Tampa Bay Devil Rays @
New York Yankees
0–1Final · Jun 18, 2003
TB 0 NYY 1 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB24-46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| NYY42-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 J Tyner batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 1 J Tyner grounded out to first.
- Top 1 A Martin 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: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 1 A Martin struck out swinging.
- Top 1 A Huff 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 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 1 A Huff grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 1 A Soriano batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 A Soriano flied out to deep left center.
- Bot 1 D Jeter 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: ball 4
- Bot 1 D Jeter walked.
- Bot 1 Ja Giambi batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 7: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 8: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 9: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 10: ball 4
- Bot 1 Ja Giambi walked, D Jeter to second.
- Bot 1 H Matsui batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 H Matsui lined into double play, second to shortstop, D Jeter doubled off second.
- Top 2 B Grieve batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 2 B Grieve grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 2 T Lee batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 2 T Lee struck out swinging.
- Top 2 M Anderson batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 7: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 2 M Anderson struck out looking.
- Bot 2 J Posada batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 J Posada flied out to left.
- Bot 2 R Ventura batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 2 R Ventura struck out looking.
- Bot 2 R Sierra batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 R Sierra grounded out to second.
- Top 3 D Rolls batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 3 D Rolls flied out to left center.
- Top 3 J Valentin 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 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 3 J Valentin grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 3 J Lugo batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 3 J Lugo struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 R Mondesi batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 3 R Mondesi walked.
- Bot 3 J Rivera batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 J Rivera flied out to right.
- Bot 3 A Soriano batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 A Soriano struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 D Jeter batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 R Mondesi stole second.
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 3 D Jeter grounded out to third.
- Top 4 J Tyner 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: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 4 J Tyner struck out looking.
- Top 4 A Martin batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 A Martin grounded out to second.
- Top 4 A Huff batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 A Huff grounded out to first.
- Bot 4 Ja Giambi batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 4 Ja Giambi walked.
- Bot 4 H Matsui batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 4 H Matsui grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Ja Giambi safe at second on error by pitcher V Zambrano.
- Bot 4 J Posada batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 4 J Posada struck out swinging.
- Bot 4 R Ventura batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 4 R Ventura struck out swinging.
- Bot 4 R Sierra batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 R Sierra grounded out to second.
- Top 5 B Grieve batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 5 B Grieve flied out to center.
- Top 5 T Lee batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Top 5 T Lee walked.
- Top 5 M Anderson batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 M Anderson grounded into fielder's choice to third, T Lee out at second.
- Top 5 D Rolls batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 M Anderson stole second.
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 5 D Rolls popped out to second.
- Bot 5 R Mondesi batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 R Mondesi flied out to right.
- Bot 5 J Rivera batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 J Rivera doubled to right.
- Bot 5 A Soriano batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 5 A Soriano grounded out to third.
- Bot 5 D Jeter batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 D Jeter grounded out to second.
- Top 6 J Valentin batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 6 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 J Valentin struck out swinging.
- Top 6 J Lugo batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 J Lugo struck out swinging.
- Top 6 J Tyner batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 J Tyner grounded out to second.
- Bot 6 Ja Giambi batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 Ja Giambi grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 6 H Matsui batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 6 H Matsui struck out looking.
- Bot 6 J Posada batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 J Posada struck out swinging.
- Top 7 A Martin batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 A Martin grounded out to second.
- Top 7 A Huff batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 7 A Huff grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 7 B Grieve batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 7 B Grieve grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 7 R Ventura batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 R Ventura flied out to center.
- Bot 7 R Sierra batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 7 R Sierra grounded out to second.
- Bot 7 R Mondesi batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 R Mondesi grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 8 T Lee batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 8 T Lee grounded out to second.
- Top 8 M Anderson batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 8 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 8 M Anderson singled to left.
- Top 8 D Rolls batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 8 M Anderson stole second.
- Top 8 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 8: ball 3
- Top 8 Pitch 9: ball 4
- Top 8 D Rolls walked.
- Top 8 C Crawford batting
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 C Crawford hit for J Valentin.
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 8 C Crawford struck out swinging.
