{"id":37103,"date":"2020-08-20T18:51:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T22:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=37103"},"modified":"2020-08-20T18:51:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T22:51:32","slug":"new-york-mets-game-postponed-after-two-positive-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2020\/08\/20\/new-york-mets-game-postponed-after-two-positive-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Mets Game Postponed after Two Positive Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0<\/span>New York Mets’<\/span><\/a>\u00a0game against the\u00a0<\/span>Miami Marlins<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Thursday night has been postponed after both a player and coach from New York has tested positive for COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n

Positive Tests<\/span><\/h2>\n

This comes nearly three weeks after the\u00a0<\/span>Marlins had to cancel games<\/span><\/a> after roughly half their team tested positive. The Mets have not said which members of the team tested positive or if it came from a Marlins player or coach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The two teams were going to play the\u00a0<\/span>final game<\/span><\/a>\u00a0of a four-game series. The Mets aiming for the four-game sweep. The positive test also means the opening game between the Mets and the\u00a0<\/span>New York Yankees<\/span><\/a> on Friday is postponed. With these two games included, it has raised the number of postponements<\/a> to 35.<\/span><\/p>\n

“As we’ve said, 2020 is like no other year. In a way, we know what we’ve signed up for,” said\u00a0<\/span>Yankees manager<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Aaron Boone<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong> “And we knew that at times, there’s going to be challenges. We’ve already faced our own challenges with a couple of cancellations and doubleheaders. Other teams have obviously had it significantly worse with actual outbreaks and things so we’ll just continue to do our best to try and do our part to be able to safely play games.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The Marlins were going to travel after the game tonight to face the\u00a0<\/span>Washington Nationals<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for a series this weekend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortened Season<\/span><\/h2>\n

The season is only 60 games, but it is hard to imagine that many teams will complete a full season. All 30 MLB teams have yet to all play on the same day as the positive cases have postponed dozens of games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Mets will travel back to New York tonight and will conduct tests upon arrival. However, the two people who have tested positive will remain in Miami for the night along with the people that have been in contact with them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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