Overview

• More than 85,000 spectators filled Bristol Motor Speedway, eclipsing the previous MLB regular-season attendance record of 84,587 set in 1954.
• Pregame festivities featured headlining performances by Tim McGraw, Pitbull and Jake Owen alongside a U.S. Navy flyover.
• Hall of Famers Chipper Jones and Johnny Bench delivered the ceremonial first pitches under the speedway’s lights.
• Braves’ Spencer Strider and Reds’ Chase Burns, both Tennessee natives, took the mound as FOX began its national broadcast.
• Crews transformed the infield by hauling in gravel, clay and synthetic turf to construct a regulation baseball diamond.