Red Sox and Reds suspended by rain after three innings
The game will resume at 2:30 p.m. ET Wednesday before the regularly scheduled series finale at 7:10.
The Red Sox needed just two batters to take the lead against Cincinnati's Brady Singer. Jarren Duran and Roman Anthony cracked back-to-back doubles for the first run. After Anthony moved to third on Abraham Toro's fly ball, Narvaez made it 2-0 with an RBI single through the right side.
Boston starter Richard Fitts worked around a leadoff walk to retire the next six Reds he faced before the visitors halved their deficit. Will Benson and Christian Encarnacion-Strand began the third with consecutive singles, then Benson worked his way home on TJ Friedl's sacrifice bunt Matt McLain's RBI groundout.
After allowing two runs and three hits in the first, Singer threw two hitless innings and finished with four strikeouts and two walks to show for his three innings of work.
Fitts did not allow a hit outside of Cincinnati's run-scoring frame. He posted one strikeout and one walk in three innings.
--Field Level Media
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