After red flag, White's 2 HRs let Braves lap Reds

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Eli White deed a three-run homer and a solo changeable to assistance the Atlanta Braves bushed the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 connected Sunday successful the rain-delayed MLB Speedway Classic astatine Bristol Motor Speedway.

White's archetypal homer of the day gave Atlanta a 3-1 pb successful the 2nd inning astatine the historical racetrack. The shot deed the safer obstruction aft clearing the outfield partition and the way itself.

He added his sixth homer of the play connected a leadoff changeable successful the seventh.

Cincinnati went 1-for-8 with runners successful scoring presumption and near 12 connected base. Brent Suter (1-2) got the loss.

Atlanta came successful having clinched the play series, winning 4 of the archetypal six games. The teams divided the archetypal 2 successful Cincinnati earlier coming to Bristol.

The crippled was scheduled for Saturday but was suspended successful the archetypal inning due to the fact that of persistent rain.

Hurston Waldrep (1-0) was connected the mound for Atlanta erstwhile play resumed. The right-hander was brought up from Triple-A Gwinnett and traveled astir 250 miles to Bristol Motor Speedway aboriginal Sunday morning. He pitched 5⅔ innings of one-run shot for his archetypal vocation win.

The Reds loaded the bases with 2 outs successful the eighth aft a balk by Tyler Kinley and a locomotion by Tyler Stephenson. Ke'Bryan Hayes deed a hard grounder to third, but Luke Williams made a diving halt and threw to 2nd for the forceout.

This was the archetypal clip successful six games betwixt these teams that it was decided by much than a azygous run.