BRISTOL, Tenn. − Welcome to Cincinnati.com's live coverage of the inaugural Speedway Classic, a baseball game played at famed auto-racing venue Bristol Motor Speedway between the Cincinnati Reds and the Atlanta Braves. Refresh this page throughout the game, which started late due to a rain delay at 9:41 p.m.

Cincinnati's Chase Burns and Atlanta's Spencer Strider were the starting pitchers in the MLB Speedway Classic before a rain delay Aug. 2.

After Saturday's Speedway Classic was suspended by rain in the bottom of the first inning, the Reds were forced to pivot and improvise, and could have their pitching situation affected for days to come at a critical point of their season.