BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Felix Put on DL Because of Muscle Strain

The Angels’ struggling offense will be without its leading run-producer for at least two weeks, after Junior Felix was put on the 15-day disabled list Thursday because of a strained left groin muscle.

Felix was disabled retroactive to Wednesday. Catcher Lance Parrish, who was on the disabled list because of a bone spur in his right elbow, was activated and was in the lineup at designated hitter Thursday. Parrish will try to play through lingering pain, attempting to putting off the surgery he expects will be necessary.

Felix, whose 31 runs batted in lead the team, was injured during Tuesday’s game, when he caught a spike in the outfield grass on an awkward attempted catch.

Parrish, 35, who is in the final year of his contract, met Wednesday with Dan O’Brien, senior vice president for baseball operations, to discuss his situation.

Parrish said he might be inclined to undergo surgery now if his future with the team were not so uncertain. As it is, he said, he feels he needs to prove himself.

“I tried to find out if there was anything he could tell me to help me make a decision,” Parrish said. “There’s nothing they can say, or are willing to say.”

Boston’s Wade Boggs, who left Wednesday’s game because of a sore right elbow after a first-inning strikeout, did not start Thursday. He was examined by Angel orthopedist Lewis Yocum, who diagnosed inflammation of the nerve in the elbow. Boggs injured the elbow last week on a fielding play, and is day-to-day. . . . The Angels’ Jim Abbott has been bothered off and on by a blister on his left thumb. He had to have the blister taped during his pregame workout. The blister also bothered him during Tuesday’s start. . . . Boston’s Mike Greenwell left the game in the fifth because of a strained left groin muscle.