BASEBALL : DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Sojo Leaves Hospital After Beaning

Second baseman Luis Sojo, who suffered a mild concussion Thursday when he was hit on the helmet by a pitch from the Tigers’ Dan Gakeler, was released from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit Friday.

Sojo felt well enough to watch the last few innings of Friday’s game, but he didn’t feel kindly toward Gakeler.

“I saw the ball coming right to my eye. You don’t forget that. He did it on purpose, too,” said Sojo, who will take batting practice today but won’t play. “It was because I wasn’t ready, and I called time out and he walked on the mound and was mad.”

Sojo expects to be fine in a few days. “The bad thing was the papers in Venezuela (his home country) say I’m gone for the season,” he said. “I called my wife to tell her I’m OK.”

Chuck Finley, who was ejected for hitting Tiger catcher Mickey Tettleton in the bottom of the same inning, declined to comment.

Travel hasn’t agreed with the Angels’ relievers. Jeff Robinson was charged with the last four runs Friday. In seven appearances on the current trip, the bullpen has given up 23 earned runs in 30 innings, a 6.09 earned-run average.

Finley said he doesn’t mind the Angels’ switch to a four-man rotation. “We’ve got a day off next week, so it’s about the same thing,” Finley said. “I’ve done it before and pitched well. Lots of teams do it. It’ll work.”

Jim Abbott will be the first starter to go on four days’ rest, when he faces the Tigers Sunday. Abbott, who grew up in nearby Flint, Mich., otherwise wouldn’t have pitched in Detroit. “It means I’ll have quite a few people here,” he said. “It’s always nice when they can make it.”

Lance Parrish has felt improvement in his strained right forearm. He is eligible to be come off of the disabled list Tuesday. . . . Robinson has allowed five of his last 11 inherited runners to score, including the one in the sixth inning Friday night. He had permitted only two of his first 21 inherited runners to score.