Jesús Luzardo never pitched into the ninth inning over his first 149 career starts and had to block out the exhilaration he felt on the mound when he finally got that chance. The Phillies' All-Star left-hander walked to the moun
d to a roaring ovation and with his warmup music — usually played in the first inning — cranked inside the ballpark as he tried to treat the final inning like any other. “Just think about the pitch in front of you,” Luzardo said.