Reddick, Burns survive collision in right-center

Billy Burns (left) and Josh Reddick collide in pursuit of a Melvin Upton Jr. fly ball in right-center Thursday. Upton got a triple, and both A’s outfielder remained in the game.Most pictures may be worth a thousand words, but a shot of the collision of Josh Reddick and Billy Burns at the right field wall could be boiled down to just six: “Man, that has got to hurt.’’

And it did, although not nearly as much as the A’s first feared. Assistant trainer Walt Horn ran out with manager Bob Melvin to check Reddick out, but left him in once he’d shaken off the worst of it.

Reddick was hit in the head by Burns’ left elbow and in the groin by Burn’s knee. Burns said he had the wind knocked out of him…