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Astros, A's walk off field on Jackie Robinson Day

For the third straight day, MLB has seen a game postponed after players refused to play in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake.

The lone game to see a player protest on Friday, the day MLB celebrated its league-wide Jackie Robinson Day, was between the Houston Astros and Oakland Athletics. Both teams took the field in No. 42 jerseys in honor of Robinson, observed a moment of silence, then exited.

Soon, the only things left on the field were No. 42 jerseys from both teams and a “Black Lives Matter” T-shirt.