By Canadian Press

Mets, Marlins walk off field in social injustice protest

Aug 27, 2020 | 5:36 PM

NEW YORK — The New York Mets and Miami Marlins jointly walked off the field after a moment of silence, draping a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate as they chose not to start their scheduled game Thursday night.

The national anthem was played and all players and coaches stood.

Mets outfielder Dominic Smith — a Black man who wept Wednesday night while discussing the shooting by police of a Black man in Wisconsin over the weekend — then led New York onto the field. Players took their positions, then reserves and coaches filed out of both dugouts and stood silently for 42 seconds.

Both teams then left the field, leaving only the black T-shirt at home.

It was not immediately clear if the Mets and Marlins planned to resume their game.

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Jerry Beach And Jake Seiner, The Associated Press