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.
Manfred said that MLB learned of Turner's positive test result during Game 6 and that Turner was immediately isolated in an attempt the spread of COVID-19.
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 its first World Series since 1988.