Bartolo Colon, who took another step toward making a claim on the fifth spot in the Red Sox rotation with four solid innings in a 3-1 loss to the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium last night, is now scheduled to pitch Pawtucket’s season opener Thursday night in Pawtucket, Colon will travel with the team to Oakland before heading back for his start for Boston’s Triple A affiliate. Colon was impressive, striking-out four of the first seven batters he faced, not surrendering a hit until Rafael Furcal’s two-out single in the third inning. Colon threw 60 pitches, 36 for strikes, topping out at 92 miles an hour on the Dodger Stadium radar gun.
Sox Notes: Mike Timlin was placed on the 15-day disabled with a laceration of the ring finger on his pitching hand. The move was retroactive to March 20, meaning Timlin is eligible to be activated next Friday, the first game of the weekend Toronto series. Timlin joins Josh Beckett, who also can’t pitch until the Toronto series, on the DL.
