Locke allowed four earned runs in 6.1 innings Saturday, giving up seven hits and two walks while striking out four. It appears as though Locke did enough to keep his rotation spot for another turn. "I thought we saw improvements in a number of different places," manager Clint Hurdle told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "The intent was better. He was aggressive through the zone." Locke's possible replacement, Vance Worley, surrendered a walk-off homer on the first pitch he threw in the bottom of the ninth inning.