"Dan Haren couldn't dodge Kevin Youkilis' line drive Monday night. But the Angels might have dodged a bullet.

Haren had X-rays taken of his right forearm (where he was struck by Youkilis' drive) and was examined by Angels' medical director Dr. Lewis Yocum on Tuesday. The X-rays were negative and Haren apparently escaped with a bruise. He is optimistic that he will be able to make his next scheduled start Saturday against the Rangers.

"I guess I got lucky," Haren said. "Dr. Yocum said an inch lower and it would have been on the bone. That wouldn't have been good, obviously. I've never come out of a game before in my career. I was really frustrated about that. But I guess I was a little lucky too so I can't be too mad about that."

Haren said his arm was "obviously sore, a little bit tight" but he came away satisfied that he would be "good to go" by Saturday after testing his arm in a throwing session with Angels pitching coach Mike Butcher.

"I stretched it out to 150, 200 feet with Butch, threw cutters, curveballs and stuff just to see how it felt and it felt pretty good," Haren said. "It felt better as I was going. It loosened the longer I was throwing."