The MLB Speedway Classic, originally scheduled to take place on Saturday night but postponed in the first inning because of unrelenting rain, established a new record for attendance on Sunday, with the league's official box score listing 91,032 fans on hand to see the Atlanta Braves defeat the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. (It's unclear how many of those fans returned on Sunday.)
Saturday's start was delayed by inclement weather for more than two hours. Once the game began, Reds right-hander Chase Burns delivered a clean top of the first inning. The same wasn't true of Braves lefty Austin Cox , who was a late insert in place of scheduled starter Spencer Strider . (Strider is in his first year back following elbow surgery, and the disappointing