WASHINGTON -- Andrew McCutchen was scratched from the Pirates' starting lineup about an hour and a half before the first pitch of their second-to-last game of the season on Saturday night at Nationals Park.
McCutchen, slated to bat third and play center field in what would have been his 154th start of the year, was sidelined due to left foot discomfort. McCutchen injured his foot while fouling a ball off of it during the Pirates' 6-1 loss to the Nationals on Friday night.
With McCutchen out, Pittsburgh moved Starling Marte to center field, bumped up Josh Bell to the third spot in the lineup and inserted Jordan Luplow in left field, batting cleanup for the first time in his young Major League career.