More Cardinals Test Positive For Covid-19, Saturday’s Game Postponed

The series opener between the Cardinals and the Brewers on Friday was postponed after two Cardinals players tested positive for Covid-19.

MLB had planned to move the games to Sunday as part of a seven-inning doubleheader, the first as part of a new rescheduling strategy to pack in more games.

On Friday, Manfred told MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark on a call that the season could be canceled if players didn’t take better precautions, ESPN reported.

The Cardinals outbreak is the third already this season: 18 players on the Miami Marlins tested positive, and a clubhouse staff and a coach with the Philadelphia Phillies contracted Covid-19.