Arizona Diamondbacks @
Detroit Tigers
8–3Final · Jun 27, 2003
ARI 8 DET 3 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARI42-36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 1 |
| DET18-59 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 T Womack batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 1 T Womack popped out to shortstop.
- Top 1 M Kata batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 M Kata flied out to left.
- Top 1 A Cintron batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 A Cintron flied out to center.
- Bot 1 B Higginson batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 1 B Higginson grounded out to first.
- Bot 1 W Morris 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 W Morris walked.
- Bot 1 D Young batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 D Young tripled to deep right center, W Morris scored.
- Bot 1 K Witt batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 8: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 9: in play
- Bot 1 K Witt hit sacrifice fly to center, D Young scored.
- Bot 1 C Pena batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 C Pena flied out to left.
- Top 2 L Gonzalez batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 L Gonzalez grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 2 D Dellucci batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 2 D Dellucci fouled out to first.
- Top 2 C Baerga 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: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Top 2 C Baerga walked.
- Top 2 S Finley batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 S Finley singled to right, C Baerga to third.
- Top 2 L Overbay 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: in play
- Top 2 L Overbay doubled to right, C Baerga and S Finley scored.
- Top 2 C Moeller batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 C Moeller grounded out to third.
- Bot 2 E Munson batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 2 E Munson fouled out to catcher.
- Bot 2 M Walbeck batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 M Walbeck singled to center.
- Bot 2 R Santiago batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 2 R Santiago flied out to left.
- Bot 2 A Sanchez batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 8: in play
- Bot 2 A Sanchez tripled to right center, M Walbeck scored.
- Bot 2 B Higginson 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: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 2 B Higginson struck out looking.
- Top 3 T Womack batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 T Womack flied out to left.
- Top 3 M Kata batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 M Kata singled to left.
- Top 3 A Cintron batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 A Cintron grounded into double play, first to shortstop to first, M Kata out at second.
- Bot 3 W Morris batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 W Morris grounded out to first.
- Bot 3 D Young batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 D Young grounded out to catcher.
- Bot 3 K Witt batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 3 K Witt singled to right.
- Bot 3 C Pena batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 C Pena singled to center, K Witt to second.
- Bot 3 E Munson batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 E Munson flied out to right.
- Top 4 L Gonzalez batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Top 4 L Gonzalez walked.
- Top 4 D Dellucci 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 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 4 D Dellucci grounded into fielder's choice to second, L Gonzalez out at second.
- Top 4 C Baerga batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 4 C Baerga walked, D Dellucci to second.
- Top 4 S Finley batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 S Finley singled to center, D Dellucci scored, C Baerga to second.
- Top 4 L Overbay batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 7: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 8: in play
- Top 4 L Overbay safe at first on error by left fielder D Young, C Baerga to third, S Finley to second.
- Top 4 C Moeller batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 4 C Moeller struck out swinging.
- Top 4 T Womack batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 4 T Womack struck out swinging.
- Bot 4 M Walbeck batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 4 M Walbeck struck out swinging.
- Bot 4 R Santiago batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 4 R Santiago doubled to right.
- Bot 4 A Sanchez batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 A Sanchez grounded out to first, R Santiago to third.
- Bot 4 B Higginson 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 B Higginson walked.
- Bot 4 W Morris 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: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 8: in play
- Bot 4 W Morris grounded out to second.
- Top 5 M Kata batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 5 M Kata singled to left.
- Top 5 A Cintron batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 A Cintron flied out to center.
- Top 5 L Gonzalez batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 L Gonzalez grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, M Kata out at second.
- Bot 5 D Young batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 8: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 9: in play
- Bot 5 D Young grounded out to second.
- Bot 5 K Witt batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 K Witt grounded out to second.
- Bot 5 C Pena batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 C Pena grounded out to first.
- Top 6 D Dellucci batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 6 D Dellucci fouled out to catcher.
- Top 6 C Baerga batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 C Baerga flied out to center.
