BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Future May Be Now as Hopes Fade

The Angels, who have lost eight consecutive games to fall out of the American League West race, are expected to have a front-office meeting this week to discuss possible player moves.

They are considering bringing up pitcher Phil Leftwich, catcher Chris Turner, reliever Darrell Scott, third baseman Eduardo Perez and outfielder Garret Anderson before the season ends.

Leftwich, the Angels’ second-round pick in 1990, is 4-1 with a 1.54 earned-run average in his last five starts. He has given up 37 hits and only 13 walks in 52 2/3 innings in that period, striking out 43.

“I’d like to take a good look at him,” Manager Buck Rodgers said. “If he’s in our plans for ‘94, we might as well get his feet wet.”

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Angel shortstop Gary DiSarcina was held out of the starting lineup, but appeared in the seventh inning as a pinch-runner, extending his consecutive game streak to 181 games. . . . The Angels are batting .225 on this trip, and only .216 after the first inning. . . . If the Angels lose today, it will be their worst trip of 11 or more games in franchise history at 1-10.