UPDATED: 6:00 PM - “The Nationals announced that Juan Soto has been scratched from the lineup after he was initially penciled in, with what a note on the change said was “back spasm(s)”. Knowing Soto, or at least based on what Davey Martinez has said about him never wanting to be out of the lineup, the back must have been a real issue for the 20-year-old slugger, who’s in the midst of a 15-game on-base streak, to sit this one out. With Soto out, as you’ll see below, Michael A.
UPDATED: Washington Nationals’ lineup for 3rd of 4 with the St. Louis Cardinals: Juan Soto scratched with back spasm
