Cincinnati Reds' Christian Encarnacion-Strand, right, singles as Boston Red Sox first baseman Abraham Toro (29) drags his toe off the base during the second inning of a baseball game at Fenway ...

Will the REAL Cincinnati Reds Please Stand Up. If the Reds are true contenders, this series against the Dodgers will tell us just how legitimate of contenders they really are.

The Reds game with the Minnesota Twins Wednesday night, June 18 was ... it's not too early for Cincinnati to be positioning itself for contention, and that's what the club has achieved in winning nine of its last 11 games. Need a break?

After more than an hour of waiting through a delay in the top of the fourth Tuesday night, the game was suspended and is now scheduled to resume at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Abbott and De La Cruz both entered in the sixth inning. The left-hander pitched a perfect 1-2-3 inning. He got Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Riley Greene to fly out to center field and got Randy Arozarena to ground out softly to first base. De La Cruz went 0-2 with a strikeout and a flyout to left field.