The St. Louis Cardinals have had two players test positive for COVID-19, resulting in Major League Baseball postponing Friday afternoon’s game at the Milwaukee Brewers, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
MLB’s quick decision to postpone Friday’s game, which was scheduled for 2:10 p.m. ET, comes after the outbreak within the Miami Marlins, who have had 20 positive tests — 18 by players after another Friday, sources told ESPN — over the past eight days.
Baseball reporter Craig Mish was first to report that two players for the Cardinals have tested positive.
A source told ESPN’s Jesse Rogers that if what is happening with the Cardinals had occurred before the Marlins outbreak, Friday’s game at Miller Park would still be played.
The Cardinals last played at the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.
That brings the number of teams being held out of action on Friday to six. The Brewers and Cardinals will join the Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Nationals and Toronto Blue Jays as teams affected by the fallout from positive tests.
The Cardinals’ positives represent the first positive tests the sport has seen outside of the East Coast since the regular season started last week.
