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NEW YORK — Thursday night’s game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests among the Yankees, the club confirmed Thursday afternoon.
Following positive COVID-19 tests within the Yankees organization, tonight’s game between the Yankees and the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium has been postponed to allow for continued testing and contact tracing. MLB will continue to provide scheduling updates as available.
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) July 15, 2021
The Athletic and ESPN were first to report the news Thursday.
Yankees-Red Sox tonight postponed due to NYY’s COVID-19 issue, sources tell @TheAthletic.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 15, 2021
The Red Sox-Yankees game for tonight has been postponed, because of positive COVID tests within the Yankees' ranks.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 15, 2021
Boston and New York were scheduled to begin a four-game series at Yankee Stadium Thursday in Major League Baseball’s first game since the 2021 All-Star Break. There has been no word yet on who tested positive among New York nor when the game will be made up.
A reporter for NJ.com and The Star-Ledger originally reported just after 4 p.m. that the Yankees had postponed batting practice while they underwent testing and further health safety protocols relating to COVID-19.
Yankees have canceled pregame batting practice as they work through COVID-19 testing and health and safety protocols.
— Brendan Kuty (@BrendanKutyNJ) July 15, 2021
Two pitchers for New York were placed on MLB’s COVID-19 Injured List earlier in the day Thursday, with the Yankees tweeting out the roster moves just after 12:30 p.m. It is unknown currently if those moves are related to the postponement, though ESPN’s Marly Rivera reported that at least two position players for the Yankees have tested positive.
At least two #Yankees position players have tested positive for COVID-19, sources tell ESPN.
— Marly Rivera (@MarlyRiveraESPN) July 15, 2021
Prior to tonight’s game, the Yankees made the following roster moves:
— Yankees PR Dept. (@YankeesPR) July 15, 2021
•Placed LHP Nestor Cortes and LHP Wandy Peralta on the COVID-19 injured list (Health & Safety Protocols).
•Reinstated LHP Zack Britton (#53) from the 10-day injured list.
The Athletic also reported that the MLB has made a similar statement regarding the postponement.
MLB statement: "Following positive COVID-19 tests within the New York Yankees organization, tonight’s game between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium has been postponed to allow for continued testing and contact tracing."
— Lindsey Adler (@lindseyadler) July 15, 2021
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