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10-11-2005, 07:02 PM
Injured Angels ace left off ALCS roster
By MIKE FITZPATRICK, AP Baseball Writer
October 11, 2005
CHICAGO (AP) -- Injured ace Bartolo Colon was left off the Los Angeles Angels' roster for the AL championship series Tuesday and will not pitch at all against the Chicago White Sox.
A 21-game winner during the regular season, Colon left his start Monday night against the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the AL playoffs after only 23 pitches because of inflammation in his right shoulder.
He had been bothered by tightness in his back since early September, and was to be re-evaluated by team doctors on Tuesday before Game 1 of the ALCS in Chicago.
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Rookie Ervin Santana came on against New York and pitched 5 1-3 innings of solid relief to earn the win in a 5-3 victory, sending the Angels into the ALCS for the second time in four seasons.
But if they're going to reach the World Series, they'll have to do it without Colon, a leading candidate for the AL Cy Young Award.
With the Angels' rotation in shambles following their five-game series in the first round of the playoffs against New York, Paul Byrd was set to start the ALCS opener Tuesday night on three days' rest.
Los Angeles did get some good news: Left-hander Jarrod Washburn, scratched from his scheduled start in Game 4 against the Yankees due to a throat infection and fever, was set to go in Game 2 on Wednesday night against the White Sox.
By MIKE FITZPATRICK, AP Baseball Writer
October 11, 2005
CHICAGO (AP) -- Injured ace Bartolo Colon was left off the Los Angeles Angels' roster for the AL championship series Tuesday and will not pitch at all against the Chicago White Sox.
A 21-game winner during the regular season, Colon left his start Monday night against the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the AL playoffs after only 23 pitches because of inflammation in his right shoulder.
He had been bothered by tightness in his back since early September, and was to be re-evaluated by team doctors on Tuesday before Game 1 of the ALCS in Chicago.
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Rookie Ervin Santana came on against New York and pitched 5 1-3 innings of solid relief to earn the win in a 5-3 victory, sending the Angels into the ALCS for the second time in four seasons.
But if they're going to reach the World Series, they'll have to do it without Colon, a leading candidate for the AL Cy Young Award.
With the Angels' rotation in shambles following their five-game series in the first round of the playoffs against New York, Paul Byrd was set to start the ALCS opener Tuesday night on three days' rest.
Los Angeles did get some good news: Left-hander Jarrod Washburn, scratched from his scheduled start in Game 4 against the Yankees due to a throat infection and fever, was set to go in Game 2 on Wednesday night against the White Sox.