{"id":21440,"date":"2025-08-03T12:55:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T16:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/rain-suspends-braves-vs-reds-in-bristol-game-postponed-due-to-bad-weather\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T12:55:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T16:55:23","slug":"rain-suspends-braves-vs-reds-in-bristol-game-postponed-due-to-bad-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nascar\/rain-suspends-braves-vs-reds-in-bristol-game-postponed-due-to-bad-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain suspends Braves vs Reds in Bristol: Game postponed due to bad weather"},"content":{"rendered":"A historic night at Bristol Motor Speedway was marred by rain, forcing the suspension of the match between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds in the first inning.\n\nThe event, called Speedway Classic, which marked the first regular season game of MLB in Tennessee, was stopped due to inclement weather, before a record crowd. The game will resume on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.\n\nThe initial launch ceremony was attended by baseball legends such as Johnny Bench and Chipper Jones, along with NASCAR figures such as Kyle Busch and Chase Elliott.\n\nAfter a delay of more than two hours, the game was postponed with the Reds leading 1-0. The rain frustrated a long-planned event that combined baseball and NASCAR.\n\n

We are going to suspend tonight’s game. … We are optimistic about a better weather forecast for tomorrow.<\/p>Michael Hill, Senior Vice President of Field Operations at MLB<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe weather conditions made the game difficult, with incidents such as a bat that slipped from TJ Friedl’s hands and grip problems for a pitcher.\n\nThe Speedway Classic is part of MLB’s initiative to bring baseball to places where it is not played daily, following the success of previous events.\n\nThe Reds pitcher, Andrew Abbott, showed up in Bristol wearing a NASCAR racing suit, demonstrating his enthusiasm for the event.\n\nBefore the rain forced the suspension, fans enjoyed a wide range of entertainment, including a 110-foot Ferris wheel, food stalls, live music, and batting cages.\n\nThe players were presented in vehicles, and the introductions were made between cars decorated with the teams’ colors.\n\nThe first delay caused changes in the starting pitchers. Spencer Strider, who grew up near Knoxville, received a bigger ovation than Chase Burns.\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\nThe rain ruined a historic night at Bristol Motor Speedway, where thousands of people gathered to watch the Braves face the Reds. They sat through a rain delay of 2 hours and 17 minutes before the game was suspended in the first inning. The action will resume on Sunday.<\/em>\n\nStrider did warm-ups, but the Braves opted not to risk him and chose Austin Cox.\n\nMichael Waltrip, a well-known Bristol racer, restarted the festivities with an iconic phrase. Atlanta didn’t score in the first inning, and once again the rain forced a new delay.\n\nMore than 85,000 tickets were sold, surpassing the previous attendance of 84,587 established in 1954.\n\nThe field presented unique challenges, with considerable distances for home runs and the possibility of the ball bouncing on the track.\n\n

Honestly, my first thought: I can’t believe they did all this for a single game. Being able to set all this up, prepare a playing surface, place the stands to have the right view, is quite incredible.<\/p>Matt Olson, Braves first baseman<\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A historic night at Bristol Motor Speedway was marred by rain, forcing the suspension of the match between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds in the first inning. The event, called Speedway Classic, which marked the first regular season game of MLB in Tennessee, was stopped due to inclement weather, before a record crowd. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[747,6737,6751,749],"class_list":{"0":"post-21440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-braves","9":"tag-bristol-motor-speedway","10":"tag-rain-delay","11":"tag-reds"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}