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Angels RHP Colon set to make season debut

Apr 21, 2007 - 2:39 PM Seattle (5-7) at LA Angels (7-9) 9:05 pm EDT

ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim averted their longest losing streak in six years on Friday. Now they get one of their stars back.

Bartolo Colon makes first start of the season when the Angels host the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night.

The Angels snapped a six-game losing streak with an 8-4 victory here on Friday. They have not lost seven in a row since the 2001 season.

Colon (NR) won the Cy Young Award in 2005 by going 21-8 with a 3.48 ERA. He went 1-5 with a 5.11 ERA in only 10 starts last year before suffering a torn right rotator cuff.

The righthander tossed seven scoreless innings at Class AAA Salt Lake last Sunday. Colon has a career record of 10-8 with a 4.32 ERA against Seattle.

The Mariners, who have lost a season-high four in a row, will send Horacio Ramirez to the mound in hopes of ending their skid. Ramirez (1-0, 1.50 ERA) allowed just one earned run in six innings in a 14-6 win over Texas last Sunday.

Slugger Vladimir Guerrero returned to the Angels Friday after a two-game absence by hitting his fourth homer of the year in the series. Guerrero was hit on the wrist by a fastball from Josh Beckett on Monday and sat out the Angels' next two games.

Los Angeles had managed a total of six runs in four games before erupting on Friday.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 6 11 0
    LA ANGELS 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 x 7 12 2 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: SEA - HORACIO RAMIREZ, JULIO MATEO (5TH), ERIC O'FLAHERTY (6TH),
    CHRIS REITSMA (8TH), GEORGE SHERRILL (8TH), J.J. PUTZ (8TH)
    AND KENJI JOHJIMA, JAMIE BURKE (6TH)
    L

    Apr 22 12:04 AM


  • AL
    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    GRAND SLAM BY BEN BROUSSARD (1) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN THE
    8TH OFF SCOT SHIELDS SCORED RAUL IBANEZ, JOSE GUILLEN AND JAMIE
    BURKE.
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 6, LA ANGELS 7
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J LOPEZ (.256, 1-FOR-3)

    Mariners vs. AngelsApr 21 11:35 PM


  • AL
    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOSE GUILLEN SCORED JOSE VIDRO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J GUILLEN ON FIRST, R IBANEZ ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2
    LA ANGELS 7 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J BURKE (.400, 1-FOR-1)

    Mariners vs. AngelsApr 21 11:26 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
    LA ANGELS 3 0 0 0 4 0 7 10 1 (BOT 7)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: SEA - ERIC O'FLAHERTY
    LAA - BARTOLO COLON

    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: R QUINLAN (.071, 1-FOR-2, BB, 2 RBI)
    M NAPOLI (.229, 1-FOR-2, BB)
    M IZTURIS (.288, 1-FOR-3)

    Apr 21 11:09 PM


  • AL
    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ERICK AYBAR SCORED ROBB QUINLAN.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, E AYBAR ON FIRST, M NAPOLI ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0
    LA ANGELS 7 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: G MATTHEWS JR (.222, 1-FOR-3)

    Mariners vs. AngelsApr 21 10:46 PM


  • AL
    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ROBB QUINLAN SCORED VLADIMIR GUERRERO AND GARRET
    ANDERSON.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, R QUINLAN ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0
    LA ANGELS 6 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: M NAPOLI (.206, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Mariners vs. AngelsApr 21 10:39 PM


  • AL
    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY GARRET ANDERSON SCORED ORLANDO CABRERA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, G ANDERSON ON SECOND, V GUERRERO ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0
    LA ANGELS 4 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: S HILLENBRAND (.195, 1-FOR-2)

    Mariners vs. AngelsApr 21 10:30 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
    LA ANGELS 3 0 0 0 3 6 1 (TOP 5)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: SEA - HORACIO RAMIREZ
    LAA - BARTOLO COLON

    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J LOPEZ (.244, 0-FOR-1)
    I SUZUKI (.340, 2-FOR-2)
    A BELTRE (.255, 0-FOR-2)

    Apr 21 10:19 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 2 0
    LA ANGELS 3 3 4 1 (BOT 2)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: SEA - HORACIO RAMIREZ
    LAA - BARTOLO COLON

    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: M IZTURIS (.286, 0 HR, 9 RBI)
    E AYBAR (.167, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
    G MATTHEWS JR (.230, 1

    Apr 21 9:42 PM


  • AL
    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY VLADIMIR GUERRERO (5) TO LEFT WITH 0
    OUT IN THE 1ST OFF HORACIO RAMIREZ SCORED ORLANDO CABRERA.
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0, LA ANGELS 3
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: G ANDERSON (.242, 1 HR, 3 RBI)

    Mariners vs. AngelsApr 21 9:21 PM


  • AL
    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ORLANDO CABRERA SCORED GARY MATTHEWS JR.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, O CABRERA ON FIRST, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0
    LA ANGELS 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: V GUERRERO (.388, 4 HR, 13 RBI)

    Mariners vs. AngelsApr 21 9:20 PM