Braves-Reds showcase at Bristol suspended by rain

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- It was a reddish emblem for Major League Baseball astatine Bristol Motor Speedway connected Saturday night.

The Speedway Classic betwixt the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds was suspended successful the archetypal inning due to the fact that of rain, soaking a record-breaking assemblage for the archetypal regular-season crippled successful Tennessee. The program is to resume the crippled connected Sunday afternoon.

The archetypal hold astatine the historical bullring of a racetrack came aft the ceremonial archetypal transportation featuring a brace of Hall of Famers successful Johnny Bench and Chipper Jones, joined by NASCAR drivers Kyle Busch and Chase Elliott. The 2nd with 1 retired successful the bottommost of the archetypal led to the crippled being pushed backmost a day, overmuch similar a reddish emblem successful motorsports.

Fans who stuck retired the archetypal hold started heading toward the exits earlier the crippled was delayed until Sunday.

It was an unwelcome detour for the long-planned lawsuit mixing shot and NASCAR.