Florida Marlins @
Texas Rangers
8–0Final · Jun 13, 2003
FLA 8 TEX 0 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLA32-36 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| TEX26-39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 J Pierre batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 J Pierre singled to center.
- Top 1 L Castillo batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 L Castillo singled to left, J Pierre to second.
- Top 1 I Rodriguez batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 1 I Rodriguez struck out swinging.
- Top 1 M Lowell batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 8: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 1 M Lowell struck out swinging, J Pierre stole third.
- Top 1 J Encarnacion batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 J Encarnacion grounded into fielder's choice to third, L Castillo out at second.
- Bot 1 M Young batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 1 M Young walked.
- Bot 1 H Blalock batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 7: in play
- Bot 1 H Blalock flied out to shallow left.
- Bot 1 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 1 A Rodriguez walked, M Young to second.
- Bot 1 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 8: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 9: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 10: ball 4
- Bot 1 R Palmeiro walked, M Young to third, A Rodriguez to second.
- Bot 1 C Everett batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 C Everett popped out to shallow center.
- Bot 1 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 1 M Teixeira struck out swinging.
- Top 2 D Lee batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 2 D Lee doubled to deep right center.
- Top 2 A Gonzalez batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 2 A Gonzalez doubled to left center, D Lee scored.
- Top 2 R Castro batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Top 2 R Castro walked.
- Top 2 B Banks batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 2 B Banks sacrificed to third, A Gonzalez to third, R Castro to second.
- Top 2 J Pierre batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 J Pierre grounded out to shortstop, A Gonzalez scored.
- Top 2 L Castillo batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 L Castillo flied out to left.
- Bot 2 K Mench batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 K Mench struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 T Greene batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 2 T Greene doubled to right.
- Bot 2 D Glanville batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 D Glanville popped out to third.
- Bot 2 M Young batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 M Young reached on infield single to shortstop, T Greene to third.
- Bot 2 H Blalock batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 8: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 9: in play
- Bot 2 H Blalock fouled out to catcher.
- Top 3 I Rodriguez batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 3 I Rodriguez walked.
- Top 3 M Lowell batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 3 M Lowell flied out to center.
- Top 3 J Encarnacion batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 J Encarnacion doubled to left center, I Rodriguez scored.
- Top 3 D Lee batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 3 D Lee walked.
- Top 3 A Gonzalez batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 7: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 8: in play
- Top 3 A Gonzalez flied out to center.
- Top 3 R Castro batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 R Castro grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Lee out at second, J Encarnacion to third.
- Bot 3 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 A Rodriguez grounded out to third.
- Bot 3 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 R Palmeiro flied out to right.
- Bot 3 C Everett batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 C Everett grounded out to second.
- Top 4 B Banks batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 B Banks doubled to left center.
- Top 4 J Pierre batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (bunted foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 J Pierre sacrificed to pitcher, B Banks to third.
- Top 4 L Castillo batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 L Castillo singled to center, B Banks scored.
- Top 4 I Rodriguez batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 L Castillo caught stealing second, catcher to second.
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 8: in play
- Top 4 I Rodriguez grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 4 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 4 M Teixeira struck out swinging.
- Bot 4 K Mench batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 K Mench singled to shallow center.
- Bot 4 T Greene batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 4 T Greene grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, K Mench out at second.
- Top 5 M Lowell batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 5 M Lowell homered to left.
- Top 5 J Encarnacion batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 J Encarnacion popped out to first.
- Top 5 D Lee batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 D Lee doubled to deep center.
- Top 5 A Gonzalez batting
- Top 5 Lineup Change
- Top 5 Lineup Change
- Top 5 Ro Garcia relieved T Mounce.
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 A Gonzalez grounded out to third.
- Top 5 R Castro batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 R Castro flied out to right.
- Bot 5 D Glanville batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 D Glanville flied out to left.
- Bot 5 M Young batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 5 M Young singled to center.
- Bot 5 H Blalock batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 H Blalock reached on infield single to second, M Young to second.
- Bot 5 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 5 A Rodriguez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, H Blalock out at second, M Young to third.
