BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Lachemann Hears From Rodgers, Port

On the day after his first victory as the Angels’ new manager, Marcel Lachemann received a congratulatory phone call from Buck Rodgers. Former Angel general manager Mike Port also called to offer best wishes.

Lachemann said his conversation with Rodgers did not involve advice on individual players.

“We had a nice little visit,” Lachemann said. “Basically, he said he liked the team and he liked the kids. Nothing specific. I knew quite a few of these guys from before, anyway.”

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John Farrell’s lower right leg was badly bruised and he couldn’t run before Friday’s game. X-rays taken Thursday after Kansas City’s Wally Joyner slammed an eighth-inning single off Farrell’s leg were negative. . . . Brian Anderson threw off a mound for the first time since suffering a broken left thumb May 6 and reported no pain.