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Colon, Angels open three-game series with Yankees

Jul 6, 2007 - 2:46 PM La Angels (52-33) at Ny Yankees (41-42) 7:05 pm EDT

BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- Bartolo Colon takes the hill as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim open a three-game series with the New York Yankees on Friday.

Colon (6-4, 5.79 ERA) has not won since May 17 despite pitching well in his last two starts. On Saturday Colon allowed three runs and eight hits in six innings against Baltimore in a 6-3 loss.

Anaheim, which has lost six of nine, will look to get healthy against the Yankees. The Angels are 12-7 at Yankee Stadium since the start of the 2004 season.

However, Colon has not enjoyed that same success against New York. The burly righthander is 4-5 with a 5.32 ERA in 11 starts against the Yankees and has beaten them just twice in his last five appearances.

As for the Yankees, they may be without Alex Rodriguez once again after he sat out Thursday's 7-6 win over Minnesota with a hamstring injury.

Andy Pettitte (4-6, 3.77) will take the mound for New York looking for his first win in four starts.

Pettitte has been knocked around his last three outings posting an 0-2 record with an 8.80 ERA. In his last start the lefthander allowed a season-high eight runs in 1 2/3 innings - his shortest outing in four years - in an 11-5 loss to Oakland on Sunday.