The A’s will be keeping a close eye on center fielder and leadoff man Billy Burns Sunday and for the next few days after he was given two days off to deal with some pain behind his right knee and a left hip flexor problem.
Burns didn’t ask for the time off, but manager Bob Melvin and the medical crew felt it was in the best interest of the club and the player to see if they could get him right. The A’s actually held off for a bit because Burns was (and is) in the middle of a 15-game hitting streak, the best for an Oakland hitter this year.