Mets Cleared to Resume Season With Tuesday Doubleheader

(Bloomberg) -- The New York Mets have come up clean since two positive Covid-19 cases in the organization last week, clearing the way for the team to continue its season.

The Mets are working out at Citi Field on Monday and will return to action Tuesday with a doubleheader against the Miami Marlins in New York, according to a statement from Major League Baseball.

Tuesday’s doubleheader will make up for last Thursday’s postponed game in Miami -- the Marlins will serve as the home team in the second game despite playing in New York. Doubleheaders during the 2020 season have been condensed to seven-inning games in the interest of player health and safety.

The Mets will start to make up part of the three-game series missed against the New York Yankees over the weekend with doubleheaders scheduled for Friday Aug. 28 and Sunday Aug. 30th, with a game in between on Saturday, all of which will be at Yankee Stadium.

As it stands now, the Mets are scheduled to play nine games over the next six days.

The final regular season game against the two New York rivals will be made up at Citi Field on Thursday Sept. 3.

As for how the Covid-19 cases struck the organization, “we have a high degree of confidence that this exposure that we received is not as a result of anyone misbehaving,” Mets General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen told reporters during a virtual press conference Monday.

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