JUPITER, Fla.—New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom was scratched from his Friday exhibition start against the Cardinals because of a stress reaction in his right scapula, And with rain forecast for the afternoon, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol moved most of his regular position players and a couple of starting pitchers to the back fields to play in a minor league squad game.
The rain did come a couple of times and there was a 55-minute delay with one out in the third inning of the game which the Cardinals led 3-0 after a three-run second inning against deGrom’s replacement, Felix Pena.