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.

WSJ: Niese outpitches Verlander in Mets' win

Toronto LHP Ricky Romero is scheduled to start Saturday, his first outing since his demotion during spring training to work on his mechanics.

WSJ: With Jeter looking on, Cano leads Yanks over Jays

Instead, Jeter batted six times without incident during Pettitte's simulated outing Friday at the team's spring training complex in Tampa, Fla.

WSJ: Ailing Yankees creak toward opening day