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Pirates-Guardians postponed for poor air quality
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CLEVELAND -- The game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cleveland Guardians scheduled for Friday night has been postponed due to air quality concerns because of wildfire smoke from Canada and northern Minnesota. Heavy, pungent wildfire smoke darkened skies in the U.S. from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, reducing visibility and prompting warnings that breathing the air outside could be dangerous. Northeast Ohio has been experiencing smoky and hazy skies for the past two days.
CLEVELAND -- The game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cleveland Guardians scheduled for Friday night has been postponed due to air quality concerns because of wildfire smoke from Canada and northern Minnesota.
Heavy, pungent wildfire smoke darkened skies in the U.S. from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, reducing visibility and prompting warnings that breathing the air outside could be dangerous.
Northeast Ohio has been experiencing smoky and hazy skies for the past two days.
A split doubleheader is scheduled for Saturday, with the start times being 1:10 p.m. EDT and 7:10 p.m. EDT.
Thursday night's 4-1 Mets win over the Phillies in Philadelphia was moved to 6:10 p.m. EDT from 7:10 p.m. It was the only game on the big league schedule coming out of this week's All-Star break.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.