MIAMI - Jeff Locke did something tonight that he's never done in his career before: pitch into the ninth inning as a starter. It hadn't happened in his previous 100 big league starts. It never happened in the minors, and didn't happen in prep ball, where they only play seven innings anyway.
"I've been in there twice before out of the pen in like 10-0 games," Locke said. "Unlike anything I've ever been a part of. Actually, I've never been a part of it. It was pretty special."
The end result was a complete game shutout for the lefty, his first complete game in 101 MLB starts.