The Washington Nationals have postponed Thursday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks due to poor air quality affecting the eastern part of the U.S.
In a tweet, the team said that its game against the Diamondbacks, scheduled to take place Thursday afternoon, will be made up on June 22, noting that tickets and parking passes for the game will be honored.
This is the third MLB game in the past two days to be postponed, after Chicago White Sox-New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies-Detroit Tigers games were postponed on Wednesday due to the smoke from Canadian wildfires that has descended on much of the eastern seaboard.
Women’s professional sporting leagues the WNBA and NWSL also postponed games on Wednesday due to the poor air quality in the New York Metropolitan area.
The wildfires ranging in Canada have caused smoky; hazy conditions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic parts of the country. A number of locations in those areas have air quality categorized as either “unhealthy,” “very unhealthy,” or “hazardous.”
The conditions also led to many school districts cancelling outdoor and local authorities advising vulnerable residents to stay indoors.
The hazardous conditions from the Canadian wildfires also caused the New York Racing Association (NYRA) to cancel a live horse racing event at Belmont Park, just two days before the final leg of the Triple Crown with the Belmont Stakes.