The fallout from all of the Cardinals games postponed because of the COVID-10 outbreak on the team will result in the team playing 11 doubleheaders in the final 44 days of the season, beginning on Saturday against the White Sox in Chicago.
The schedule changes were announced by Major League Baseball on Friday and include doubleheaders against the Cubs on Monday and Wednesday of next week.
All of the doubleheaders will be scheduled as seven-inning games.
The other doubleheaders added to the schedule will be on Aug. 27 against the Pirates, a previous off day; Sept. 5 against the Cubs; Sept. 8 against the Twins; Sept. 14 and 16 against the Brewers; Sept. 18 against the Pirates and Sept. 25 against Milwaukee.
In the three doubleheaders against the Cubs the Cardinals will be the home team in each of the second games.
MLB also said that the doubleheader versus Detroit that was postponed from Thursday will be rescheduled at a later date. It’s possible those games won’t be played unless they are needed to break a tie in the standings at the end of the season.
The new schedule means the Cardinals will play 32 games in 27 days in September. They would play 58 games under the new schedule if the two games against the Tigers are not made up.
Here is new complete schedule:
Aug. 15 @ White Sox DH
Aug. 16 @White Sox
Aug. 17 @Cubs DH
Aug. 18 @Cubs
Aug. 19 @Cubs DH
Aug. 20 Reds
Aug. 21 Reds
Aug. 22 Reds
Aug. 23 Reds
Aug. 24 Royals
Aug. 25 Royals
Aug. 26 Royals
Aug. 27 Pirates DH
Aug 28 Indians
Aug. 29 Indians
Aug. 30 Indians
Aug. 31 @Reds
Sept. 1 @Reds
Sept. 2 @Reds
Sept. 3 day off
Sept. 4 @Cubs
Sept. 5 @Cubs DH
Sept. 6 @Cubs
Sept. 7 @Cubs
Sept. 8 Twins DH
Sept. 9 day off
Sept. 10 Tigers DH
Sept. 11 Reds
Sept. 12 Reds
Sept. 13 Reds
Sept. 14 @Brewers DH
Sept. 15 @Brewers
Sept. 16 @Brewers DH
Sept. 17 @Pirates
Sept. 18 @Pirates DH
Sept. 19 @Pirates
Sept. 20 @Pirates
Sept. 21 @Royals
Sept. 22 @Royals
Sept. 23 @Royals
Sept. 24 Brewers
Sept. 25 Brewers DH
Sept. 26 Brewers
Sept. 27 Brewers
