BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Phillies Get Springer to Complete Deal

The Angels completed their trade for outfielder Dave Gallagher by sending inconsistent, underachieving right-hander Russ Springer to Philadelphia. Last Wednesday, the Angels acquired Gallagher for Kevin Flora, a minor-league utility player, and a player to be selected later.

Springer, in two stints with the Angels this season, was 1-2 in 19 appearances, including six starts. He had a 6.10 earned-run average in 51 2/3 innings. He also was 2-0 with a 3.44 ERA in six starts at triple-A Vancouver.

Springer, J.T. Snow and pitcher Jerry Nielsen came to the Angels in the Dec. 6, 1992 trade that sent Jim Abbott to the New York Yankees.

Snow eventually lived up to lofty expectations, but Springer never could. Nielsen is no longer in the organization. Abbott is back with the Angels, returning in exchange for four minor-leaguers, who were sent to the Chicago White Sox on July 27.

Springer returned to Vancouver to make room for Abbott on the roster.

“It’s not a question of giving up,” Manager Marcel Lachemann said of Springer, who had a 4-10 record and a 7.07 ERA in 51 career games for the Angels. “[But] sometimes you have to give up something to get something. You can’t get something for nothing.

“I thought he was inconsistent. He showed flashes of what everybody wanted and everybody liked.”

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Rookie left fielder Garret Anderson extended his hitting streak to 14 consecutive games with a fifth-inning single. . . . The Angel average of 6.19 runs per game is the highest since the Boston Red Sox averaged 6.67 runs in 1950. Cleveland led the majors with a 6.01 average last year.