BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Not Davis’ Season, but It Is His Night

Alvin Davis won’t forget the eight seasons he spent in Seattle, and he’s thrilled the Mariners remember him fondly enough to designate tonight “Alvin Davis Night” at the Kingdome.

What he’d like to forget are the struggles he has endured this season, such as the one-for-28 drought that has dropped his batting average to .240 and limited him to two RBIs since May 20 and the bruised kidney he suffered in the team’s May 21 bus accident.

“You’d like to come in wearing a crown, but that’s not life a lot of times,” said Davis, who was not re-signed by the Mariners after slumping to a career-low .221 and 12 home runs. “It’s definitely an honor for them to do this, but it is kind of embarrassing. I really appreciate the gesture because it’s more of an honor than just saying I was a good guy. They’re going to have better players than me as far as what a guy brings to the field, but this is embarrassing because this isn’t the way I’d like to go back.”

Davis became the first Mariner to win an AL award when he was named rookie of the year in 1984. Despite his statistical decline last season, the Riverside resident hit .281 in his Seattle years, with 160 home runs and 667 RBIs. He is the club’s all-time leader in 10 offensive categories.

“If the circumstances had been different, I’d still be there, at least from my end of it,” said Davis, who signed with the Angels as a free agent in February.

Outfielder Von Hayes, sidelined by a sprained left ankle Sunday, might be placed on the disabled list if his injury doesn’t heal rapidly. . . . Chuck Crim, charged with two runs in two-thirds of an inning, has given up eight earned runs in his last two appearances, covering one inning. His earned-run average jumped to 6.21. But that’s modest compared to Scott Bailes, whose ERA soared to 8.20 after he gave up five runs in the eighth inning Wednesday. . . . Steve Frey, who entered the game with the bases loaded in the seventh and struck out Gene Larkin and Greg Gagne, has stranded 24 of 26 inherited runners. . . . The Angels’ April 19 rainout at Kansas City was rescheduled as part of a twi-night doubleheader Aug. 4 at Royals Stadium.