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PITTSBURGH -- Clint Hurdles night ended three batters in on Wednesday, when the Pittsburgh Pirates manager was ejected for arguing a call with home plate umpire Sam Holbrook.The extra down time gave Hurdle a chance to watch struggling pitcher Jeff Locke from a different perspective. Hurdle wasnt exactly thrilled with what he saw.Locke walked five batters and gave up five runs before getting pulled in the top of the fourth inning of a 9-5 loss to Milwaukee, another shaky performance in a month full of them. Pittsburgh walked nine Brewers in all.I had an excellent opportunity tonight to watch where our targets were setting and where the pitchers were going, Hurdle said. It wasnt anywhere near where we need to be.Jordy Mercer went 2 for 3 with two RBI for the Pirates. David Freese doubled twice and Starling Marte added a pair of hits but Pittsburgh spent most of the game chasing the Brewers after Locke (8-6) had his ERA in July balloon to 8.16.I just had a really hard time getting ahead of people and then putting somebody away, Locke said. It seemed everybody we started with a strike to, we followed up with a ball or two balls or three balls. Just unable to put anybody away.Lockes spot in the rotation appears safe at the moment but perhaps not for much longer. Rookie Tyler Glasnow will return to the majors against Philadelphia this weekend, and with Jon Niese and Juan Nicasio both available in the bullpen and the trade deadline looming, the Pirates have options if Locke continues to have issues with consistency.Were continuing to try and work with it and help him, Hurdle said. I know hes trying to solve it.Hurdle spent most of the 3 hour, 43 minute game watching from the clubhouse after disagreeing with Holbrook, who ruled a chopper by Milwaukees Ryan Braun that bounced up and struck the slugger a foul ball. Hurdle, who believed Braun was out of the batters box and out as a result, was tossed without even exiting the dugout.It was Hurdles 50th career ejection.I just shared my view that I thought it hit him in fair play, Hurdle said. He said `thats enough. I thought it was a little early to say `thats enough. Obviously, that was enough. I exited at that point. Time out. Its the earliest Ive been run.Jonathan Lucroy drove in three runs for the Brewers, including a two-run single in the sixth inning off reliever A.J. Schugel that broke things open for good. Braun, Jonathan Villar and Hernan Perez had two hits each for Milwaukee and Chris Carter and Scooter Gennett drove in two runs apiece.Carlos Torres (2-1) won in relief of Chase Anderson, who struggled once again but was bailed out by an offense that took it to Locke and added on after the Pirates drew within 5-4 in the fifth on Freeses RBI-double to right.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: Rookie RHP Jameson Taillon remained under the MLB concussion protocol on Wednesday but trainer Todd Tomczyk said Taillon is checking out very well and is showing no ill effects of the line drive he took to the back of the head on Tuesday night. Taillon lay on the ground for several minutes after getting hit by a shot off Perezs bat in the second inning but was allowed to remain in the game after getting cleared by Tomczyk and team doctor Edward Snell.I was looking for reasons (to take him out), Tomczyk said. But he continued to show that there was no serious risk there.The 24-year-old will continue to be monitored but barring a setback will make his next scheduled start on Sunday against Philadelphia.UP NEXT:Brewers: Matt Garza will try to snap a three-game losing streak when he makes his seventh start of the season in the series finale. The 32-year-old is 2/3 with a 4.35 ERA in nine career starts against the Pirates.Pirates: Francisco Liriano looks to rediscover his dominance at PNC Park on Thursday in the series finale. Liriano is 0-3 with a 6.08 ERA in his last five home starts following a stretch in which the Pirates won 14 straight starts at PNC with Liriano on the mound. Wholesale Custom Jaguars Shirts . -- Josh Sterk scored once and set up two more as the Oshawa Generals edged the visiting Belleville Bulls 3-2 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Authentic Custom Jaguars Jersey . 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RENTON, Wash. -- The way general manager John Schneider and coach Pete Carroll have structured the Seattle Seahawks roster and how salaries are spread around created one position group in particular that stands as the biggest question surrounding one of the favorites in the NFC.Seattles offensive line is the biggest unknown on a team with most of its questions answered less than a week into training camp.There remain a few injury questions and some possible changes to the depth chart, but no position appears to be more of a pressing concern than the unproven nature of what could be Seattles starting offensive line.The (offensive) line, there will always be a focus for us there, Carroll said.For the first week of training camp, the Seahawks have gone with the same five linemen taking the first snap with the starting offense during team drills.If Seattle sticks with those five for the regular-season opener on Sept. 11 against Miami, it will go into the regular season with a unit playing in completely different positions than a season ago.Garry Gilliam was Seattles starting right tackle last year, but is being flipped to the left and will be responsible for protecting Russell Wilsons blindside. JMarcus Webb is on his fourth team in five seasons and is being slated as Seattles right tackle.Justin Britt is on his third position in three seasons being moved to center, while second-year Mark Glowinski and rookie Germain Ifedi are the projected starting guards.Its a unit that Seattle believes has potential to be really good. But they have no experience playing together to back up the Seahawks optimism that they can be a successful offense behind such an unproven unit.I know coach (Tom Cable) will put the best five out there and I just want to be one of them, Britt said.The questions about the offensive line followed Seattle for most of last season. It started wwith a training camp shuffle where Britt was moved from right tackle to left guard and converted defensive lineman Drew Nowak was placed at center.dddddddddddd.That experiment lasted about half the season and often was the crux behind Seattles offensive struggles early in the season. By midseason, Nowak was out at center, replaced by Patrick Lewis, and the Seahawks offense took off.The offseason departures of guard J.R. Sweezy and tackle Russell Okung in free agency prompted the next waves of change. But the moves failed to bring comfort to fans who would like to see a more experienced group responsible for protecting Wilson, who was sacked a career-high 45 times last season.As Schneider pointed out just before the start of training camp, its impossible to pay top dollar at every position in a salary cap system. And offensive line is where the Seahawks have sacrificed.The issue then is once youre able to reward what you view as the best football players on your team, then how do you get people to compete at different positions, Schneider said.For us, it just happens to be exactly what youre talking about. Now, we like the group. It just so happens its younger guys that people dont necessarily know.Cable said the real assessment of the continuity of the projected starters shouldnt be made until after the first couple of preseason games. The Seahawks would like to avoid making the major changes they did last year during training camp.I think the fairness of that question is after youve played a couple of preseason games do they look like they are on the same page, particularly communication wise, Cable said. Then youll find the answer to that.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '