New York, NY (Sports Network) – Oakland Athletics starter Bartolo Colon has been named the American League Pitcher of the Month for June.<\/p>\n
The 40-year-old right-hander finished the season’s third month with a 5-0 record and 1.75 earned run average in 36 innings over five starts en route to his fourth career monthly honor and first since 2005 with the Angels.<\/p>\n
Colon worked at least six innings in each of his outings, completing June with a pair of eight-inning victories, against Seattle and St. Louis. Against the Cards, he turned in the finest performance of the month, limiting them to six hits and one run while fanning five.<\/p>\n
Others receiving votes included Detroit starter Max Scherzer, Baltimore’s Chris Tillman, Ervin Santana and closer Greg Holland from the Kansas City Royals and Rangers hurler Yu Darvish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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