BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Harvey to Have Elbow Surgery

Reliever Bryan Harvey will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow Friday to determine the cause of pain and tightness that has twice put him on the disabled list. The exploratory procedure will be performed by team orthopedist Lewis Yocum at Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood.

“He hasn’t responded to what we’ve done so far, so this is the next logical step,” Yocum said. “We’ll scope it and fix it if we can. He doesn’t want any more than (an arthroscopic procedure). We did one on him in ’88.”

That procedure removed bone chips from Harvey’s right elbow.

Harvey, who signed a four-year, $15.5 million contract last winter after recording a league-leading 46 saves, initially went on the DL June 7, several weeks after complaining of discomfort in the elbow. He made three appearances in late June before returning to the DL July 1. He is 0-4 with a 2.83 earned-run average in 23 games.

In assuming his first managerial assignment in 14 years, Angel pitching coach Marcel Lachemann gratefully accepted the help of fellow coaches Ken Macha and Rod Carew in formulating Tuesday’s lineup.

Lachemann took over for interim manager John Wathan, who left after Monday night’s game to tend to his father, Jim Wathan, who died Tuesday of a brain hemorrhage.

Lachemann last managed the Anchorage Glacier Pilots of the Alaskan collegiate summer league in 1977 and ’78. Lachemann will continue to concentrate on the pitching and rely on suggestions from the coaches for offensive strategy.

“Kenny and Rod are going to run the offensive end of things,” Lachemann said. “Kenny and John had a pretty good feel for what they want to do, and when you’re not involved directly in the offense, there’s no sense in my stepping in.”

To avoid being ejected and causing a need for an interim manager to replace the interim-interim manager, Lachemann said he would be quiet on the bench. “Come to think of it, the guy behind the plate (Derryl Cousins) is the guy who threw me out in Baltimore this year,” Lachemann said, recalling his May 24 ejection. “Being thrown out now wouldn’t be a good idea.”

Within days, the Angels will file a notice of claim against the New Jersey Turnpike Authority on behalf of the players, coaches and staff members injured in the May 21 bus accident. Mark Rosenthal, an attorney with the Los Angeles-based firm Jeffer, Mangels, Butler and Marmaro, said the claim would be filed before the expiration of New Jersey’s 90-day statute of limitation for such action.