BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Stanley Is OK After a Beaning by James

Boston catcher Mike Stanley felt groggy and had a sizable bump just above his left ear Saturday, but he was fine otherwise after getting beaned by Angel reliever Mike James in the eighth inning Friday.

Stanley spent about three hours at an Anaheim hospital and is expected to miss the next several games. A CT scan was negative. He was replaced by Bill Haselman in the Red Sox lineup.

James phoned Stanley to check on his condition Saturday afternoon after several unsuccessful attempts late Friday.

“He just wanted to let me know he was concerned,” Stanley said of their conversation. “He said he was shaken up about it. He wanted to let me know there was no intent [to injure]. He wanted to make sure I was all right. I appreciated the call.”

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Relievers Jeff Schmidt and Todd Frohwirth traded places, with Schmidt being optioned to triple-A Vancouver and Frohwirth joining the Angels. The club also signed left-hander Kyle Abbott to a minor league contract.

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Left-hander Mark Langston, recovering from surgery to repair cartilage damage in his right knee, was cleared by Dr. Lewis Yocum to make a rehab start for Class-A Lake Elsinore at Rancho Cucamonga today. He is expected to throw between 55 and 60 pitches or three innings. . . . Yocum also cleared reliever Mark Eichhorn, on the disabled list because of shoulder tendinitis, to throw from a mound on Monday.