Rockies players Antonio Senzatela, Yency Almonte, Jhoulys Chacin and Yonathan Daza were added to the COVID-19 IL, while manager Bud Black and first base coach Ron Gideon also are sitting out due to contract tracing protocols.
Drew Robinson, who survived a suicide attempt and returned to play baseball with one eye, will retire as a player to join the San Francisco Giants’ front office. He has spent the past 2 1/2 months with the Giants’ Triple-A affiliate in Sacramento.
Federal prosecutors reiterated Friday that they have no reason to believe the arrests were connected to terrorism or that there was a threat to the game.
Cronenworth had a two-run double in the second, an RBI triple in the third, a solo homer in the fifth and an infield single against the shift in the sixth.
Astros shortstop Carlos Correa, who missed the All-Star Game after being placed on the IL due to health and safety protocols, was in the lineup Friday along with Jose Altuve and Michael Brantley.
All six of the positive COVID-19 tests by New York Yankees players have now been confirmed, sources told ESPN, and the team will return to action against the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.
Bradley Beal will miss the Olympics because of the health and safety protocol, and Jerami Grant was placed in the protocol out of caution. USA Basketball also announced that Friday’s men’s basketball game against Australia in Las Vegas has been canceled.