SAN FRANCISCO – The best news coming out of Friday night for the A’s was that Billy Burns isn’t believed to be seriously injured.
The rest of the happenings on the field are best quickly forgotten from Oakland’s perspective in a 9-3 loss to the Giants in the Bay Bridge Series opener at AT&T Park.
Starter Jesse Chavez couldn’t make it out of the fourth inning and the A’s had a couple of bumbling defensive miscues that are more common in the early days of spring training.
The most encouraging development of the night involved Burns’ condition, which might sound odd considering he left the game after a play that made you want to double over in pain just watching it.