BOSTON — The Red Sox game that was scheduled to take place Monday, April 12, at 2:10 p.m. against the Minnesota Twins has been postponed.
The Twins released a statement on Twitter about the decision to postponed the game against the Red Sox.
The #MNTwins issued the following statement regarding the decision to postpone today's scheduled game against the Red Sox. pic.twitter.com/7U1S2P928j
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) April 12, 2021
This follows after a deadly shooting occurred at Minneapolis’s Brooklyn Center that involved a police offer who shot and killed a 20-year-old Black man on Sunday afternoon.
During a traffic stop on Sunday in a Minneapolis suburb, a female police officer mistakingly used her handgun instead of a Taser gun on the 20-year-old Black man, Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon says.
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An insider at MLB Network, John Heyman, also tweeted Monday afternoon about the postponement of the game, saying:
Twins-Red Sox postponed due to curfew and potential for riots
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) April 12, 2021
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