Outbreak spells Major League disaster

LOS ANGELES – An outbreak of COVID-19 rocked Major League Baseball on Monday, forcing the postponement of multiple games less than a week after the sport launched its season following a four-month coronavirus delay.

MLB onfirmed in a statement that games between the Miami Marlins and Baltimore Orioles in Florida, and the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees in Pennsylvania, had been scrapped.

The decision followed reports that 10 more members of the Marlins – eight players and two coaches – had tested positive for the coronavirus following Sunday’s game against the Phillies in Philadelphia.

Four Marlins players – pitcher Jose Urena, first baseman Garrett Cooper, outfielder Harold Ramirez and catcher Jorge Alfaro – had already tested positive for COVID-19.

Major League Baseball said in a statement the games had been postponed in order to allow for additional testing.

AFP Justin Upton of the Los Angeles Angels wears a Black Lives Matter t-shirt before their recent game against the Oakland Athletics at the OaklandAlameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California.