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It felt really good, the first inning I was a little amped up, said Cook, who ranged in between 89 and 90 mph. I felt like a little kid. I was able to make some pitches and get out of the inning. Got a lot of groundball [outs] and that s what I need to do.
Since Cook has battled shoulder injuries in the past, the Red Sox proceeded with caution this spring training, offering the right-hander additional off-days in between bullpen sessions while limiting his pitches per session.
As I said all along, I m not sure there s enough innings [for pitchers] between now and whenever one stop travel shop that magical date is, Valentine said. But with those two innings under his belt, the day that he ll be ready to help us seems to be not so far away. It seems like it will happen if he keeps throwing like that.
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