SAN DIEGO – Thanks to Billy Burns’ defense Tuesday, A’s left-hander Scott Kazmir didn’t suffer a first-inning dent to his ERA.
There won’t be any dents to his bank account either.
After his last start, Kazmir bought Burns a Louis Vuitton bag as a reward for two outstanding catches the center fielder made against Texas. So there was Burns, playing the defensive wiz again in the A’s 6-5 win Tuesday over the Padres. He raced back to the wall in the first and made a home run-saving catch to rob Justin Upton, a leaping grab worthy of another pricey gift.