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Cardinals postpone series against Pittsburgh

Published August 9, 2020 9:14 PM

The St. Louis Cardinals postponed yet another series on Sunday night due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the organization.

Official from MLB: The #Pirates-#STLCards series in St. Louis has been postponed.

"MLB and the club believe it is prudent to conduct additional testing while players and staff are quarantined before the team returns to play."
— Anne Rogers (@anne__rogers) August 9, 2020

St. Louis has now missed 13 games - four series - with the latest postponement. The Cardinals have only played five games this season. The Redbirds next scheduled game is on Thursday in Detroit.

In total, 16 members of the organization - nine players and seven staff members - have tested positive for COVID-19.

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Andrew Kauffman is ABC 17’s sports director. He started working at the station in 2015.

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