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Locked in: Pirates lefty on solid 4-start run
- Updated: June 5, 2016
PITTSBURGH — After back-to-back quality starts and four wins in a row, Pirates lefty Jeff Locke can joke about his mistakes. When you follow up your first career complete game, a shutout in Miami, by holding the Angels to three runs in seven innings, it’s normal to be in a good mood.
Locke gave up a solo home run to Angels outfielder Shane Robinson in the sixth during the Pirates’ 8-7 win on Saturday, one of two solo shots he allowed in the game. Though admitting the solo homers upset him a bit — Robinson’s home run was just the sixth of his career — Locke stayed in good spirits.
“I saw it right afterward,” Locke said. “[Robinson’s] got this little red box on the inner part of the plate that’s his hot zone. And I found it today. Right in there, just where he likes it.”
He allowed a single to …
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