BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Angels Aren’t Happy With Winfield

Reliever Chuck Crim and several of the Angels still were angry Tuesday after Dave Winfield’s bunt single and stolen base in the sixth inning of the Minnesota Twins’ 13-3 rout on Monday.

Crim acknowledged that he intentionally threw a high-and-tight pitch to Winfield in his next at-bat in the seventh inning.

“It was a purpose pitch,” Crim said, “because what he did was uncalled for. I used to have a lot of respect for him, but after he pulled something like that, I lost a lot.”

Winfield, who stole the base with two out and the Twins leading, 6-2, said he bunted because third baseman Rene Gonzales was playing so far behind the bag, and said he stole second base because was told to.

He also warned the Angels’ pitching staff that if they attempt another brushback, they should be prepared to pay the consequences.

“You try that, and I will get you,” Winfield said. “The last time a dude did that to me, I hit a grand slam off him. And I came within two inches of hitting a homer this time.

“All I’m saying is, ‘Do you really want to play that?’ ”

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Just when is the proper time to quit stealing bases during a rout?

“My thinking has always been if you’re up by seven in the seventh inning, you don’t run,” Angel Manager Buck Rodgers said. “But Whitey (Herzog) never stopped in St. Louis. His philosophy was, ‘You promise me you won’t try to get base hits, and I’ll quit running.’ ”

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It was a historic moment in Angel catcher Greg Myers’ career, but no one mentioned a word to him in the dugout, nor did his wife when he got home.

No one but Myers realized that his stolen base in the second inning Monday was the first of his career.

“I told Damion Easley that maybe I should have gone out there and grabbed the bag after the game,” Myers said, “and kept it for a souvenir.

“Oh well, maybe I’ll just have my wife cut out the boxscore from the paper to prove it.”

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Third baseman Kelly Gruber will leave Monday for his rehabilitation assignment, which is expected to be at double-A Midland. . . . The 22 hits given up by the Angels on Monday were the most since May 31, 1978 in a 17-2 defeat to the Chicago White Sox.