While the Angels wring their hands over Steve Finley — should they permanently bench the struggling center fielder or play him in hopes his bat will come around? — there was some encouraging news on the offensive front Saturday.
Garret Anderson, who has missed seven straight and nine of the last 11 games because of tendinitis in his left knee and irritation in his lower back, hit soft toss before Saturday's game, the first time the left fielder has swung a bat in a week.
Anderson also ran, played catch and did agility drills, and Manager Mike Scioscia said as long as Anderson has no setbacks today, "he feels like he's at a level where he should be able to get in the lineup during the Baltimore series."