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A’s Daniel Mengden placed on coronavirus IL following positive test

A’s pitcher Daniel Mengden tested positive for the coronavirus on Aug. 29, general manager David Forst told reporters Thursday morning.

Mengden was the lone Athletic to test positive in the team’s traveling party.

The A’s and Major League Baseball conducted contact tracing in Houston, which prompted the team to be split into two traveling groups. Those that had close contact (at least 15 minutes) with Mengden unmasked or not socially distanced stayed back an extra day for extra testing. The first . . .