BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Comeback Has Blyleven Nervous

Bert Blyleven has set modest goals for his start against the Yankees tonight, his first appearance in a major league game since Aug. 10, 1990.

“Hopefully, I’ll get that first guy,” said Blyleven, who underwent two shoulder operations since tearing his rotator cuff during the 1990 season. “After that, it’s the second guy that worries me.”

Blyleven, 41, expects to feel as nervous for his 668th major league game as for any in his career.

“There’ll be anxiety, the buildup of a year of not being able to compete on the major league level,” he said. “There’ll definitely be a nervous factor. But everything feels good. I’m getting stronger and stronger every time out. There are no negatives. Everything’s been positive.”

Manager Buck Rodgers said he won’t impose a pitch limit because Blyleven was able to work into the late innings in his five starts for double-A Midland and two for triple-A Edmonton. However, because the Angels have several off days coming up, they won’t need Blyleven to start again before May 30. He will work out of the bullpen until then.

Catcher Lance Parrish still has discomfort from the bone spurs in his right elbow and won’t be activated off the disabled list Wednesday. It’s doubtful he will meet the team in Baltimore, as he had planned.

Rodgers said he received some calls about pitcher Don Robinson, whom the Angels released last Thursday. “I had one inquiry from both leagues, and I gave them both positives,” he said. . . . Luis Polonia, who has friends and relatives in the Bronx near Yankee Stadium, left 30 tickets for them Monday. “That wasn’t enough. They wanted my money, too,” he said. . . . Jose Gonzalez, whose contract was purchased from Edmonton May 10, made his first start Monday in right field. He recorded his first Angel hit in the second inning, a bloop to left that was misplayed into a double by Mel Hall. . . . Gary Gaetti’s RBI single in the first inning ended his 0-for-10 slump. .