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First shutout culmination of Locke’s progression
- Updated: May 31, 2016
MIAMI — Sitting in the visiting manager’s office at Marlins Park on Monday afternoon, Clint Hurdle explained an exercise he performs with new players. The Pirates’ manager will ask them to stretch their arms above their head, reaching as far as they can. When they’re done, he’ll ask them to reach another three inches. Without fail, they’ll extend their fingers another three inches into the air.
How does this apply to Pirates starter Jeff Locke? What does it have to do with his first career shutout Monday night in a 10-0 win over the Marlins, the Pirates’ first complete game in nearly two years?
“Until we get to the point where we give those last three inches, who knows how good we can be or what we can become?” Hurdle said. “I think Jeff’s trying to find those three more inches.”
Locke gave the Pirates three inches and nine innings at Marlins Park, as he quickly and efficiently tossed 105 pitches in Pittsburgh’s first complete game since Vance Worley went the distance against the Giants on July 28, 2014.
After the final out, Locke clapped into his gloved right hand and stepped off the mound. He hugged catcher …
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