OAKLAND – The A’s are a little low on center fielders this weekend against the Mariners.
Rajai Davis, the nominal starter, is getting the weekend off after a hamstring injury Thursday sustained while running from the plate to first base.
The man who was his nominal backup, Mark Canha, has been sent down to Triple-A Nashville, with Jaff Decker called up to be in that supporting role. But when Decker was hit on the right hand by a pitch in the seventh inning Friday night, manager Bob Melvin sprinted out of the dugout not knowing what would happen if Decker had sustained serious injury.