THE WEEK AHEAD / THURSDAY-SATURDAY VS. DODGERS

Schedule: 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 1 p.m. Saturday.

* Television: Fox Sports West Thursday, Channel 5 Friday, Channel 11 Saturday.

* Radio: KLAC (570), XPRS (1090), all three games.

* Pitching matchups: Kevin Brown (9-6, 3.53 ERA) vs. Chuck Finley (5-9, 5.66) Thursday; Ismael Valdes (7-7, 3.36) vs. Omar Olivares (8-6, 3.28) Friday; Chan Ho Park (5-7, 6.52) vs. Steve Sparks (4-5, 4.68) Saturday.

* Series history: The Dodgers and Angels have met 11 times since interleague play started three years ago, and the Dodgers hold a 7-4 lead. In 1997, the Dodgers made quick work of the Angels, sweeping a two-game series at Dodger Stadium in June and again sweeping a two-game set at Edison Field in July. The Angels did better in 1998, sweeping the first two games at Edison Field, and splitting the next two at Dodger Stadium. The Angels lost two of three at Dodger Stadium last month.

SUNDAY-TUESDAY VS. SAN DIEGO

* Schedule: 5 p.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. Monday, 1 p.m. Tuesday.

* Television: Fox Sports West Monday.

* Radio: KLAC (570), XPRS (1090), all three games.

* Last year’s series: The Angels lost two of three to the Padres last year. Kevin Brown beat the Angels, 6-3, in the opener. Omar Olivares and the Angels lost, 5-1, in the second game with Sterling Hitchcock picking up the victory. In the third game Garret Anderson and Cecil Fielder homered and the Angels won, 11-3.

* About the Padres: The Padres went into the All-Star break on a good note. San Diego scored two runs off Ranger closer John Wetteland in the ninth inning Saturday to pull out a 5-4 victory and then beat the Rangers, 6-2, on Sunday to take the series two games to one. The Padres are six games behind San Francisco in the West.

HISTORY LESSON

A look back at Angel All-Star history:

1967: The longest game in All-Star history--3 hours 41 minutes--was played at Anaheim Stadium. A homer by Cincinnati’s Tony Perez off Oakland’s Jim “Catfish” Hunter in the 15th inning gave the National League a 2-1 victory.

1973: The Angels’ Nolan Ryan, who already had pitched one no-hitter, was shunned when rosters were announced. He had pitched a second no-hitter nine days before the game and baseball expanded the roster to get him in the game; the National League added aging Willie Mays. Ryan got in the game in Kansas City and gave up a home run to the Dodgers’ Willie Davis in a 7-1 NL victory.

1983: The Angels’ Fred Lynn hit the first grand slam in All-Star game history. His homer in Chicago’s Comiskey Park was part of a seven-run third inning. Lynn was named the MVP in a 13-3 AL victory.

Source: Angel records