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Angels look for more road success vs. Cardinals

Jun 8, 2007 - 3:00 PM LA Angels (38-23) at St Louis (26-31) 8:10 pm EDT

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim look for their fourth straight road win when they face off against the St. Louis Cardinals in interleague play on Friday.

Anaheim, which has the most home wins, is also playing well on the road, going 13-6 after losing eight of their first nine away from home. It all adds up to the Angels being one of the hottest teams in baseball, having won 21 of their last 28 games.

However, they will try and get back on track after having their five-game winning streak snapped by Minnesota in an 8-5 loss on Wednesday.

Bartolo Colon (5-2, 5.44 ERA) takes the hill for the first time since May 28, and is winless in his last two starts.

Colon has suffered from biceps tendinitis and had his turn in the rotation skipped the last time around. The righthander started out 5-0 but has been pounded for 14 runs and 15 hits in his last 10 1/3 innings. In his last start, Colon was rocked for eight runs and nine hits in 6 1/3 innings against Seattle.

Meanwhile, the Cardinals were denied a season-high fourth straight win as they fell, 5-1, to the Cincinnati Reds.

Kip Wells (2-10, 6.40) takes the mound looking to avoid becoming the majors' first 11-game loser. In his last outing, Wells allowed six runs - five earned - and seven hits in five innings in a 8-3 loss to Houston on Saturday.