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Historic homer propels Colon to co-NL POW
- Updated: May 9, 2016
LOS ANGELES — Bartolo Colon’s first career home run helped him win a game and earned some of his gear a spot in Cooperstown. Now, it has propelled him to a National League co-Player of the Week Award.
Colon shared NL honors with the Cubs’ Ben Zobrist after going 2-0 with a 1.72 ERA from May 2-8, and, yes, homering Saturday against the Padres. It was the fifth career NL Player of the Week nod for Colon, who last won for the week of Aug. 31-Sept. 6, 2015.
Though the homer helped, Colon put himself in contention for the award on the …
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