For four innings, Jeff Locke was perfect.
Twelve men up for the New York Mets. Twelve men down.
Problem was, it was the inning that wasn’t close to perfect for Locke — a messy first — that led to his downfall Wednesday night in the Marlins’ 8-0 loss to the Mets.
Locke labored through a 32-pitch first inning in which he gave up three runs on three hits and a pair of walks, as his record fell to 0-4. The big blow in the decisive inning for the Mets was Asdrubal Cabrera’s two-run home run.
After that, Locke was golden.