Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner tested positive for COVID-19, MLB announced on Tuesday night.
Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner has tested positive for COVID-19, MLB announced shortly after Los Angeles won the 2020 World Series Tuesday night.
Turner started Tuesday's contest, going hitless in each of his three at-bats. He was removed prior to the start of the eighth inning.
"It's a bittersweet night for us," MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said afterward on the FOX postgame broadcast. "...Obviously we’re concerned when any of our players tests positive. We learned during the game that Justin was a positive. He was immediately isolated to prevent spread.”
According to ESPN's Jeff Passan, during the second inning of Tuesday's game, the lab that has been conducting COVID-19 tests for the league informed MLB that Turner's test from Monday had come back inconclusive. Per ESPN, however, the samples from Tuesday had just arrived and were tested. Upon learning of the positive result, the league immediately told L.A. to pull Turner from the game.
ESPN also reports that when the Dodgers return to their hotel following their World Series celebration, everybody will be given a rapid PCR COVID-19 test. It remains unclear as of early Wednesday morning if the team will stay in the Dallas area or travel back to Los Angeles.
Turner marked the first known positive test by any player throughout the entirety of the 2020 MLB postseason.
MLB played its two division series, two championship series and World Series in various single-site bubbles.
The 2020 World Series took place in a bubble in Arlington, Texas, with teams staying at a single hotel and no added travel occurring throughout the series.
The Dodgers outlasted the Tampa Bay Rays, 3–1, in Game 6 to claim their first World Series since 1988.
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