Most of the Oakland Athletics returned home to California on Tuesday following another Major League Baseball game at Seattle being postponed after a travel party member tested positive for COVID-19. The three-game series will be played as a September 14 doubleheader and a September 26 game in Oakland now becoming a double-header. The delays were made out of an abundance of caution and to permit more testing of the A's. There have been no other positive tests among A's personnel after the initial positive test, so those not identified as close contacts to the person who tested positive were approved to return to Oakland. The Athletics had remained at their team hotel in Houston following a road series against the Astros after a positive test Saturday following a 4-2 Oakland loss. With a COVID-19 delayed and shortened season set to conclude on September 27 before expanded playoffs begin, the Athletics are 22-12, second to Tampa Bay in the American League and 2.5 games ahead of Houston atop the AL West division. About 40 games have been postponed since the campaign began in July in empty stadiums across the United States rather than a bubble atmosphere. Outbreaks on teams have forced major idle stretches for both the St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins. js/rcw