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5:05pm CDT 5:05 pm: There are twelve total positive cases, manager Dave Martinez told reporters (including Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post). Those are four players (including Turner) and eight staff members. Eleven of the twelve have been vaccinated, according to Martinez. Fortunately, no one involved feels seriously ill, which the skipper attributed to the high vaccination rate among those infected. MLB has tentatively scheduled a doubleheader tomorrow to make up tonight’s game. That, of course, is pending additional follow-up testing. 4:34 pm: Tonight’s game between the Phillies...

07/28/2021 While there haven’t been as many sports postponements and cancellations over COVID-19 in 2021 as there were in 2020, there have still been a fair bit of events altered by the pandemic. The latest is Wednesday night’s Washington Nationals-Philadelphia Phillies game, which Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic and Jeff Passan of ESPN both reported has been postponed due to COVID-19 tests with Washington (including star shortstop Trea Turner, who was pulled mid-game from the teams’ game Tuesday after testing positive). Nationals-Phillies game tonight in jeopardy, sources tell @TheAthlet...

By Zac Wassink  |  Last updated 7/28/21 Roughly two weeks after the New York Yankees had six players test positive for COVID-19, the Washington Nationals are dealing with an outbreak.  After Washington abruptly pulled All-Star shortstop Trea Turner from Tuesday's game versus the Philadelphia Phillies because it was learned he tested positive for COVID-19, ESPN's Jeff Passan and others confirmed Wednesday's showdown between the division rivals was scrapped because of a virus outbreak within the Nationals.  "Wednesday's scheduled game between the host Philadelphia Phillies...

Originally posted on MLB Trade Rumors  |  By Anthony Franco  |  Last updated 7/28/21 Wednesday night’s game between the Phillies and Nationals has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests within the Washington organization, Jeff Passan of ESPN was among those to report. “Multiple players and coaches” with the club have tested positive, according to Passan, who suggests the current outbreak might be the most significant MLB has seen in 2021. Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic first reported the game might be in jeopardy. Star shortstop Trea Turner ...