The A's had one member of their organization test positive for the coronavirus, causing MLB to postpone the team's game Sunday vs. the Astros.
. The doubleheader was scheduled after the A's and Astros decided not to play Friday night to raise awareness of racial inequality in the wake of the police shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin.
COVID-19 testing has now postponed 38 games. On Saturday, all 30 major league teams played on the same day for the first time since July 26. MLB's plan to play a pandemic-shortened 60-game regular season has been interrupted by positive coronavirus tests, protests over racial injustice, a hurricane and rain -- and that's just in the past week.moved up Thursday's game to Tuesday ahead of Hurricane Laura, which made landfall in Louisiana on Thursday morning. Houston's game Wednesday against the Angels was postponed.
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