BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Joyner Removed; Has Strained Calf
Wally Joyner, the Angels’ leading hitter, was removed from Sunday’s game at the beginning of the sixth inning with a strained right calf. He was examined by team orthopedist Lewis Yocum, and his availability is on a day-to-day basis.
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 in the team’s last series in Kansas City.
“I imagine playing on it has a cumulative effect where it bothers him a little bit,” Rader said. “To what extent, we don’t know. It’s up to him to verbalize it.”
Joyner appeared to be bothered by the injury on at least two defensive plays before he was removed.
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 put together a 16-game streak earlier this season that still is tied for the third longest in the American League this season.
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