BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : DiSarcina, Rose Probable Starters

When Angel Manager Buck Rodgers announces the winners of this spring’s competition at second base and shortstop today, Dick Schofield’s name probably won’t be called.

Gary DiSarcina, who is Schofield’s near-equal defensively and has out-hit Schofield, .368 to .167, probably will open the season at short. Bobby Rose, DiSarcina’s double-play partner last season at triple-A Edmonton and throughout the spring, probably will start at second and relegate Luis Sojo to the bench.

Schofield’s 1-for-3 performance in Sunday’s 5-4 loss to the Padres at Angels Stadium in Palm Springs might have been his Angel farewell. He has said he would request a trade if he isn’t the starting shortstop, and the Angels have discussed him with other clubs frequently this spring.

Asked if he felt he had gotten a fair shot at keeping the job he has held for eight seasons, he replied: “I won’t answer that one.”

Rose has hit .213 in 13 games. Sojo, a more flashy fielder, has hit .262 in 13 games. However, Sojo is more suited to a backup role because he can play second, short or third, while an old shoulder injury limits Rose to playing second.

Don Robinson meandered through a six-inning, five-run performance he acknowledged “wasn’t one of my most impressive outings.” Robinson has given up 11 earned runs in 17 innings in his last three starts and has an ERA of 5.09.

The Angels purchased the contract of left-handed reliever Steve Frey from Montreal and sent him to their minor league camp in Mesa, Ariz. Frey’s best season was 1990, when he was 8-2 with a 2.10 ERA. He was 0-1 last season. . . . The shoulder problems of John Orton and Lance Parrish have delayed Rodgers’ decision on a starting catcher. . . . Reliever Chuck Crim, who had given up six runs in two-thirds of an inning in his two previous appearances, pitched two scoreless innings Sunday.