Kansas City Royals @
Cleveland Indians
3–1Final · Jun 24, 2003
KC 3 CLE 1 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC39-34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| CLE30-44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 D Relaford batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 D Relaford grounded out to second.
- Top 1 J Randa batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 J Randa flied out to deep center.
- Top 1 C Beltran batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 1 C Beltran grounded out to second.
- Bot 1 C Crisp 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: ball 4
- Bot 1 C Crisp walked.
- Bot 1 M Lawton batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 1 M Lawton singled to right, C Crisp to second.
- Bot 1 M Bradley batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 1 M Bradley struck out swinging.
- Bot 1 S Spencer batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 C Crisp stole third, M Lawton stole second.
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 S Spencer singled to right, C Crisp scored, M Lawton to third.
- Bot 1 C Blake batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 1 C Blake flied out to right, M Lawton thrown out at home.
- Top 2 R Ibanez batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 2 R Ibanez grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 2 K Harvey batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 K Harvey grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 2 M Tucker batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 2 M Tucker walked.
- Top 2 A Berroa batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 2 A Berroa struck out looking.
- Bot 2 R Gutierrez batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 R Gutierrez grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 2 J Bard 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: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 7: in play
- Bot 2 J Bard grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 2 J McDonald batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 2 J McDonald grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 3 A Guiel batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 A Guiel grounded out to first.
- Top 3 M Difelice batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 3 M Difelice struck out swinging.
- Top 3 D Relaford batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 3 D Relaford doubled to right.
- Top 3 J Randa batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 3 J Randa grounded out to third.
- Bot 3 B Phillips batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 B Phillips doubled to left.
- Bot 3 C Crisp batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 3 C Crisp safe at first on throwing error by second baseman D Relaford, B Phillips to third.
- Bot 3 M Lawton batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 M Lawton grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, C Crisp out at second.
- Bot 3 M Bradley batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 M Bradley grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, M Lawton out at second.
- Top 4 C Beltran batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 4 C Beltran grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 4 R Ibanez 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: in play
- Top 4 R Ibanez flied out to left center.
- Top 4 K Harvey batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 K Harvey singled to right.
- Top 4 M Tucker batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 4 M Tucker singled to right, K Harvey to second.
- Top 4 A Berroa batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 A Berroa singled to left, K Harvey scored, M Tucker to second, M Tucker to third, A Berroa to second on throwing error by left fielder C Crisp.
- Top 4 A Guiel batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 4 A Guiel struck out swinging.
- Bot 4 S Spencer batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 4 S Spencer flied out to right.
- Bot 4 C Blake batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 4 C Blake singled to left.
- Bot 4 R Gutierrez batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 R Gutierrez singled to right, C Blake to second.
- Bot 4 J Bard batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 J Bard popped out to third.
- Bot 4 J McDonald batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 J McDonald flied out to right center.
- Top 5 M Difelice batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 M Difelice doubled to deep left.
- Top 5 D Relaford batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 D Relaford grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Difelice out at third.
- Top 5 J Randa batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 5 J Randa flied out to center.
- Top 5 C Beltran batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 D Relaford to second on wild pitch by J Davis.
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 5 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 5 C Beltran walked.
- Top 5 R Ibanez batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 R Ibanez fouled out to left.
- Bot 5 B Phillips batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 5 B Phillips singled to center.
- Bot 5 C Crisp batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 5 C Crisp struck out swinging.
- Bot 5 M Lawton batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 M Lawton grounded out to second, B Phillips to second.
- Bot 5 M Bradley batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 5 M Bradley walked.
- Bot 5 S Spencer batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 B Phillips stole third, M Bradley stole second.
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Bot 5 S Spencer walked.
- Bot 5 C Blake batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 5 C Blake flied out to deep left.
- Top 6 K Harvey batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 K Harvey singled to left.
- Top 6 M Tucker batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 6: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 6 M Tucker singled to left center, K Harvey to second.
