Merrill Kelly and Mark Melancon both made their first appearances of spring this afternoon. However, the results were rather different. Kelly allowed a run over 2.1 innings on two hits and two walk with a pair of strikeouts, though the broadcast made it seem like he was squeezed a bit by the home-plate umpire. In another “You’ll only see that in spring training” moment, he was lifted with one out in the second, being relieved by Ryan Hendrix - but came back to pitch a 1-2-3 third. However, Melancon allowed six hits to the eight batters he faced, and was charged with three runs - it might have been worse, but for a TOOTBLAN.
Diamondbacks 3, Mariners 6: Melancholy Melancon
