Bartolo Colon picked up his ninth win of the season in his start Sunday against the Mariners.

Colon allowed two runs on eight hits and had three strikeouts. It was his sixth straight win and he has now given up just three runs over his last five starts. Colon has a 2.89 ERA and 1.10 WHIP through his first 90 1/3 innings.

Bartolo Colon blanked the Yankees for six innings to win his fifth straight start on Tuesday.

After he left, the Yankees rallied against Oakland's bullpen, but the A's held on to win 6-4. It's worth wondering whether Colon is cheating again with the way he's throwing right now. He's allowed a total of one run in his last four starts, and he's turned in quality starts in each of his last six outings. Colon did walk four tonight, which is unusual for him, but he allowed just three hits, all of them singles.

Bartolo Colon allowed just one run over seven innings Wednesday as the A's beat the Brewers 6-1.

Colon scattered seven singles and one triple while striking out four. The veteran right-hander boasts a 3.14 overall season ERA and has been especially effective over his past three starts. He'll get a tough test next week when the Yankees visit the O.Co Coliseum.

Bartolo Colon pitched his 11th career shutout Friday as the A's beat the White Sox 3-0.

Colon has two shutouts this year, matching Justin Masterson and Adam Wainwright for the major league lead. It's incredible how effective he's been lately without any new tricks at all; he's throwing his 89-92 mph fastball 85 percent of the time. He's pitched 16 scoreless innings in his last two starts, and he's allowed three runs of fewer in nine of his 11 starts this season.

Bartolo Colon tossed seven scoreless innings Sunday in the A's 6-2 defeat of the Astros.

Colon yielded nine hits, but they were all singles and he was able to avoid any true damage. He did not issue a walk and struck out nine while improving to 5-2 with a 3.82 ERA and 1.12 WHIP. The White Sox are up next.

Bartolo Colon pitched the A's past the Rangers by allowing just two runs over seven innings on Monday.

Colon walked as many batters tonight (two) as he did in his first eight starts combined, but he had his best outing in a month anyway, winning for the first time since April 23. He's 4-2 with a 4.31 ERA overall.

Bartolo Colon turned in a decent performance in Saturday's loss to the Yankees, surrendering three runs on six hits over his 5 1/3 innings.

Colon punched out three in the contest without issuing a walk. Chris Stewart and Lyle Overbay each contributed to the damage against him with solo homers. With the loss, the veteran right-hander falls to 3-1 on the season and watches his ERA rise to 3.62. He'll look to get back on track when he takes on the Indians in Cleveland on Thursday.

Bartolo Colon gave up five runs over six innings Sunday in a no-decision against the Orioles.

Colon still isn't allowing any walks, but he was lit up for nine hits and was lucky to avoid the loss. He had just three strikeouts and has only a 5.9 K/9 in his four starts since returning from suspension. Colon will try to get back on track this weekend in a matchup with the Yankees.

Bartolo Colon tossed seven scoreless innings on just three hits and a walk while striking out seven in Tuesday's 13-0 win over the Red Sox.

About the only bad thing we can say about Colon's outing is that he walked a batter for the first time this season. All three of the Red Sox' hits were singles, and only once did they get more than one runner on in an inning. The game goes down as a shutout for Colon, as it was called after seven innings due to rain. The rotund right-hander has allowed just one run over his last two starts, and he now holds a 2.42 ERA and 0.92 WHIP for the season. He'll try to keep it going this weekend against the Orioles.

Bartolo Colon pitched six innings of one-run ball to beat the Astros on Wednesday.

Colon gave up a run in the first, but he shut the Astros down for five innings afterwards, allowing just two hits along the way. He struck out three and walked none. Aided by his two starts against the Astros, Colon is 2-0 with a 3.32 ERA. AL-only leaguers may want to sit him with a start against the Red Sox at Fenway up next.