ANGELS NOTEBOOK: HASEGAWA: FACING ANGELS ROUTINE.

Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer

ANAHEIM - The Angels let Shigetoshi Hasegawa go during the offseason to save about $1 million, but Hasegawa got his money's worth Monday night pitching for his new team, the Seattle Mariners.

Hasegawa pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings in Seattle's 5-4 victory. But he said pitching against his former teammates wasn't such a big deal after facing them in spring training.

``Spring training, that was a little weird,'' Hasegawa said. ``Right now during the season, I don't think about it. I didn't feel anything. It was easy to go up against them because I have an idea of what they're trying to do. I watched them bat all the time. It's not like facing a National League team for the first time. That's tough.''

Hasegawa said he hasn't shared his wealth of information about the Angels hitters with his Mariners teammates because he hasn't seen a need.

``They've already got big success against the Angels,'' he said.

The bullpen will get a little stronger today because the club activated lefty Dennis Cook after Tuesday's game. Cook had been on the disabled list all season because of bruised ribs suffered during the March 9 spring-training fight with the San Diego Padres.

--Percival feels no pain: Closer Troy Percival played soft toss for eight minutes before Tuesday's game, going through a full range of motion without feeling any pain in the strained muscle on his right side.

But he's not eligible to come off the disabled list until April 18, and the Angels already have felt his absence. They were able to win games in Texas without him as Levine earned the save in both games.

--Fullmer returns to DH: Brad Fullmer was back in the designated-hitter spot Tuesday after playing first base Monday. He had two hits in Monday's game but was taken out after the sixth inning in favor of defensive replacement Clay Bellinger.

--Salmon error: Tim Salmon made his second error of the season Monday when he booted a ball in right field, allowing the tying run to score. He said the ball ``snaked'' in the grass as it rolled toward him, but it was no big deal because ``that's been happening here for years.''

ANGELS vs. SEATTLE

Time: 7 p.m., Edison Field.

TV/Radio: Fox Sports Net; 570-AM, 1090-AM (Spanish).

Matchup: Aaron Sele (0-1, 7.20 ERA) will start for the Angels against Seattle's James Baldwin (1-0, 1.28). Sele played with the Mariners the past two years, but he's faced them before while with Boston and Texas, going 3-3 in nine games.

- Joe Haakenson

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