When Is The Makeup Game For The Rangers And Angels

Fans leave Angel Stadium after a scheduled game between the Angels and Minnesota Twins was postponed April 17, 2021.

Apr 17, 2021 Updated7:35 PM PT

In that location will be no more baseball games at Angel Stadium this weekend.

Games scheduled for Saturday and Sunday betwixt the Angels and Minnesota Twins were postponed afterwards multiple positive COVID-19 tests in the Twins system. Makeup dates for the games have all the same to be adamant.

In a statement, Major League Baseball said the games were postponed "to allow for continued testing and contact tracing involving members of the Twins system."

Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said two players, including La Habra native Kyle Garlick, and one staff fellow member had tested positive since the team arrived in Anaheim.

"None of this has gone to programme," Baldelli said. "Information technology can happen. This is the unfortunate reality that we alive in."

The first signs of problem came after Friday night's series opener between the teams, a x-three win for the Angels, when Baldelli announced an unspecified fellow member of the Twins' traveling political party had tested positive for COVID-xix.

Then, during his pregame video call with reporters Sabbatum afternoon, Baldelli announced that the Twins had more virus-related issues that affected their lineup. Presently after that, the Twins learned of another positive, eventually prompting MLB to call off the game.

Less than two hours before Sat'due south scheduled 6:07 p.grand. beginning pitch, the Twins — who were already without shortstop and former Angels player Andrelton Simmons for the trip subsequently he tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday — cleared out their clubhouse and initiated a round of COVID-19 testing and contact tracing for the rest of the team.

When they were scheduled to have batting exercise, Twins players and staff members instead sat around on the field or leaned upward against the dugout railing, checking cellphones and talking among themselves every bit a pregame music track blared from the speakers.

The postponement of Sat's game was announced at iv:46 p.one thousand., correct as the beginning early on arriving fans began trickling into the stands. Sunday's game was chosen a little more than an hour subsequently.

The Angels will undergo previously scheduled COVID-19 testing Sunday and also will concur an optional workout for their players. Their next scheduled game is Mon nighttime at dwelling house against the Texas Rangers.

Short hops

Shohei Ohtani (cicatrice) threw a 30-pitch bullpen session Saturday without issue and, according to manager Joe Maddon, could be ready to start a game on the mound again as soon as Tuesday — though it's unclear how this weekend'southward postponements might impact the squad'due south pitching rotation schedule. Ohtani hasn't pitched in a game since Apr 4.

3rd baseman Anthony Rendon (groin) is progressing but has non still resumed baseball activities. Maddon said the team should take a better sense of Rendon'south timeline — he has been out since last Dominicus — by the commencement of the coming week.

Jack Harris covers the Dodgers for the Los Angeles Times. Before that, he covered the Angels, the Kings and near everything else the L.A. sports scene had to offering. A Phoenix native, he originally interned at The Times before joining the staff in 2019.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/story/2021-04-17/angels-game-saturday-night-postponed-because-of-minnesota-twins-covid-related-issues

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