SECOND IS BEST: The Angels’ Wally Joyner,...

SECOND IS BEST: The Angels’ Wally Joyner, batting .375, began climbing to his current spot as baseball’s hottest hitter about the time he moved from third to second in the batting order May 7. . . . But Joyner (C1) isn’t the only beneficiary of the shuffle. Leadoff hitter Luis Polonia, now among the American League leaders at .338, says: “They don’t want to have to pitch to him. The way they’re giving me pitches to hit is great.”