DETROIT – Standing in solidarity with other pro sports teams in a statement against racial injustice, the Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers did not play the first of their scheduled four-game series at Comerica Park on Thursday.
The Twins and Tigers joined other Major League Baseball teams and teams playing in the NBA and Stanley Cup Playoffs to temporarily halt play as a form of protest of the shooting last weekend of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Blake, a Black man, was shot seven times in the back by police while trying to enter his car in view of his children.
Thursday’s game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Friday.
Twins Baseball will return to 1060/107.1 KGFX on Saturday at 4:30 PM with the third game of the series in Detroit.
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