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PITTSBURGH -- Jeff Locke spent a lot of time with A. David Long Youth Jersey .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. Gerald Everett Youth Jersey .Y. - Terry and Kim Pegula have no immediate plans to tinker with their new NFL team. Greg Gaines Youth Jersey . Russell Wilson against Darrelle Revis, former teammate Brandon Browner and whatever schemes Bill Belichick dreams up. http://www.footballramsshop.us/authentic-cooper-kupp-rams-jersey/ . -- Theres nothing like winning to bring hope for a struggling team.BAD KLEINKIRCHHEIM, Austria - Luggage lost during travel, weakened by a cold, and competing on a course that has never really suited her.The signs for Lindsey Vonns next attempt to match the all-time record of 62 womens World Cup wins at this weekends races in Austria have not been overly promising.The American missed her first chance to reach Annemarie Moser-Proells mark when she crashed in a super-G in Val dIsere, France, last month. A downhill on Saturday and a super-G the following day will offer two more opportunities, but Vonns main priorities are elsewhere.At the moment I have to be healthy again and hopefully I am 100 per cent at the race, thats my goal, Vonn said Thursday. The record will hopefully come when I am skiing well but not before.After the race in France, Vonn skipped the technical events in Kuehtai, Austria, and Zagreb, Croatia, and went back to the United States, where the U.S. speed team trained in Beaver Creek ahead of next months world championships.Most of her teammates got ill, and ultimately Vonn did, too.I was the last one, she said. I have a sore throat and I cant hear my ears.To make things worse, two of her bags got lost while travelling back to Austria, though one of them was delivered late Wednesday.I just didnt have any ski clothes, like my helmet, my back protector, my suit, Vonn said. I was pretty worried as (the airline) had no idea where it was, it was not in their system.Vonn was far from her best at Thursdays first downhill training. Hours before the start, she tweeted, still sick and feel like a walking zombie but at least Im skiing.Like several others, Vonn missed a gate, which would have led to disqualifiication in the race. Jack Youngblood Rams Jersey. She never pushed and was standing up out of her tuck for the final part of her run before finishing 5.11 seconds off Tina Weirathers leading time.I am definitely pretty sick but at least my knee feels good and thats the most important thing, said Vonn, who competed in five races, winning two of them, since coming back from the surgery that kept her away from the Sochi Olympics.I have no energy, she added. Obviously it wasnt good skiing. At least I know what the course feels like now.Both times before when the womens World Cup circuit visited Bad Kleinkirchheim, Vonn was struggling on the Franz Klammer course.In 2006, she was leading the downhill standings after two wins but placed ninth and 18th in two races, and only 43rd in a super-G.Six years later, stomach troubles slowed the American, who came fourth in the downhill and 18th in the super-G.This course is not my favourite, Vonn said. It is flat light, and a lot of terrain you cant see. Its kind of like chicanes, you zigzag the whole way down. Its hard to get a good feeling on the course.Vonn decided against skipping the first training as she wanted to get a feeling for the line, how the terrain was. Ive never really figured this course out so I felt like I needed to just try today to get a handle on things.Trying to get the all-time World Cup record was a main motivator for Vonn to come back after her latest injury setback last year.Such a record will stay forever, even after I retire, Vonn said. But I have to figure out my health situation first and get healthy and hopefully have the energy I need to put down a good performance on the weekend. ' ' '