Cubs-Cardinals series reportedly postponed

by Tony Crumpton - Senior Editor - Friday, August 7, 2020, 6:16 PM

The first-place Chicago Cubs were ready to battle their rival St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.

However, MLB canceled tonight's contest due to a new positive case among the Cardinals players. In total, the Redbirds have 14 positive cases with 8 of them being players.

It was hopeful that they would be able to get in a doubleheader on Sunday but MLB Network insider Joel Sherman and others are reporting that the series is canceled.

"MLB has not made it official but I hear the #Cubs #StlCards series this weekend has been postponed," Sherman posted on social media.

The Cubs will now fly home tonight (off-day on Monday scheduled) and prepare to play Tuesday in Cleveland.

MLB has not made it official but I hear the #Cubs #StlCards series this weekend has been postponed.
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) August 7, 2020

Correct. We are in the ‘abundance of caution’ phase of this outbreak https://t.co/waVa5TkFb6
— Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) August 7, 2020

Confirmed: Cubs-Cardinals weekend series postponed. Cubs to fly home tonight. Next scheduled to play Tuesday in Cleveland.
— Gordon Wittenmyer (@GDubCub) August 7, 2020

One key aspect to this is that the player who tested positive, I am told, and I am reiterating here, was with the team in Milwaukee. That means he flew with teammates and worked out with them Wednesday and Thursday. This is not trending well for the #STLCards
— Mark Saxon (@markasaxon) August 7, 2020

The #Cubs now will turn around and head back to Chicago for the weekend while the #STLCards will have to figure out how to play 55 games in 49 days.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) August 7, 2020

#stlcards have two more players test positive -- Ryan Helsley and Austin Dean. More news coming. And another staff member, too. https://t.co/xcNFbbYZE1
— Derrick S. Goold (@dgoold) August 8, 2020