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Colon Has Another Good Start for the PawSox
Published 5/15/2008 by Fenway West (noreply@blogger.com) at Fenway West
Bartolo Colon pitched well in his second rehab start for Pawtucket since he injured his oblique. El Gordo went 6 scoreless innings giving up just one hit. According to redsox.com, Colon "showed excellent command from start to finish, as he worked both sides of the plate well and threw 15 first-strike pitches with his velocity topping out at 95 mph." Colon had 4 K's and no walks in the game. It looks like he is ready to join the Red Sox and fill in for Buchholz. If he can pitch like this in Boston he will have been the steal of the century. ...

Big day for Colon
Published 5/15/2008 at Extra Bases
... According to MLB.com's report on the game today, Colon showed excellent command from start to finish, as he worked both sides of the plate well and threw 15 first-strike pitches with his velocity topping out at 95 mph. ...

Tuesday's Starter?
Published 5/16/2008 by redsock (noreply@blogger.com) at The Joy of Sox
With Clay Buchholz on the disabled list, the Red Sox need a starting pitcher for Tuesday evening against the Royals. Bartolo Colon pitched a one-hitter for Pawtucket in the first game of a Thursday doubleheader (box), throwing 64 pitches in six innings, 45 for strikes. In three starts for the PawSox, Colon has allowed six hits and one run in 14 innings (0.64 ERA), walking one and striking out 11. The Globe's Gordon Edes thinks Colon will get the nod, but Michael Silverman of the Herald disagrees, saying David Pauley (who went ...