Weekend series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Toronto Blue Jays has been postponed, Major League Baseball announced Thursday.<\/b>
\nThe weekend series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Toronto Blue Jays has been postponed, Major League Baseball announced Thursday. The announcement comes after the Phillies reported that two staff members had tested positive for the coronavirus.
\u00ab\u00a0Out of an abundance of caution, the Philadelphia Phillies’ three-game weekend series with the Toronto Blue Jays, scheduled for Saturday, August 1st and Sunday, August 2nd at Citizens Bank Park, has been postponed,\u00a0\u00bb the league said in a statement.
In their own statement, the Phillies confirmed that a member of the coaching staff and a home clubhouse staffer have tested positive. \u00ab\u00a0All activity at Citizens Bank Park has been cancelled today and until further notice,\u00a0\u00bb the team said.
The announcement comes after an outbreak of the virus among the Miami Marlins. More than a dozen players and staff members on the team, which faced off against the Phillies last week, have tested positive for the virus.
On Tuesday, the MLB postponed all Marlins games through Sunday. The league also postponed the Phillies-Yankees series scheduled for this week \u00ab\u00a0out of an abundance of caution.\u00a0\u00bb The Yankees are now facing the Baltimore Orioles.
On Monday, Commissioner Rob Manfred told reporters that owners had not yet considered canceling or suspending the season. \u00ab\u00a0We expected we were going to have positives at some point in time,\u00a0\u00bb Manfred said. \u00ab\u00a0I remain optimistic that the protocols are strong enough that it will allow us to continue to play.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n