Merrill Kelly dominated the Giants in his spring debut throwing 3 perfect innings and striking out 8 of the 9 batters.
Merrill came back from a 3-1 count to strike out Mike Yastrzemski to start the bottom of the first. He went on to strike out Brandon Crawford and Darin Ruff too to retire the side in order. He retired the side in order again in the bottom half of the 2nd, inducing a fly out and two more K’s. He then struck out the side again in the 3rd for his 5th straight strikeout and 8th of the game.