Houston Astros @
Boston Red Sox
3–4Final · Jun 13, 2003
HOU 3 BOS 4 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU37-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| BOS37-28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 C Biggio batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 C Biggio grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 1 M Ensberg batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 1 M Ensberg flied out to center.
- Top 1 J Bagwell batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 1 J Bagwell doubled to left center.
- Top 1 J Kent batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 J Kent singled to left, J Bagwell to third.
- Top 1 L Berkman batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 1 L Berkman popped out to shallow center.
- Bot 1 J Damon batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 1 J Damon popped out to shallow right.
- Bot 1 T Walker batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Bot 1 T Walker walked.
- Bot 1 N Garciaparra batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 N Garciaparra flied out to deep right center.
- Bot 1 M Ramirez batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Bot 1 M Ramirez walked, T Walker to second.
- Bot 1 D Ortiz batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 D Ortiz singled to right, T Walker thrown out at home, M Ramirez to second.
- Top 2 R Hidalgo batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 R Hidalgo grounded out to third.
- Top 2 O Merced batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 2 O Merced grounded out to first.
- Top 2 B Ausmus batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 B Ausmus singled to left center.
- Top 2 A Everett batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 6: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 2 A Everett struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 K Millar batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 K Millar singled to shallow center.
- Bot 2 B Mueller batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 B Mueller struck out swinging. K Millar caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
- Bot 2 T Nixon batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 T Nixon singled to right.
- Bot 2 J Varitek 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: ball 4
- Bot 2 J Varitek walked, T Nixon to second.
- Bot 2 J Damon batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 2 T Nixon to third, J Varitek to second on wild pitch by J Johnson.
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 2 J Damon walked.
- Bot 2 T Walker batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 T Walker flied out to center.
- Top 3 C Biggio batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 3 C Biggio struck out swinging.
- Top 3 M Ensberg batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 3 M Ensberg flied out to right.
- Top 3 J Bagwell batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 3 J Bagwell struck out looking.
- Bot 3 N Garciaparra batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 N Garciaparra singled to right center.
- Bot 3 M Ramirez batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 3 N Garciaparra stole second.
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 3 M Ramirez walked.
- Bot 3 D Ortiz batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 D Ortiz grounded out to first, N Garciaparra to third, M Ramirez to second.
- Bot 3 K Millar batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Bot 3 K Millar walked.
- Bot 3 B Mueller batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 B Mueller hit sacrifice fly to center, N Garciaparra scored, M Ramirez to third.
- Bot 3 T Nixon batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 T Nixon fouled out to catcher.
- Top 4 J Kent batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 J Kent flied out to center.
- Top 4 L Berkman batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 L Berkman flied out to right.
- Top 4 R Hidalgo batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 R Hidalgo safe at first on error by shortstop N Garciaparra.
- Top 4 O Merced batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 O Merced doubled to deep left, R Hidalgo scored.
- Top 4 B Ausmus batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 4 B Ausmus singled to right, O Merced scored, B Ausmus to second on error by right fielder T Nixon.
- Top 4 A Everett batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 A Everett grounded out to second.
- Bot 4 J Varitek batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 8: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 9: ball 4
- Bot 4 J Varitek walked.
- Bot 4 J Damon batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 4 J Damon walked, J Varitek to second.
- Bot 4 T Walker batting
- Bot 4 Lineup Change
- Bot 4 Lineup Change
- Bot 4 R Stone relieved J Johnson.
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 4 T Walker struck out swinging.
- Bot 4 N Garciaparra batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 4 N Garciaparra walked, J Varitek to third, J Damon to second.
- Bot 4 M Ramirez batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 M Ramirez grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Varitek out at home, J Damon to third, N Garciaparra to second.
- Bot 4 D Ortiz batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 4 D Ortiz singled to right center, J Damon and N Garciaparra scored, M Ramirez to third.
- Bot 4 K Millar batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 4 K Millar grounded out to third.
- Top 5 C Biggio batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 C Biggio grounded out to third.
- Top 5 M Ensberg batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 M Ensberg homered to left.
