HOUSTON – The Houston Astros and Oakland Athletics jointly walked off the field following a moment of silence, draping a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate as they chose not to play on Friday night.The postponement came on Jackie Robinson Day across the majors, and in the wake of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, a Black man, being shot by police in Wisconsin over the weekend.All players, managers and coaches at Minute Maid Park were wearing No.
42, the jersey number Robinson wore when he broke the major league color barrier in 1947.The Athletics and Astros placed a No.
42 jersey in each batter’s box. Houston starters took their positions, with other players on both sides lining up in front of their dugouts.