He struggled with that a little bit in his initial spring outing he gave up a single and home run to the first two Mets batters but made the adjustment much quicker Thursday night.

WSJ: Strasburg strikes out 6, Nats and Mets tie in 10

Pettitte allowed four runs, eight hits and one walk in his second spring training outing against a big league opponent.

WSJ: Cabrera homers, Tigers top Pettitte, Yankees 10-6

Verlander allowed five runs, while walking two, hitting two batters and balking in a run in his worst outing of the spring.

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