The grounds crew pours dirt onto the field during a Major League Baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds at Bristol Motor Speedway. Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

MLB Speedway Classic at Bristol pushed to Sunday due to rain

By Samuel Stubbs | Last updated Aug 2, 2025 10:54 PM ET

The MLB Speedway Classic at Bristol Motor Speedway has been pushed back to Sunday after persistent rain showers.

Saturday's game between the Braves (46-63) and Reds (58-53) began at 9:40 p.m. ET, over two hours after the scheduled first pitch of 7:15. The game managed to get into the bottom of the first inning before the rain became strong enough to warrant a delay, and eventually, a suspension of the game to Sunday afternoon.

The Speedway Classic will resume tomorrow at 1p ET. pic.twitter.com/Rb8WOydlEw
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Chase Burns threw a perfect top of the first for Cincinnati, while Austin Cox gave up three consecutive hits that resulted in Elly De La Cruz scoring on an Austin Hays single. Cincinnati leads 1-0 in the bottom of the first inning.

Miguel Andujar will be up to bat when the game resumes on Sunday with one out and runners on first and second.

The Speedway Classic is the first MLB game to be held in the state of Tennessee and set a record for the highest attendance ever for an MLB regular season game.

Coverage of the game will resume at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, with coverage on FOX. The Speedway Classic is a rubber match in a three-game series between Atlanta and Cincinnati. Both the Braves and Reds were originally scheduled for an off day on Sunday.

Sunday's forecast currently calls for intermittent showers with partly cloudy skies.

Samuel Stubbs

Hailing from the same neck of the woods as NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin, Samuel has been covering NASCAR for Yardbarker since February 2024. He has been a member of the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) since October of 2024. When he’s not writing about racing, Samuel covers Arkansas Razorback basketball for Yardbarker

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