BALTIMORE -- Boston placed shortstop Nomar Garciaparra on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with a split tendon in his right wrist that has kept him out of its spring training games.

Since the move is retroactive to March 21, Garciaparra could be activated Thursday, but hand specialist Frank McCue recommended last week that the three-time All-Star have surgery to repair the injury, keeping him out the lineup for at least six weeks. The Red Sox haven't said whether Garciaparra, 27, will have the surgery.

Red Sox team physician Bill Morgan has said the injury occurred when a pitch hit Garciaparra late in the 1999 season.

ANGELS: Left-hander Jarrod Washburn will make a rehabilitation start Tuesday night for Anaheim's Rancho Cucamonga affiliate in an exhibition game against UC Riverside, then make at least one more rehab start before he'll be re-evaluated.

The Angels used balls from last year's World Series for batting practice -- complete with the Yankees and Mets logos -- before their final exhibition game against the Diamondbacks. Clubhouse manager Ken Higdon got a discount on them from the Rawlings, which didn't sell as many as it anticipated.

"I think that was part of the trade with Glenallen Hill," joked outfielder Tim Salmon in a reference to Wednesday's trade with the Yankees. INDIANS: Cleveland's opener against the White Sox -- Jacobs Field will be sold out for the 455th straight time -- also will begin the Indians' yearlong celebration of their 100th anniversary in the American League and will be a rematch of the first game in league history played on April 24, 1901. The Chicago White Stockings defeated the Cleveland Blues 8-2 in front of 14,000 at the Chicago Cricket Club.

MARINERS: Against all the odds, Norm Charlton made Seattle's opening roster.

Released by the Cincinnati Reds last April after only two appearances, Charlton retired from baseball.

He came out of retirement this spring to sign a minor-league contract with Double-A San Antonio, a Mariners' farm club.

On Sunday, manager Lou Piniella announced Charlton would be the Mariners' second left-hander in the bullpen behind Arthur Rhodes.

TIGERS: Outfielder Bobby Higginson, the "blue-collar" slugger who seemed to be well on his way to free agency this year, agreed on a four-year contract extension worth about $35-million.

The extension runs through 2005 and includes a no-trade clause that covers this year and runs through the 2003 season.

Higginson gets a limited no-trade clause in the final two years.

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