[Burke stayed in long enough to take his at-bat in the second frame, but he struck out and realized he wasn't going to be able to continue. ] It popped out when I dove, then it went back in, ... The second swing I had of my at-bat, it popped out again. Then I finished my at-bat and we're like, 'Well, this isn't going to work.'

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