BOSTON — After more than an hour of heavy rain, thunder and lightning in the Fenway area Tuesday night, the Red Sox-Reds game was suspended — and will finish Wednesday.
Tuesday’s game will resume at 2:30 p.m. ET and the teams will play their regularly scheduled series finale at 7:10 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Boston is then off Thursday before a quick, one-city road trip to Washington, D.C. for Fourth of July weekend.
A muggy night at the ballpark quickly turned into a monsoon shortly after 8 p.m., when the grounds crew brought the tarp onto the field and started a rain delay. That delay lasted about 80 minutes.
Before the delay, Boston led Cincinnati, 2-1, after three innings. The Red Sox took an early lead on Reds starter Brady Singer when Roman Anthony (RBI double) and Carlos Narváez (RBI single) opened the scoring in the first inning. Cincinnati scored a run off Richard Fitts in the top of the third when Will Benson scored on a Matt McLain RBI groundout. Singer had just retired the Red Sox in the third, working around a Narváez walk to get through the frame.
Fitts, who allowed two hits, walked a batter and struck out another in his three innings, won’t pitch when the game continues. Righty Brayan Bello, who was Wednesday’s scheduled starter, will pitch when the game restarts in what will count as his first relief appearance since August 3, 2022. The Red Sox listed their Game 2 starter as “TBD.”
The Red Sox can add a 27th man for the nightcap and will likely add a pitcher before 7:10. One option is newcomer Kyle Harrison, who was acquired in the Rafael Devers blockbuster and was scheduled to pitch Tuesday in Worcester before the WooSox’ game was rained out. Cooper Criswell and Zack Kelly are also on the 40-man roster; Robert Stock is scheduled to pitch for the WooSox on Wednesday but adding him to the big league club would require a 40-man move.
Tickets for Tuesday’s game will be good for admission to the resumed contest at 2:30 p.m. Tomorrow’s regularly scheduled contest will remain at 7:10 p.m.
Both games will be televised on NESN and broadcast in English on WEEI 93.7 FM and in Spanish on WESX 1230/WCCM 1490 AM.
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