Houston Astros @
Texas Rangers
9–5Final · Jun 21, 2003
HOU 9 TEX 5 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU40-34 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| TEX27-45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 C Biggio batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 1 C Biggio homered to left.
- Top 1 J Vizcaino 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: in play
- Top 1 J Vizcaino flied out to deep center.
- Top 1 J Bagwell batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 J Bagwell flied out to shallow center.
- Top 1 L Berkman 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: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 1 L Berkman struck out looking.
- Bot 1 C Everett 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 C Everett walked.
- Bot 1 H Blalock batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 H Blalock doubled to right, C Everett to third.
- Bot 1 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 A Rodriguez grounded out to second, C Everett scored, H Blalock to third.
- Bot 1 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 R Palmeiro popped out to second.
- Bot 1 K Mench batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 1 K Mench struck out swinging.
- Top 2 R Hidalgo batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 R Hidalgo doubled to left.
- Top 2 M Ensberg batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 2 M Ensberg singled to left, R Hidalgo 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: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 2 O Merced fouled out to third.
- Top 2 B Ausmus batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 B Ausmus hit sacrifice fly to left, R Hidalgo scored.
- Top 2 A Everett batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 A Everett singled to center, M Ensberg to third.
- Top 2 C Biggio batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 C Biggio grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, A Everett out at second.
- Bot 2 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 M Teixeira struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 M Young batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 2 M Young flied out to center.
- Bot 2 E Diaz batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 2 E Diaz struck out looking.
- Top 3 J Vizcaino batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 J Vizcaino grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 3 J Bagwell batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 J Bagwell singled to left.
- Top 3 L Berkman batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 L Berkman popped out to first.
- Top 3 R Hidalgo batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 R Hidalgo homered to center, J Bagwell scored.
- Top 3 M Ensberg batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 M Ensberg grounded out to third.
- Bot 3 D Glanville batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 3 D Glanville singled to center.
- Bot 3 C Everett batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 C Everett flied out to right.
- Bot 3 H Blalock batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 3 H Blalock lined out to shortstop.
- Bot 3 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 A Rodriguez flied out to right.
- Top 4 O Merced batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 O Merced fouled out to left.
- Top 4 B Ausmus batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 4 B Ausmus flied out to right.
- Top 4 A Everett batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 4 A Everett singled to left.
- Top 4 C Biggio batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 4 C Biggio hit by pitch, A Everett to second.
- Top 4 J Vizcaino batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 J Vizcaino singled to right, A Everett scored, C Biggio to third.
- Top 4 J Bagwell batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 J Bagwell doubled to left, C Biggio and J Vizcaino scored, J Bagwell to third advancing on throw.
- Top 4 L Berkman batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 4 L Berkman popped out to third.
- Bot 4 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 R Palmeiro grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 4 K Mench batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 4 K Mench walked.
- Bot 4 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 4 M Teixeira struck out swinging.
- Bot 4 M Young batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 4 M Young flied out to right.
- Top 5 R Hidalgo batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 R Hidalgo doubled to left.
- Top 5 M Ensberg batting
- Top 5 Lineup Change
- Top 5 Lineup Change
- Top 5 J Powell relieved I Valdes.
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 M Ensberg grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 5 O Merced 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: ball 4
- Top 5 O Merced walked.
- Top 5 B Ausmus batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 B Ausmus singled to left, R Hidalgo scored, O Merced to second.
- Top 5 A Everett batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 A Everett flied out to left center.
- Top 5 C Biggio batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 7: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 5 C Biggio struck out looking.
- Bot 5 E Diaz batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 E Diaz flied out to center.
- Bot 5 D Glanville batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 D Glanville grounded out to second.
- Bot 5 C Everett batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 C Everett flied out to center.
- Top 6 J Vizcaino batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 J Vizcaino grounded out to second.
- Top 6 J Bagwell batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 J Bagwell homered to left.
- Top 6 L Berkman batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 L Berkman struck out swinging.
- Top 6 R Hidalgo batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 6 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 6 R Hidalgo struck out looking.
- Bot 6 H Blalock batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 H Blalock singled to right.
- Bot 6 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 A Rodriguez popped out to second.