- Top 5 J Bagwell batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 5 J Bagwell struck out swinging.
- Top 5 J Kent batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 J Kent singled to left.
- Top 5 L Berkman batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 5 L Berkman flied out to left.
- Bot 5 B Mueller batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 B Mueller flied out to left.
- Bot 5 T Nixon batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 5 T Nixon popped out to shallow left.
- Bot 5 J Varitek batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 5 J Varitek struck out looking.
- Top 6 R Hidalgo batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 R Hidalgo grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 6 O Merced batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Top 6 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 6 O Merced singled to right.
- Top 6 B Ausmus batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 B Ausmus flied out to shallow left.
- Top 6 A Everett batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 6 A Everett popped out to second.
- Bot 6 J Damon batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 J Damon homered to right.
- Bot 6 T Walker batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 6 T Walker flied out to deep center.
- Bot 6 N Garciaparra batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 N Garciaparra flied out to shallow right center.
- Bot 6 M Ramirez batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 7: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 6 M Ramirez struck out looking.
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 M Timlin relieved R Rupe.
- Top 7 C Biggio batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 C Biggio singled to right.
- Top 7 M Ensberg batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 M Ensberg grounded out to third, C Biggio to second.
- Top 7 J Bagwell batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 J Bagwell struck out swinging.
- Top 7 J Kent batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 J Kent safe at first on error by third baseman B Mueller, C Biggio to third.
- Top 7 L Berkman batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 L Berkman grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 N Bland relieved R Stone.
- Bot 7 D Ortiz batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 D Ortiz grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 7 K Millar batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 K Millar grounded out to second.
- Bot 7 B Mueller batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 7 B Mueller walked.
- Bot 7 T Nixon batting
Box score
HOU
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig BiggioCF | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .274 | .347 | .441 |
| Morgan Ensberg3B | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .328 | .432 | .672 |
| Jeff Bagwell1B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .280 | .358 | .460 |
| Jeff Kent2B | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .384 | .533 |
| Lance BerkmanLF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .402 | .507 |
| Richard HidalgoRF | 0-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .310 | .402 | .523 |
| Orlando MercedDH | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .261 | .311 | .414 |
| Brad AusmusRP | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .278 | .293 |
| Gregg ZaunC | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .342 | .358 |
| Adam EverettRP | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .245 | .291 | .373 |
| Jose VizcainoPH | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 | .282 | .351 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan JohnsonRP | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75-29 | 5.87 | 75 |
| Ricky StoneRP | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 51-32 | 2.75 | 51 |
| Nate BlandRP | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23-15 | 4.02 | 23 |
| Pete MunroP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6-3 | 5.26 | 6 |
BOS
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny DamonCF | 1-3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .316 | .408 |
| Todd Walker2B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .311 | .356 | .426 |
| Nomar GarciaparraSS | 1-4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .327 | .359 | .581 |
| Manny RamirezLF | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .324 | .427 | .576 |
| David OrtizDH | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .382 | .515 |
| Kevin Millar1B | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .303 | .368 | .525 |
| Bill Mueller3B | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .344 | .403 | .550 |
| Trot NixonRF | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .303 | .385 | .521 |
| Jason VaritekC | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .297 | .368 | .547 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan RupeRP | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 105-69 | 1.50 | 105 |
| Mike TimlinRP | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19-14 | 3.55 | 19 |
| Brandon LyonP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9-6 | 3.86 | 9 |
Starting lineups
BOS
- 1 Johnny Damon CF
- 2 Todd Walker 2B
- 3 Nomar Garciaparra SS
- 4 Manny Ramirez LF
- 5 David Ortiz DH
- 6 Kevin Millar 1B
- 7 Bill Mueller 3B
- 8 Trot Nixon RF
- 9 Jason Varitek C
HOU
- 1 Craig Biggio CF
- 2 Morgan Ensberg 3B
- 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
- 4 Jeff Kent 2B
- 5 Lance Berkman LF
- 6 Richard Hidalgo RF
- 7 Orlando Merced DH
- 8 Brad Ausmus RP
- 9 Adam Everett RP
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