Jon Jay among cuts to Cardinals’ roster

JUPITER, Fla. — Outfielder Jon Jay’s bottom-of-the-ninth single scored the winning run Sunday and made a winner of Blake Hawksworth, who pitched a scoreless inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a chance at the game-ending rally.

Their reward: They were both sent to Class AAA after the game.

“Must be a good team when the wining pitcher and the guy with the game-winning hit don’t make the team,” manager Tony La Russa said.
Five players were trimmed from the major-league camp roster on Sunday afternoon, the traditional day at Cardinals camp for cuts. (It gets each player their full per diem for the week.) Hawksworth and Tyler Greene were optioned to Class AAA, and pitcher Fernando Salas, catcher Bryan Anderson and Jay were reassigned to the minor-league camp. This is Greene’s first year on the 40-man roster and thus his first option year has been used.

(stltoday.com0