NEW YORK — The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees’ big series was put on hold Thursday after six Yankees players tested positive for COVID-19 including slugger Aaron Judge, according to ESPN. That game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on August 17 at Yankee Stadium.
Friday’s game, which was in question following Thursday’s postponement, will be played as scheduled, the teams announced Friday afternoon.
Tonight’s game at Yankee Stadium will be played as scheduled at 7:05pm.
— Red Sox (@RedSox) July 16, 2021
The postponement of Thursday’s game will be made up as part of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium on Aug 17th. The first game will be played at 1:05pm, followed by the previously scheduled 7:05 p.m. game.
The American League East rivals were supposed to begin a four-game series at Yankee Stadium Thursday, the first game since Tuesday’s 2021 All-Star Game.
The big series in NY is on standby after 6 Yankees players reportedly tested positive for #COVID including Aaron Judge. @ 6, we’ll look at what MLB is doing now after postponing Thurs game & concerns the Sox have after players shared a clubhouse @ the @AllStarGame @boston25 pic.twitter.com/tk6anoTNyg
— Evan White (@EvanWhiteIII) July 16, 2021
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said three of the players who tested positive were pitchers Jonathan Loaisiga, Nestor Cortes Jr., and Wandy Peralta, all of whom are fully vaccinated.
The team has not publicly shared the names of other players who reportedly tested positive, though ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported Thursday that all-star Aaron Judge is among them.
Major League Baseball postponed Thursday night’s game and is in the midst of conducting contact tracing while the clubs continue testing.
So far this season there have been eight COVID-related postponements in baseball, last season there were 45.
In late June, MLB said 23 of 30 teams had reached 85% vaccinations among top tier individuals which includes players and on-field staff members, but the Red Sox were not in that group, however, the Yankees were.
In May, a half-dozen members of the Yankees tested positive for COVID including members of the coaching staff.
A makeup date has not been scheduled nor is it clear if Friday night’s game will be played.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
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