Juan Soto had appeared in all 28 games for the Nationals this season. (Nick Wass/AP)Left fielder Juan Soto will sit against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday because of back spasms, the Washington Nationals announced with just over an hour until first pitch. Washington’s first game of the new month comes against one of baseball’s hotter teams — the Cardinals are 19-10 and clicking in all ways. Miles Mikolas (2-2, 5.29 ERA) will go for the Cardinals and aim to keep the Nationals in a week-long slump. The Nationals finished March and April with a 12-16 record after back-to-back losses to start this four-game series with the Cardinals.

Source: Washington Post May 01, 2019 22:40 UTC