- Top 6 A Berroa batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 A Berroa sacrificed to pitcher, K Harvey to third, M Tucker to second.
- Top 6 A Guiel batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 6 A Guiel hit sacrifice fly to deep center, K Harvey scored, M Tucker to third.
- Top 6 M Difelice batting
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 D Miceli relieved J Davis.
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 M Difelice singled to right, M Tucker scored.
- Top 6 D Relaford batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 D Relaford grounded out to first.
- Bot 6 R Gutierrez batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 R Gutierrez flied out to right center.
- Bot 6 J Bard batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 J Bard doubled to right center.
- Bot 6 J McDonald batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 8: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 J McDonald struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 B Phillips batting
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 J Grimsley relieved C George.
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 6 B Phillips grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 7 J Randa batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 7 J Randa walked.
- Top 7 C Beltran batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 7 C Beltran flied out to right center.
- Top 7 R Ibanez batting
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 T Mulholland relieved D Miceli.
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 R Ibanez grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, J Randa out at second.
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 S Lowe relieved J Grimsley.
- Bot 7 C Crisp batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 7 C Crisp lined out to shortstop.
- Bot 7 M Lawton batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 7 M Lawton walked.
- Bot 7 M Bradley batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 M Lawton caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 M Bradley grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 8 K Harvey batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 8 K Harvey grounded out to second.
- Top 8 M Tucker batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 8 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Top 8 M Tucker walked.
- Top 8 A Berroa batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 8 A Berroa grounded out to second, M Tucker to second.
- Top 8 A Guiel batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 8 A Guiel struck out looking.
- Bot 8 S Spencer batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 5: foul
Box score
KC
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desi Relaford2B | 2-5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .346 | .436 |
| Joe Randa3B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .252 | .308 | .420 |
| Carlos Ivan BeltranDH | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .303 | .412 | .502 |
| Raul IbanezLF | 0-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .326 | .430 |
| Ken Harvey1B | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .310 | .426 |
| Michael TuckerCF | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .339 | .448 |
| Angel BerroaSS | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .279 | .340 | .467 |
| Aaron GuielRF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .292 | .364 | .438 |
| Mike DiFeliceC | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .293 | .327 | .455 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris GeorgeRP | 5.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 101-59 | 6.18 | 101 |
| Jason GrimsleyRP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6-4 | 3.83 | 6 |
| Sean LoweRP | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30-20 | 4.66 | 30 |
| Mike MacDougalP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21-11 | 3.21 | 21 |
CLE
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coco CrispLF | 0-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .217 | .308 | .304 |
| Matt LawtonDH | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .330 | .372 |
| Milton BradleyCF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .342 | .440 | .523 |
| Shane SpencerRF | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .309 | .337 |
| Casey Blake1B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .254 | .327 | .404 |
| Ricky Gutierrez3B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
| Josh BardC | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .228 | .281 | .317 |
| John McDonaldRP | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .252 | .288 | .342 |
| Jody GerutPH | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .276 | .321 | .506 |
| Brandon Phillips2B | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .253 | .321 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason DavisRP | 5.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 98-69 | 4.82 | 98 |
| Dan MiceliRP | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10-4 | 3.79 | 10 |
| Terry MulhollandRP | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27-16 | 3.56 | 27 |
| Jake WestbrookP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11-6 | 4.70 | 11 |
Starting lineups
CLE
- 1 Coco Crisp LF
- 2 Matt Lawton DH
- 3 Milton Bradley CF
- 4 Shane Spencer RF
- 5 Casey Blake 1B
- 6 Ricky Gutierrez 3B
- 7 Josh Bard C
- 8 John McDonald RP
- 9 Brandon Phillips 2B
KC
- 1 Desi Relaford 2B
- 2 Joe Randa 3B
- 3 Carlos Ivan Beltran DH
- 4 Raul Ibanez LF
- 5 Ken Harvey 1B
- 6 Michael Tucker CF
- 7 Angel Berroa SS
- 8 Aaron Guiel RF
- 9 Mike DiFelice C
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