SARASOTA, Fla. -- Should left-hander Adalberto Mejia be successful as a starting pitcher in the regular season, he will have to figure out how to pitch out of pressure-filled situations. On Saturday, he gave a glimpse of how he plans to do so.
After giving up a two-out double to Manny Machado, Mejia kept his cool and forced Adam Jones to fly out and end the first inning.
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Then in the second, Mejia gave up a walk to Trey Mancini and a single to Mark Trumbo, but he responded by getting Craig Gentry to ground into a double play before inducing a groundout by Joey Rickard.