Third baseman Mark Vientos has been scratched from the New York Mets’ lineup against the Los Angeles Dodgers because of abdominal soreness.

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Carlos Mendoza planned to let Mark Vientos play through his struggles — penciling him in at third base, and hitting second, for Friday’s series opener against the Dodgers — but the 25-year-old was scratched from the lineup for “precautionary reasons” roughly an hour before the scheduled first pitch due to abdominal soreness.

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