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Burns may miss set with tight right hamstring

ARLINGTON -- A's speedster Billy Burns may miss the entirety of the Rangers series because of right hamstring tightness.

Burns, who was a late scratch from Friday's series-opening lineup, was held out again Saturday and is likely to be rested through Sunday's matinee finale ahead of a four-game road series against the White Sox.

"That's definitely a possibility," manager Bob Melvin said Saturday. "We'll see how he feels [Sunday]."

Sam Fuld got a start in center for a second straight day in place of the rookie Burns, who has been nursing the hamstring injury since Wednesday.