Without a starting pitcher — after they elected to use the scheduled starter, Brayan Bello, in the suspended game — the Sox tried to navigate nine innings with relievers. It worked for a while.

The Red Sox and Reds got through three innings on Tuesday night before thunder, lightning and hard rain forced a delay, and ultimately a suspension The contest will continue on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.

Wilyer Abreu hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning Wednesday afternoon and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 in the completion of a game suspended by rain a night earlier.