator. "I just have to go out and throw my pitches.
"In the rehab program, I haven't been throwing a lot of breaking stuff in the bullpen. Coming out here, I wanted to follow the same routine. In my next start, I'm going to throw a lot more breaking stuff."
Righty Bartolo Colon was 21-8 with a 3.48 ERA in winning last year's Cy Young.
Colon is scheduled to start for Triple-A Salt Lake of the Pacific Coast League on Tuesday.
"He didn't seem like he was laboring at all," said Rob Sinclair, the director of broadcasting for Rancho Cucamonga. "All three of his strikeouts were looking, on the outside corner."
Sinclair said Colon consistently threw in the high 80s and low 90s, topping out at 93 mph.
"He was still hitting 91 and 92 in his last inning of work," Sinclair said.
Colon, 0-2 with a 7.07 ERA in three starts, has been on the disabled list only once previously. He was sidelined nearly a month in 2000 while pitching for Cleveland because of a pulled oblique muscle.
Colon went 21-8 with a 3.48 ERA and 157 strikeouts in 222 2/3 innings last season -- his second with the Angels. He was 18-12 with a 5.01 ERA in 2004.
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June 1, 2006
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- Bartolo Colon pitched four shutout innings Thursday for Class A Rancho Cucamonga of the California League in his first rehab start, and figures to make one more outing in the minors before returning to the Los Angeles Angels.
Colon, last year's AL Cy Young Award winner, hasn't pitched for the Angels since April 16 because of inflammation in his pitching shoulder. He was placed on the disabled list three days later.
Throwing mostly fastballs, the 33-year-old right-hander allowed two hits while walking one and striking out three in Rancho Cucamonga's 7-1 victory over Lancaster. Colon threw 47 pitches, and retired eight consecutive batters at one stage.
"The arm's not bothering me at all, so I just want to take it easy, and hopefully the injury won't come back," Colon said through a translator. "I just have to go out and throw my pitches.
"In the rehab program, I haven't been throwing a lot of breaking stuff in the bullpen. Coming out here, I wanted to follow the same routine. In my next start, I'm going to throw a lot more breaking stuff."
Righty Bartolo Colon was 21-8 with a 3.48 ERA in winning last year's Cy Young.
Colon is scheduled to start for Triple-A Salt Lake of the Pacific Coast League on Tuesday.
"He didn't seem like he was laboring at all," said Rob Sinclair, the director of broadcasting for Rancho Cucamonga. "All three of his strikeouts were looking, on the outside corner."
Sinclair said Colon consistently threw in the high 80s and low 90s, topping out at 93 mph.
"He was still hitting 91 and 92 in his last inning of work," Sinclair said.
Colon, 0-2 with a 7.07 ERA in three starts, has been on the disabled list only once previously. He was sidelined nearly a month in 2000 while pitching for Cleveland because of a pulled oblique muscle.
Colon went 21-8 with a 3.48 ERA and 157 strikeouts in 222 2/3 innings last season -- his second with the Angels. He was 18-12 with a 5.01 ERA in 2004.
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The Associated Press News Service