ANAHEIM - Matt Joyce entered Wednesday’s game batting .157 overall, and over the eight previous games, he was just 2 for 23. Then, in the A’s 8-5 loss to the Angels, he doubled in the second inning and he walloped a two-run homer high up into the seats in right in the eighth.
“It’s a hard game, no doubt about that,” the right fielder said before the game. “It’s one of those things: you have to stay locked in on the process because it’s easy to get frustrated with the results. I have to go back to what works for me, stick to the plan and battle through it.