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PITTSBURGH -- Jeff Locke spent a lot of time with A.J. Burnett last year, and then faced his mentor in a pitching matchup in Pittsburgh. Locke got the best of Burnett on Sunday in Pittsburghs 6-2 victory that finished off a three-game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies. "It didnt even feel like we were playing a Major League Baseball game," Locke said. "We spoke really briefly before we got in the bullpen, just told each other to have fun today, go get em. Pound down." Locke gave up just three hits and a walk in eight innings, and the Pirates completed their first sweep of the season. Pittsburgh had failed to finish a sweep in eight previous tries this season. Philadelphia was swept for the eighth time. "I didnt know we didnt have a sweep all season," Locke said. "It feels good, especially a team like those guys over there. Especially when (Marlon) Byrd and A.J. come back again." The Pirates (47-41) moved a season-high six games over .500, while the Phillies (37-51) fell a season-high 14 games below .500. Locke (2-1) gave up two runs -- one earned -- and struck out four. He has made six straight quality starts since being recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis on June 8. The left-hander worked mostly off of his fastball and changeup in an outing his manager Clint Hurdle called "fantastic." Byrd gave the Phillies a 1-0 lead in the first inning with a single to left. Jimmy Rollins scored an unearned run from second after he reached base on a throwing error by third baseman Pedro Alvarez. Alvarez leads the major leagues with 18 errors this season. Pittsburgh responded in its half of the inning with two runs to erase Philadelphias early lead. Andrew McCutchen beat out a ground ball to shortstop with two outs after Burnett struck out the Pirates first two hitters. Neil Walker followed with a single. Against his former batterymate, Pirates catcher Russell Martin hit a two-run double to right-centre for a 2-1 advantage that wouldnt have been possible without McCutchens hustle. "Thats my game," McCutchen said. "I go up, hit a ball on the ground, and I have an opportunity to do something with it. Thats what I use my legs for and thats what Im going to always be like." The Pirates added another run in the third when Josh Harrison led off with a triple that split the gap in right-centre. Harrison tagged from third on a shallow fly ball from Walker to centre fielder Ben Revere and scored as Reveres throw came in offline. Burnett (5-8) gave up three runs and five hits, walked two and struck out seven in seven innings in his return to Pittsburgh. The Pirates played a "Thank You A.J." video on the scoreboard when Burnett took the mound in the first inning "The video caught me by surprise," Burnett said. "I dont know what to say about it. It was very moving. It was very unexpected." Byrd hit his 18th home run in the seventh inning to draw Philadelphia within 3-2. Locke threw Byrd a changeup low and inside, which Byrd sent over the fence in left field. "He got me," Locke said. "I got ahead of him, threw a changeup, and boom, he hit it. I knew it was a home run." For Hurdle, it was only a matter of time until Byrd would damage the Pirates. "Byrds a good hitter," Hurdle said. "We played with the tigers tail earlier in the series because he had a lot of at-bats with runners in scoring position that we were able to navigate through and around." Byrd finished 2 for 4 with two RBI. "Hes been very steady for us," Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said. "An everyday grinder who forces the chips in. Hes been one of our consistent bats." Harrison scored again in the eighth on a RBI triple by McCutchen, who was awarded third base because of fan interference following a crew chief review initiated by home plate umpire Dale Scott. Philadelphia reliever Justin De Fratus elevated an 81 mph slider over the plate that McCutchen hammered to the opposite field. "I thought it had a chance," McCutchen said. "But like Ive said plenty of times, you just never know what the ballpark is. Some days itll go, some days it wont." McCutchen then scored on a single by Starling Marte, and Jordy Mercer drove in another run with a sacrifice fly. NOTES: Pittsburgh RHP Charlie Morton (5-9, 3.30 ERA) will oppose St. Louis RHP Adam Wainwright (1-4, 1.89 ERA) on Monday when the teams begin a three-game series at Busch Stadium. ... Philadelphia LHP Cole Hamels (2-5, 2.98 ERA) will face Milwaukee RHP Marco Estrada (7-5, 4.94 ERA) as the Phillies continue their road trip on Monday. Lorenzo Cain Brewers Jersey . Team officials did not indicate the extent of the injury Saturday, simply listing Rose with "left knee soreness." Rose has played two preseason games without any sign of problems. 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This week, they discuss Martin Brodeur, Erik Cordier, Johnny Manziel and the end of the Moore-Bertuzzi saga. Bruce Arthur, Toronto Star: My thumb is down to the inevitabilities of time, which brings us to Martin Brodeur. He has been a great goalie. He has had a marvellous career and right now, with training camp coming, hes 42, hes unemployed, his name isnt on any front burners and he been one of the worst goaltenders in the NHL over the past four seasons. Hes never allowed himself to believe that, though, even as New Jersey moved on. So here he is. Its a little sad, sure, but its his choice. Brodeur wont retire for some of the same reasons he was great: his deep need to play, to matter, to believe in himself. The reasons Marty Brodeur was great are the reasons hes waiting and wondering if this game has finally passed him by. Steve Simmons, Sun Media: My thumb is up to Erik Cordier, a career nobody, who made his major league debut this week with the San Francisco Giants and left those of us who saw it, gasping. After almost 10 years of kicking around the minors with four different organizations, Cordier entered the seventh inning of a loss to Colorado and began to throw. Hard. His first big league pitch came in at 100 miles per hour. He followed that up with 100, 101, 101, 100 and a strikeout of Drew Stubbs. Before he finished his hitless inning, Cordier had thrown 16 pitches clocked at 100 or more. To put his debut into some kind of perspective, consider this: 22 big league teams, including the Blue Jays, have noot thrown a single pitch that fast this season.dddddddddddd. Michael Farber, Sports Illustrated: My thumb is down to Johnny Manziel, a.k.a. Johnny Football, a.k.a. JFF, and now a.k.a. Johnny Cleveland. Manziels company has filed for its 10th trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, this time for the aforementioned Johnny Cleveland, which, if you think about it, is more flattering than, say, Johnny Clipboard. Now Shaquille ONeal had a slew of nicknames - the Big Aristotle, Shaq Fu - but these were mostly about a basketball player doing it for giggles, not a quarterback trying to laugh all the way to the bank. In his determined effort to expand his brand, the Browns rookie back-up might as well add another name to his burgeoning list: Johnny Trademark. Dave Hodge, TSN: My thumb is up to the settlement, finally made official this week, in the "so-called Moore-Bertuzzi" lawsuit. I know a trial would have been fascinating. It would have been a reporters dream. It might have changed the NHL in some way. It would have brought a verdict and a so-called "winner", though, hardly but particularly for the parties directly involved, it would have been an excruciating experience and no matter where your sentiments lie, we should all agree there has been too much suffering. What a settlement tells us is that both sides saw the need to minimize that suffering, notice I didnt say they could end it. No matter how much money was gained or saved in a settlement, less suffering and the absence of a trial made it the right ending to a sad story that everyone wishes had never happened. ' ' '