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The Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds were ready to start their engines Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee.
Then Mother Nature waved the red flag.
The MLB Speedway Classic began with a rain delay, deflating the adrenaline that had pumped up everyone inside one of NASCAR's most famous tracks.
The delay lasted about two and a half hours, with first pitch finally arriving at 9:40 p.m. ET.
Because of the lengthy delay, Braves starting pitcher Spencer Strider was scratched from the lineup. Strider, who grew up in Tennessee, went through warmups prior to the delay.