Cain feels good, but remains unsure about first start

SCOTTSDALE — Late in a 35-pitch bullpen session on Saturday morning, Matt Cain yelled for bullpen coach Mark Gardner to step into the box and look like a hitter as Cain ramped up the velocity on his pitches.

Cain really started to let it rip for a few minutes, but he’ll have to turn it up even more if he wants to make his first scheduled start of the regular season. The Giants are running out of time to get Cain ready for April 8, but he’s not ruling it out yet.

“I think we’ll cross that road when it gets down to it,” he said. “If everything is good with the schedule and I get my pitch count up, I think I can be fine for that fifth spot, but I don’t think we can say that (for sure) right now.…