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Bartolo Colon set to start Saturday

Updated: July 1, 2011, 9:15 AM ET
By Matthew Ehalt | Special to ESPNNewYork.com

After a positive bullpen session Thursday, Bartolo Colon is set to come off the disabled list and start for the New York Yankees against the New York Mets on Saturday. Yankees manager Joe Girardi confirmed the news following the Yankees' 5-0 win versus Milwaukee on Thursday.

Colon, who has been on the DL since June 12 with a strained left hamstring, threw before the Yankees' matinee game against the Brewers and will replace Brian Gordon in the rotation. "I felt good," Colon relayed ...

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