Thursday’s scheduled 7:10 p.m. game between the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins at Comerica Park has been postponed to protest racial injustice and inequality, the teams announced.
The game will be made up Friday at 1:10 p.m. as part of a seven-inning doubleheader. The Tigers and Twins were set for a four-game series Thursday-Sunday.
MLB teams have followed the NBA’s lead on not playing games in the wake of Sunday’s shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the resulting fallout that led to the shooting of two protesters by 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse this week.
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WNBA players also went on strike leading to postponed games Wednesday, and three MLB games were postponed after players decided to sit out. The Tigers decided to play and won, 7-6, over the Chicago Cubs.
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The NHL postponed its Thursday playoff games.
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