Burnett and Coke Discus Their Embarrassing Night

First some quotes from Burnett via Mark Feinsand, Sam Borden, and Chad Jennings:

“I had a chance to do something special tonight and I failed,” he said. “I let all the guys in here down and I let a whole city down. These guys played their heart out for all nine innings, but I didn’t give us a chance to win.”

"I feel like I let 25 guys down,” he said. “I just couldn’t get it to go where I wanted it to go."

"It's me. You've got to take it hard. This one's on me. You can't blame it on anyone else."

That pretty much sums it up well.

And now some quotes from Coke via Brendan Prunty:

"That wound up being the outcome," a somber Coke said afterward. "Those two home runs in the inning. I mean, I’m pretty embarrassed for myself and the way that all went."

"[The pitch to Utley] was right down the middle," Coke said. "Better not miss your pitch if you get one there. And he didn’t."

As for Ibanez's blast:

"It was in the right area, as far as being off the plate — on the outside corner of the plate," he said. "It was up, it was above his belt and I mean, he’s obviously a good hitter. He got the log on the ball and it went out."

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"All I can do is hope that we can come back and win the game after going out and screwing up as bad as I did," Coke said. "But I came up short and it ended up being those two runs instead of a tie game. That’s what we end up losing the game by."

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"I want the ball in the game tomorrow," Coke said. "That’s the only thing I’m thinking about."

Yea, I wouldn't bet on that happening. I think the next time we see Phil Coke will be in spring training.