- Bot 5 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Bot 5 R Palmeiro walked, A Rodriguez to second.
- Bot 5 C Everett batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 5 C Everett struck out swinging.
- Top 6 B Banks batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 B Banks singled to right.
- Top 6 J Pierre batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 6 J Pierre grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, B Banks out at second.
- Top 6 L Castillo batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 L Castillo flied out to left.
- Top 6 I Rodriguez batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 I Rodriguez flied out to right.
- Bot 6 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 7: in play
- Bot 6 M Teixeira grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 6 K Mench batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 K Mench struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 T Greene batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 T Greene grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 7 M Lowell batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 7 M Lowell struck out looking.
- Top 7 J Encarnacion batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 J Encarnacion grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 7 D Lee batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 D Lee reached on infield single to second.
- Top 7 A Gonzalez batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 7 A Gonzalez popped out to shallow center.
- Bot 7 D Glanville batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 7 D Glanville struck out swinging.
- Bot 7 M Young batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 M Young flied out to right center.
- Bot 7 H Blalock batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 H Blalock grounded out to second.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 F Cordero relieved Ro Garcia.
- Top 8 R Castro batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 8 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 8 R Castro singled to left.
- Top 8 B Banks batting
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 C Allen ran for R Castro.
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 8 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 8 B Banks grounded out to second, C Allen to second.
- Top 8 J Pierre batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 8 J Pierre flied out to left.
- Top 8 L Castillo batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Top 8 L Castillo walked.
- Top 8 I Rodriguez batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 8 I Rodriguez singled to center, C Allen scored, L Castillo to third.
- Top 8 M Lowell batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Box score
FLA
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan PierreCF | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .298 | .349 | .356 |
| Luis CastilloRP | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .318 | .373 | .410 |
| Andy Fox2B | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 | .300 | .327 |
| Iván RodríguezC | 1-4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .255 | .348 | .413 |
| Mike Lowell3B | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .299 | .354 | .595 |
| Juan EncarnacionRF | 2-5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .321 | .477 |
| Derrek Lee1B | 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .369 | .480 |
| Alex GonzalezSS | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .330 | .375 | .597 |
| Ramon CastroRP | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .353 | .367 |
| Chad AllenDH | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .200 | .263 |
| Brian BanksLF | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .360 | .514 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad PennyRP | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 114-75 | 3.44 | 114 |
| Armando AlmanzaP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29-18 | 4.73 | 29 |
TEX
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Young2B | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .335 | .373 | .478 |
| Hank Blalock3B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .344 | .402 | .563 |
| Alex RodriguezRP | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .296 | .382 | .552 |
| Donnie SadlerSS | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .313 | .259 |
| Rafael PalmeiroDH | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .385 | .521 |
| Carl EverettRF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .290 | .374 | .580 |
| Mark Teixeira1B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .225 | .318 | .434 |
| Kevin MenchLF | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .255 | .327 | .362 |
| Todd GreeneC | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .254 | .453 |
| Doug GlanvilleCF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .216 | .271 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony MounceRP | 4.1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 82-51 | 10.38 | 82 |
| Rosman GarciaRP | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30-19 | 6.11 | 30 |
| Francisco CorderoRP | 0.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33-20 | 4.01 | 33 |
| Jay PowellRP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 11.81 | 1 |
| Ugueth UrbinaP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11-9 | 3.08 | 11 |
Starting lineups
TEX
- 1 Michael Young 2B
- 2 Hank Blalock 3B
- 3 Alex Rodriguez RP
- 4 Rafael Palmeiro DH
- 5 Carl Everett RF
- 6 Mark Teixeira 1B
- 7 Kevin Mench LF
- 8 Todd Greene C
- 9 Doug Glanville CF
FLA
- 1 Juan Pierre CF
- 2 Luis Castillo RP
- 3 Iván Rodríguez C
- 4 Mike Lowell 3B
- 5 Juan Encarnacion RF
- 6 Derrek Lee 1B
- 7 Alex Gonzalez SS
- 8 Ramon Castro RP
- 9 Brian Banks LF
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