- Bot 6 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 6 R Palmeiro flied out to left.
- Bot 6 K Mench batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 H Blalock to second on wild pitch by R Rosario.
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 6 K Mench popped out to third.
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 F Cordero relieved J Powell.
- Top 7 M Ensberg batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 M Ensberg popped out to second.
- Top 7 O Merced batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 7 O Merced grounded out to first.
- Top 7 B Ausmus batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 7 B Ausmus grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 7 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 7 M Teixeira doubled to right.
- Bot 7 M Young batting
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 R Stone relieved R Rosario.
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 7 M Young flied out to deep right, M Teixeira to third.
- Bot 7 E Diaz batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 E Diaz flied out to shallow center.
- Bot 7 D Glanville batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 7 D Glanville safe at first on error by third baseman M Ensberg, M Teixeira scored.
- Bot 7 C Everett batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 7 C Everett struck out swinging.
- Top 8 A Everett batting
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 E Ramirez relieved F Cordero.
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 8: in play
- Top 8 A Everett flied out to right.
- Top 8 C Biggio batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 8 C Biggio hit by pitch.
- Top 8 J Vizcaino batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 8 J Vizcaino flied out to center.
- Top 8 J Bagwell batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 8 J Bagwell flied out to center.
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 B Hunter in center field.
- Bot 8 H Blalock batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 8 H Blalock homered to right center.
- Bot 8 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 8 A Rodriguez hit by pitch.
- Bot 8 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 A Rodriguez to second on fielder's indifference.
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 8 R Palmeiro homered to right, A Rodriguez scored.
- Bot 8 K Mench batting
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 B Lidge relieved R Stone.
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 8 K Mench grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 8 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 8 M Teixeira flied out to shallow left.
Box score
HOU
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig BiggioRP | 1-3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .277 | .348 | .440 |
| Brian L. HunterCF | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .309 | .329 |
| Jose Vizcaino2B | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .268 | .341 |
| Jeff Bagwell1B | 3-5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .356 | .467 |
| Lance BerkmanLF | 0-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .285 | .399 | .484 |
| Richard HidalgoRF | 3-5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .310 | .394 | .555 |
| Morgan Ensberg3B | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .319 | .415 | .652 |
| Orlando MercedDH | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .313 | .397 |
| Brad AusmusC | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .269 | .283 |
| Adam EverettSS | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 | .296 | .394 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodrigo RosarioRP | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 85-53 | 1.50 | 85 |
| Ricky StoneRP | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20-12 | 3.24 | 20 |
| Brad LidgeRP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12-8 | 1.40 | 12 |
| Billy WagnerP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19-12 | 1.91 | 19 |
TEX
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl EverettRF | 0-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .280 | .360 | .560 |
| Hank Blalock3B | 3-5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .340 | .396 | .567 |
| Alex RodriguezSS | 0-3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .297 | .382 | .556 |
| Rafael PalmeiroDH | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .383 | .508 |
| Kevin MenchLF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .292 | .346 | .431 |
| Mark Teixeira1B | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .245 | .333 | .450 |
| Michael Young2B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .318 | .355 | .448 |
| Einar DiazC | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .249 | .293 | .343 |
| Doug GlanvilleCF | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .202 | .231 | .269 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ismael ValdezRP | 4.0 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 65-46 | 5.43 | 65 |
| Jay PowellRP | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 31-18 | 10.38 | 31 |
| Francisco CorderoRP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11-8 | 4.10 | 11 |
| Erasmo RamirezRP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16-12 | 6.52 | 16 |
| Ugueth UrbinaP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9-6 | 3.07 | 9 |
Starting lineups
TEX
- 1 Carl Everett RF
- 2 Hank Blalock 3B
- 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
- 4 Rafael Palmeiro DH
- 5 Kevin Mench LF
- 6 Mark Teixeira 1B
- 7 Michael Young 2B
- 8 Einar Diaz C
- 9 Doug Glanville CF
HOU
- 1 Craig Biggio RP
- 2 Jose Vizcaino 2B
- 3 Jeff Bagwell 1B
- 4 Lance Berkman LF
- 5 Richard Hidalgo RF
- 6 Morgan Ensberg 3B
- 7 Orlando Merced DH
- 8 Brad Ausmus C
- 9 Adam Everett SS
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