BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Joyner Removed; Has Strained Calf

Wally Joyner, the Angels’ leading hitter, was removed from the game at the beginning of the sixth inning because of a strained right calf. Manager Doug Rader made the decision after consulting with Joyner and the training staff shortly after Joyner pulled up in short right field after grounding into a double play.

Joyner injured the calf slightly in Kansas City during the team’s last series. His .326 average is the Angels’ best, but by going hitless in two at-bats before being removed, he lost his 12-game hitting streak. Joyner had a 16-game streak earlier this season, tied for third-longest in the American League this season.

Outfielder Mark Davis was recalled from Edmonton because of outfielder Dave Gallagher’s injury, also a strained right calf. Davis, 26, was batting .300 for the Trappers in 68 games with eight home runs and 37 runs batted in. He also had stolen 24 bases in 32 attempts. To make room for him, the Angels sent catcher John Orton to Edmonton. Orton, the third catcher on the Angel roster, had been the backup catcher while Lance Parrish was on the disabled list because of a strained right forearm. Parrish returned last week.

Dave Parker lost his 13-game hitting streak, going hitless in two at-bats. . . . Pitcher Kirk McCaskill expressed satisfaction with the four-man rotation the Angels have recently adopted. “I think everybody else likes it too,” he said. “I think we’re just going to go with it as long as we can until they tell us to add a fifth starter.” Rader said the Angels will stick with the rotation “as long as it’s practical,” adding that off-days have lessened the effect of not using a fifth starter. . . . The Rangers’ Ruben Sierra extended his hitting streak to 18 games, the longest in the American League this season and second in the majors to the 19-game streak of the San Francisco Giants’ Willie McGee.