Jaff Decker has a hand in keeping CF manned for A’s

Jaff Decker, hit on the hand Friday, was back in the lineup on Saturday for the A’s. 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.

He didn’t. No breaks, no…