The bullpen couldn’t lock it down.
After Jeff Locke made a striking first impression in his Marlins debut, the bullpen allowed his performance to go to waste in a 3-2 loss to the Diamondbacks on Thursday night.
Locke came out in the sixth with a 2-0 lead. And then poof.
It was another discouraging night for a Marlins relief corps that figured to be one of the team’s strong suits. But it has not turned out that way. The bullpen’s ERA of 4.10 going in ranked ninth in the NL. It didn’t improve any Thursday.
The Marlins took a 2-0 lead in the third with the help of a fielding error.