The Milwaukee Brewers home opener vs. St. Louis Cardinals has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests.
After reports circulated on Twitter this morning, the Brewers organization confirmed the news on its website.
"The health and safety of our fans, players, employees and game-day staff is our top priority. We fully support the measures taken by Major League Baseball regarding the postponement of games and will continue to update our fans as we receive additional information," the Brewers said in a statement.
MLB Network’s Jon Heyman was the first to report the postponement in a pair of tweets, saying that there were positive "tests" within the Cardinals locker room.
Brewers-Cardinsls game tonight postponed due to positive test
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 31, 2020
Sources: Cardinals had positive tests, forcing postponement
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 31, 2020
Then, Cardinals writer Derrick S. Goold, citing an unnamed source, tweeted St. Louis players have been instructed to self-isolate in their hotel rooms.
#Cardinals are remaining in their hotel room, have no plans going to ballpark today. They have been instructed into self-isolation, per source. Confirms @JonHeyman report #Brewers game vs #stlcards ppd got today. News soon @stltoday
— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) July 31, 2020
Minutes later, MLB on FOX reporter Ken Rosenthal confirmed Heyman's original tweets.
As @JonHeyman reported, Brewers’ home opener vs. Cardinals postponed because an unknown number of Cardinals players tested positive for COVID-19. Cardinals played in Minnesota on Wednesday.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 31, 2020
The game was set to take place at Miller Park this afternoon.
