Heavy storms engulfed Fenway Park in rain and lightning for an hour and twenty minutes prior to the start of the fourth inning, forcing the suspension of Tuesday night’s Boston Red Sox vs. Cincinnati Reds game.
On Wednesday, the game will restart at the point of suspension at 2:30 p.m. Admission to Tuesday’s game will be available with a ticket.
The regularly planned game on Wednesday is still scheduled at 7:10 p.m. ET.
Both games will be shown on NESN and on radio in Spanish (WESX 1230/WCCM 1490 AM) and English (WEEI 93.7 FM).
Before the top of the fourth inning, the grounds staff at Fenway Park started to unfold the tarp while Richard Fitts was at an efficient 38 pitches.
After retiring the next three Reds in succession after working around a leadoff walk to TJ Friedl in the first, the Red Sox right-hander induced two lineouts with a flyout in between in a 1-2-3 second.
After Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Will Benson singled consecutively to start the third, Terry Francona’s new team advanced on a Friedl sacrifice bunt. Fitts forced Elly De La Cruz to fly out after Matt McClain’s RBI groundout put the Reds up.
Boston took a 2-0 lead over Brady Singer right away. Roman Anthony and Jarren Duran doubled back-to-back to start the first inning, and Anthony scored on a one-out RBI single from Carlos Narv oz. In order to avoid more damage, Singer struck out Marcelo Mayer and Trevor Story after walking Wilyer Abreu to put two men on.
Before Mother Nature put the game on hold, the Red Sox were unable to inflict any more harm on Singer.
NESN sent viewers back in time on Tuesday in anticipation of this week’s rematch between the 1975 World Series teams.
Broadcasters Dave O. Brien, Lou Merloni, Jahmai Webster, Tom Caron, and Jim Rice were dressed in vintage clothing, including bright neckties, psychedelic designs, and sport coats with wide lapels in vibrant colors. Webster put on a circular pair of sunglasses.
Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk waved from the Legends Suite after he famously used the force of his wave to will his Game 6-winning home run to stay fair within the left field foul pole that now bears his name.
Subsequently, the NESN cameras reversed time. They combined the footage with vintage visuals and colored the presentation to correspond with the era’s contests.
Only the third and fourth innings were to be affected. However, it was appropriate that Tuesday’s game experienced a protracted rain delay between the third and fourth, prolonging the 1975-style broadcast by more than an hour. This was because Game 6 of the World Series was famously postponed for three days owing to heavy rain in Boston.
