PHILADELPHIA -- Phillies shortstop Trea Turner didn't start Monday for a third straight game because of a back spasm but later entered the game against the Colorado Rockies as a pinch hitter.

PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner was not in the starting lineup Monday for a third straight game because of a back spasm. Turner could be available to pinch hit in ...

Turner was scratched from the Phillies' 11-6 win over the Nationals on Saturday with a back spasm. Catcher J.T. Realmuto fouled a ball off his left foot in that game and exited in the seventh inning.