/ STAFF WRITER
ANAHEIM – Matt Joyce is getting another chance.
Joyce, who began the season as the Angels cleanup hitter against right-handed pitchers, was dropped as low as seventh for about a week and a half because of his slump.
On Thursday night, even though Joyce brought a .148 average into the game, Manager Mike Scisocia had him back in the cleanup spot.
“We’re trying to keep Kole (Calhoun) in the one-hole,” Scioscia said. “We looked at a couple different lineups wanting to get a left handed bat behind Albert (Pujols). Hopefully Matt will be a little more comfortable than he was a week or 10 days ago when we moved him down and he’ll be able to be productive.