BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Fortugno Will Stick With the Stretch

Tim Fortugno will be making his second major league start today, and he probably won’t hear Foreigner’s “Feels Like the First Time” over the public-address system as he did in his debut Monday. Some things will remain the same, though. For one, the former reliever will continue to pitch from the stretch.

“They don’t want me to change too much,” said Fortugno, 30.

He has worked on his pickoff move, after the Toronto Blue Jays got some big jumps on the rookie left-hander and he was called for one balk.

“That cost me a run,” Fortugno said. He balked Manny Lee to second, putting him in position to score on Roberto Alomar’s single.

Still, Fortugno pitched 5 2/3 innings, giving up three runs on five hits, though he didn’t figure in the decision in the Angels’ 5-3 victory.

The adjustment on his move to first is basically an attempt to smooth it and lessen the likelihood of a balk being called. Fortugno calls his move “unorthodox” and says his knee, but not his foot, crosses the plane of the rubber on the move. It is illegal for the foot to cross, though not for the knee.

Mostly, Fortugno is trying to enjoy his first trip to the majors.

“Sometimes you stop imagining it because you think it might never happen,” he said.

Reliever Bryan Harvey had a setback Friday when discomfort in his sore right elbow forced him to halt a scheduled workout after throwing about 12 pitches off the bullpen mound. “We’re going to back off and shut him down,” interim Manager John Wathan said, adding that team orthopedist Lewis Yocum will examine Harvey on Sunday. Harvey is in his second stint on the disabled list with the injury and has not had a save since May 30. . . . Jim Abbott, on the disabled list with a sore right rib cage, was still experiencing tenderness Friday and Wathan said his activity might also be put on hold. Wathan said Abbott, who misses his second turn today, probably will miss another. . . . Pitching coach Marcel Lachemann was struck in the chest with a batted ball when he ventured from behind a screen during batting practice. He fell to the ground and received a trainer’s attention, but is all right. . . . Today’s game is a rare Saturday afternoon start, beginning at noon.