St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras will miss Friday night’s game against Arizona due to back spasms.

Shortly after batting practice concluded at Busch Stadium, the Cardinals scratched Willson Contreras from the starting lineup ...

The St. Louis Cardinals reveal that first baseman Willson Contreras was scratched from Friday's lineup due to an injury.

The St. Louis Cardinals took down the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night, but had to do so without the services of one of their biggest stars. Shortly before ...

Moving on from Goldschmidt opened the door for Willson Contreras to move over to first base and open up more playing time for ...

St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras (back) has been scratched from Friday's series opener against the ...

Contreras (undisclosed) has been scratched from Friday's starting lineup against the Diamondbacks. It's not clear what prompted Contreras' removal from the lineup, but the Cardinals should make an ...

Since dropping from the No. 2 spot in the Cardinals’ batting order, Willson Contreras has batted .352 with a 1.103 OPS in 16 ...

Willson Contreras hits a single to center field, scoring Victor Scott II to put the Cardinals on the board in the bottom of ...

New Yankees first baseman Paul Goldschmidt knew his former team, the Cardinals, could surprise some people this year.

Merrill Kelly has remained consistent for the Arizona Diamondbacks as they try to stay competitive in the National League West.

PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Merrill Kelly (5-2, 3.26 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 52 strikeouts); Cardinals: Matthew Liberatore (3-3, 2.92 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 47 strikeouts) ...