- Top 8 J Lugo batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 8 J Lugo struck out swinging.
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 T Hall catching.
- Bot 8 J Rivera batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 8 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 8 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 8 Pitch 8: in play
- Bot 8 J Rivera flied out to center.
- Bot 8 A Soriano batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 8 A Soriano flied out to left.
- Bot 8 D Jeter batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 8 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 8 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 8 D Jeter doubled to right.
- Bot 8 Ja Giambi batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1 (intentional ball)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 2 (intentional ball)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 3 (intentional ball)
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: ball 4 (intentional ball)
- Bot 8 Ja Giambi intentionally walked.
- Bot 8 H Matsui batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 8 H Matsui grounded out to third.
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 M Rivera relieved R Clemens.
- Top 9 J Tyner batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 9 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 9 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 9 J Tyner grounded out to first.
- Top 9 A Martin batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 9 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 9 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 9 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 9 A Martin grounded out to first.
- Top 9 A Huff batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 9 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 9 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 9 A Huff singled to shallow right.
- Top 9 B Grieve batting
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 R Baldelli ran for A Huff.
- Top 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 9 R Baldelli stole second.
- Top 9 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 9 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 9 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 9 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 9 B Grieve grounded out to first.
- Bot 9 Lineup Change
- Bot 9 Lineup Change
- Bot 9 R Baldelli in center field.
- Bot 9 Lineup Change
- Bot 9 J Tyner in right field.
- Bot 9 Lineup Change
- Bot 9 L Carter relieved V Zambrano.
- Bot 9 J Posada batting
- Bot 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 9 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 9 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 9 J Posada flied out to right.
- Bot 9 R Ventura batting
- Bot 9 Pitch 1: in play
Box score
TB
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason TynerRF | 0-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .339 | .403 | .446 |
| Al MartinLF | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .269 | .315 | .336 |
| Aubrey HuffRP | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .310 | .372 | .573 |
| Rocco BaldelliCF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .326 | .357 | .462 |
| Ben GrieveDH | 0-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .381 | .384 |
| Travis Lee1B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .264 | .329 | .431 |
| Marlon Anderson2B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .260 | .328 | .361 |
| Damian Rolls3B | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .204 | .295 | .222 |
| Javier ValentinRP | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .230 | .247 | .324 |
| Carl Demonte CrawfordRP | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .259 | .301 | .328 |
| Toby HallC | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .321 | .379 |
| Julio LugoSS | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .249 | .321 | .347 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor ZambranoRP | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 114-64 | 3.89 | 114 |
| Lance CarterP | 3.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 56-26 | 2.79 | 56 |
NYY
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfonso Soriano2B | 1-6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .285 | .341 | .513 |
| Derek JeterSS | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .247 | .304 | .397 |
| Jason Giambi1B | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .249 | .390 | .506 |
| Hideki MatsuiLF | 0-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .283 | .335 | .423 |
| Jorge PosadaC | 0-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .260 | .405 | .534 |
| Robin VenturaRP | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .265 | .348 | .441 |
| Enrique WilsonPR | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .205 | .302 |
| Ruben SierraDH | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .352 | .448 |
| Raul MondesiRF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .352 | .517 |
| Juan RiveraRP | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .290 | .341 |
| Charles GipsonRP | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 |
| Todd ZeilePH | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .196 | .278 | .362 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger ClemensRP | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 115-70 | 3.42 | 115 |
| Mariano RiveraRP | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23-16 | 1.77 | 23 |
| Chris HammondP | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25-18 | 2.51 | 25 |
Starting lineups
NYY
- 1 Alfonso Soriano 2B
- 2 Derek Jeter SS
- 3 Jason Giambi 1B
- 4 Hideki Matsui LF
- 5 Jorge Posada C
- 6 Robin Ventura RP
- 7 Ruben Sierra DH
- 8 Raul Mondesi RF
- 9 Juan Rivera RP
TB
- 1 Jason Tyner RF
- 2 Al Martin LF
- 3 Aubrey Huff RP
- 4 Ben Grieve DH
- 5 Travis Lee 1B
- 6 Marlon Anderson 2B
- 7 Damian Rolls 3B
- 8 Javier Valentin RP
- 9 Julio Lugo SS
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