Santana throws bullpen, slated to pitch Thursday

[March 10, 2009]  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) --  Johan Santana tested his left elbow in another bullpen session Monday and the New York Mets ace is scheduled to make his Grapefruit League debut Thursday night against Florida at Tradition Field.

The Mets got a pinch-hit grand slam from Nick Evans in the eighth inning and a game-winning solo shot by Rene Rivera in the ninth to beat the Orioles 9-8. But on a day when Miami Dolphins executive Bill Parcells and coach Tony Sparano visited camp, it was Santana who took center stage.

[Associated Press]

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