BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Blyleven Still in Rotation--for Now

Bert Blyleven will remain in the Angels’ rotation for at least one more start, although interim Manager John Wathan reiterated that Blyleven would have to reverse course to keep his spot.

Blyleven, 41, is winless in his last five starts and hasn’t made it out of the fifth inning in his last four tries. His earned-run average has climbed from 1.67 on June 16 to 5.29, while his record has dropped from 3-0 to 3-4.

“I would never tell a pitcher, ‘This is your last start.’ But a decision will be made sometime if the situation continues,” Wathan said.

Reliever Bryan Harvey long-tossed in the bullpen again and said he felt a minimal amount of stiffness in his right elbow afterward. If this stint on the disabled list doesn’t help, Harvey said “there’s a chance” an arthroscope would be performed. . . . Tests on infielder Bobby Rose showed only a strained forearm muscle and not a broken elbow, as was originally thought. Rose will return to triple-A Edmonton for rehabilitation. . . . Freddie Frederico, the Angels’ trainer from 1961-78, died of an apparent heart attack at his home in Mercer Island, Wash. Frederico was 71. . . . Luis Polonia (jammed left hand) is still unable to throw and was the designated hitter for the fifth consecutive game. . . . Brandon Dederich of Fullerton, who attends Cal Poly Pomona, was awarded the 1992 Jimmie Reese scholarship.