TODAY-THURSDAY VS. BALTIMORE

Schedule: 7 tonight; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday; 7 p.m. Thursday.

* Television: Fox Sports West, all three games.

* Radio: KIK-FM (94.3) and XPRS (1090 AM), all three games.

* Pitching matchups: Omar Olivares (4-3, 3.31 ERA) vs. Scott Erickson (1-5, 6.17 ERA) tonight; Tim Belcher (3-3, 8.23 ERA) vs. Sidney Ponson (4-3, 4.53 ERA) Wednesday; Ken Hill (1-3, 4.91 ERA) vs. Juan Guzman (1-4, 5.70 ERA) Thursday.

* Last week’s series: The Angels took two of three from the Orioles at Camden Yards, rallying in the ninth for a 5-4 victory May 19 and stopping a Baltimore rally for a 6-4 victory May 20.

* Keys for Baltimore: Staying alert. B.J. Surhoff might have cost the Orioles a game against the Angels last week when he trotted home from third on a popup with the bases loaded and one out. It took the Orioles out of an potential big inning. Baltimore didn’t catch a break, as starter Mike Mussina pitched Sunday and will not throw in this series. He is 11-3 with a 3.24 ERA lifetime against the Angels, including a 5-3 victory last week.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

VS. KANSAS CITY

* Schedule: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 5 p.m. Sunday.

* Television: Fox Sports West Saturday.

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

* Last month’s series: The two teams split a two-game series in Kansas City. The Angels rallied for three runs in the ninth, two on Orlando Palmeiro’s double, for a 4-2 victory April 23.

* Keys for Kansas City: Dos Carlos, Carlos Beltran and Carlos Febles, must keep hitting. Beltran, who is hitting .319, is among the league leaders in hits and has driven in 31 runs. Febles is hitting .329 and had a run-scoring single in the eighth inning in a 5-4 victory over Seattle Sunday. Jose Rosado, who had a 4.69 ERA last season, is third in the league with a 2.22 ERA through nine starts.

HISTORY LESSON

A look back at this week in Angel history:

May 26, 1990: Don Baylor, pictured, the only Angel to be named the league’s most valuable player, is inducted into the team’s hall of fame.

May 26,

1989:

Chuck Finley pitches a one-hitter in a 5-0 victory at Boston.

May 28, 1980: Dickie Thon becomes the 15th Angel to get five hits in a game after going five for five in a 7-6 victory over Texas.

Source: Angel records