SAN DIEGO • In the first inning of a game last night at Petco Park, on consecutive swings, David Freese bounced into a double play and Jon Jay skipped into a groundout.
They did so for different teams.
There wasn’t a Cardinal in the vicinity.
As the Cardinals leave behind the reunion series with John Lackey and Jason Heyward, they head west where more familiar faces will greet them. Jay, a fixture for the Cardinals until this past winter, is likely to bat leadoff for the Padres against his longtime teammate Adam Wainwright when a series opens Friday night in San Diego.