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

Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald on Jul 1, 2025

Published in Baseball

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BOSTON — Tuesday night’s game between the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds was suspended after heavy storms blanketed Fenway Park in rain and lightning for an hour and 20 minutes before fourth inning could begin.

The game will resume at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the point of suspension. Tickets for Tuesday’s game will be good for admission.

Wednesday’s regularly scheduled contest remains set for 7:10 p.m. ET.

Where we left off

Richard Fitts was at an efficient 38 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 Cincinnati Reds in order, and induced a pair of lineouts with a flyout in between in a 1-2-3 second.

Terry Francona’s new team 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 2-0 lead against Brady Singer. Jarren Duran and Roman Anthony opened the bottom of the first with back-to-back doubles, and Carlos Narváez’s one-out RBI single brought Anthony home to score. 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 game.