After a controversial decision was made to play both games of the doubleheader against the A’s yesterday despite extremely poor air quality, the Mariners and Giants will not play tonight’s game at T-Mobile Park. (Please note the previous sentence contains an egregious yet unavoidable use of the passive voice. Who made this decision? The Mariners? MLB? Unfortunately, we don’t know the answer to that question. But you should definitely read this more in-depth examination of the decision to play yesterday.)
At the time of this writing (2 PM PT), the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Seattle is 249, or “Very Unhealthy Air Quality.