Christian Encarnacion-Strand hit his first career grand slam during a five-run seventh inning and the Cincinnati Reds rallied to beat the Boston Red Sox 8-4 on Wednesday night. Elly De La Cruz, TJ Friedl and Santiago Espinal added RBIs for the Reds.

The Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Red Sox 8-4 on Wednesday night behind Christian Encarnacion-Strand's first grand slam of his career. With the Reds trailing 3-0 in the seventh inning, Encarnacion-Strand hit a towering,

Strand, who has slumped for weeks, hit a go-ahead grand slam Wednesday to help beat the Red Sox at Fenway Park.

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.

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.

The Cincinnati Reds trailed the Boston Red Sox 2-1 when the tarp was pulled onto the field after the end of the third inning Tuesday.

The Boston Red Sox rotation, outside of Garrett Crochet, has been a letdown. The team could address its need at the trade deadline.

The Boston Red Sox season has not gone according to plan. The team is below .500 entering play on Wednesday and in fourth place in the American League East.