Red Sox-Reds suspended after 3 innings due to heavy storms, lightning

Tuesday night s encounter between the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds was suspended after heavy storms blanketed Fenway Park in rain and lightning for an hour and minutes before the fourth inning could begin The competition will resume at p m Wednesday at the point of suspension Tickets for Tuesday s event will be good for admission Wednesday s regularly scheduled contest remains set for p m ET Both games will be televised on NESN and broadcast on the radio in English WEEI FM and Spanish WESX WCCM AM Where we left off Richard Fitts was at an efficient pitches when Fenway Park grounds crew began unfurling the tarp before the top of the fourth inning The Red Sox right-hander had worked around a leadoff walk to TJ Friedl in the first to retire the next three Reds in order and induced a pair of lineouts with a flyout in between in a - - second Terry Francona s new company led off the third with back-to-back singles by Will Benson and Christian Encarnacion-Strand and the runners advanced on a Friedl sacrifice bunt Matt McClain s RBI groundout got the Reds on the board before Fitts induced Elly De La Cruz to fly out Boston jumped out to an immediate - lead against Brady Singer Jarren Duran and Roman Anthony opened the bottom of the first with back-to-back doubles and Carlos Narv ez s one-out RBI single brought Anthony home to number Singer walked Wilyer Abreu to put two men on but struck out Trevor Story and Marcelo Mayer to escape further damage The Red Sox could do no further damage against Singer before Mother Nature pressed pause on the meeting Lightning lights up Fenway Park as the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds meeting Tuesday night gets suspended Gabrielle Starr Boston Herald NESN s groovy encounter In honor of this week s rematch between the World Series teams NESN took viewers back in time on Tuesday Broadcasters Dave O Brien Lou Merloni Jahmai Webster Tom Caron and Jim Rice were clad in retro apparel boldly-hued sport coats with wide lapels loud neckties and psychedelic prints Webster donned a pair of round sunglasses Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk who famously willed his Battle -winning home run to stay fair through sheer force of wave inside the left field foul pole that now bears his name waved from the Legends Suite Then the NESN cameras turned back the clock They colorized the broadcast to match contests of the era and paired the footage with retro graphics It was only supposed to be for the third and fourth innings But Competition of the World Series was famously delayed three days due to heavy rain in Boston so it was fitting that Tuesday s meeting went into a lengthy rain delay between the third and fourth extending the -style broadcast for over an hour