SARASOTA, Fla. -- Alex Cobb looked much more comfortable in his second start of spring, giving up one run on two hits and one walk over three innings, in the Orioles' 10-4 loss to the Pirates at Ed Smith Stadium on Tuesday.

Cobb was roughed up in his spring debut when he gave up four runs in two-thirds of an inning to the Rays on Friday.

“Yeah, from a comfort level, first time out there is really difficult to prepare for,” Cobb said. “You throw many bullpens and sim games, but once you get on the mound, the game speeds up on you. I feel like I’m old enough now to where it shouldn’t speed up on me, but it did a little bit in that first game.”

In his first outing, Cobb said he left too many pitches high in the zone. He wanted to focus on getting those pitches down.

Cobb retired six of the first seven batters he faced Tuesday before running into a little bit of trouble in the third inning, when he gave up a leadoff walk to Patrick Kivlehan and a one-out double to Adam Frazier that Kivlehan scored on.

“I tend to leave some balls up over the plate and they get hit,” Cobb said. “The focus today was just driving the ball down in the zone and getting some more offspeed pitches over for strikes. So, yeah, it was a better work day for me.”

Cobb said that he didn’t use the new cameras and other technology in between starts, but he’s used the slow-motion cameras and other additions during camp and said that’s it’s been able to help him as he gets his mechanics into form.

“There have been times where I’ll play catch warming up and I’ll feel something, and I’ll go over to the cameras to make sure I get a couple on there to see what the good ones look like compared to the bad ones,” Cobb said. “Those will come into play and help a lot more when you’re dialed in more with your mechanics and that foundation is laid.

“I’m excited they’re bringing a lot of technology to our attention that’s going to be beneficial not just to the players on the Orioles, but the younger guys to help them develop.”

The addition of the new technology has given Cobb an appreciation for how it can help him become more efficient and less predictable in his outings.

Cobb was one of the big proponents of the Edgertronic cameras, and he lobbied for the Orioles to invest in them.

“They [the cameras] help us approach the way we’re taught to use our pitches,” Cobb said. “There’s a lot going on and it comes from guys that came from different organizations that are on the forefront of those.

“I think it’ll be fun to watch how it affects not only the pitchers, but what we’re able to do with our defenders, where to position them, things like that.”

That’s not to say Cobb will become too reliant on the technology. He still must compose the right plan from start to start and execute on the mound, but he hopes the cameras will give him and the rest of the rotation more awareness of the things they are doing well, and what they need to work on.

“There’s an endless amount of information out there we can use,” Cobb said. “But it’s about not letting it become too complicated and making sure guys use it smartly instead of making it too complicated.”