- Top 6 S Finley batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 S Finley popped out to second.
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 S Randolph relieved J Patterson.
- Bot 6 E Munson batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 E Munson struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 M Walbeck 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: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 6 M Walbeck struck out looking.
- Bot 6 R Santiago batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 6 R Santiago safe at second on error by third baseman A Cintron.
- Bot 6 A Sanchez batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 0 (bunted foul)
- Bot 6 A Sanchez bunt popped out foul to catcher.
- Top 7 L Overbay batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 7 L Overbay lined out to right.
- Top 7 C Moeller batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Top 7 C Moeller walked.
- Top 7 T Womack batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 T Womack singled to right, C Moeller to third.
- Top 7 M Kata batting
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 F German relieved A Bernero.
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Top 7 M Kata walked, T Womack to second.
- Top 7 A Cintron batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 7 C Moeller scored, T Womack to third, M Kata to second on wild pitch by F German.
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 A Cintron struck out swinging.
- Top 7 L Gonzalez batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1 (intentional ball)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2 (intentional ball)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 3 (intentional ball)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 4 (intentional ball)
- Top 7 L Gonzalez intentionally walked.
- Top 7 D Dellucci batting
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 J Walker relieved F German.
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 7 D Dellucci struck out looking.
- Bot 7 B Higginson batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 7 B Higginson grounded out to second.
- Bot 7 W Morris 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: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 7 W Morris struck out swinging.
- Bot 7 D Young batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 D Young singled to left.
- Bot 7 C Monroe batting
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 C Monroe hit for K Witt.
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Box score
ARI
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony WomackSS | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .241 | .273 | .343 |
| Matt Kata2B | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .436 | .606 |
| Álex Cintrón3B | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .315 | .355 | .552 |
| Luis GonzalezLF | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .311 | .387 | .560 |
| Dave DellucciRF | 1-5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .289 | .367 | .479 |
| Carlos BaergaDH | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .352 | .473 |
| Steve FinleyCF | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 | .384 | .504 |
| Lyle Overbay1B | 2-5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .372 | .432 |
| Chad MoellerC | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .307 | .361 | .473 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John PattersonRP | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 107-67 | 6.82 | 107 |
| Eddie OropesaRP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19-10 | 3.15 | 19 |
DET
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby HigginsonRF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .239 | .333 | .337 |
| Warren Morris2B | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .302 | .353 | .476 |
| Dmitri YoungLF | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .359 | .538 |
| Kevin WittRP | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 | .327 | .450 |
| Craig MonroeDH | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .206 | .269 | .350 |
| Carlos Pena1B | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .236 | .306 | .394 |
| Eric MunsonRP | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .241 | .310 | .421 |
| Shane Halter3B | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .264 | .359 |
| Matt WalbeckC | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .200 |
| Ramon SantiagoSS | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .230 | .298 | .276 |
| Alex SanchezRP | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .304 | .355 |
| Andres TorresPH | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .265 | .289 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam BerneroRP | 6.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 106-62 | 5.79 | 106 |
| Franklyn GermanRP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15-5 | 3.90 | 15 |
| Jamie WalkerRP | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17-12 | 3.42 | 17 |
| Chris SpurlingRP | 0.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8-8 | 4.41 | 8 |
| Steve AveryP | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-4 | 6.00 | 5 |
Starting lineups
DET
- 1 Bobby Higginson RF
- 2 Warren Morris 2B
- 3 Dmitri Young LF
- 4 Kevin Witt RP
- 5 Carlos Pena 1B
- 6 Eric Munson RP
- 7 Matt Walbeck C
- 8 Ramon Santiago SS
- 9 Alex Sanchez RP
ARI
- 1 Tony Womack SS
- 2 Matt Kata 2B
- 3 Álex Cintrón 3B
- 4 Luis Gonzalez LF
- 5 Dave Dellucci RF
- 6 Carlos Baerga DH
- 7 Steve Finley CF
- 8 Lyle Overbay 1B
- 9 Chad Moeller C
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