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Feliciano feels fine with heart monitor

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New York Mets reliever Pedro Feliciano wore a heart monitor while pitching and reported no problems or discomfort during his first spring training outing in Jupiter, Fla.

Feliciano threw one inning against the Miami Marlins in a “B” game on a practice field behind Roger Dean Stadium. He allowed one run – on Ben Lasater’s home run – hit a batter and struck out one.

“I think it was better than what I was expecting in my velocity, release,” Feliciano said.

Feliciano was diagnosed last week with a rare genetic condition called left ventricular noncompaction. The condition results from the failure of myocardial development from birth. Feliciano said he never thought about the heart monitor while in the game.

The 36-year-old left-hander, who missed the past two seasons because of a shoulder injury, threw 11 of 18 pitches for strikes. His fastball was clocked in the low 80 mph range.

World Baseball Classic

Jungho Kang hit a two-run homer with two out in the bottom of the 8th inning to give South Korea a 3-2 victory over Taiwan in a Group B game on Tuesday, but the South Koreans missed out on a spot in the next round because they lost a tiebreaker against the Netherlands at Taipei, Taiwan … Jonathan Schoop’s two-run homer helped give the Netherlands a 4-1 victory over Australia at Taipei, Taiwan. … Ray Chang drove in two runs and China rallied with five runs in the bottom of the eighth to beat Brazil 5-2 in Group A at Fukuoka, Japan. … Mark Teixeira’s stay with the U.S. team at the World Baseball Classic didn’t last long. The Yankees slugger strained his right forearm while taking some light swings off a tee in the batting cage, forcing him to withdraw from the tournament. … Team USA manager Joe Torre firmed up his starting pitching for the first round of the World Baseball Classic, slating R.A. Dickey against Mexico, Ryan Vogelsong against Italy and Derek Holland against Canada. Torre had already said Dickey would pitch the opener in Pool D on Friday night, Vogelsong will start Saturday against Italy. That allows Holland, a left-hander, to face a Canadian lineup stocked with left-handed hitters on Sunday.