Seattle Mariners @
Kansas City Royals
1–7Final · Jul 17, 2003
SEA 1 KC 7 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA58-35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| KC52-41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 I Suzuki batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 I Suzuki hit by pitch.
- Top 1 M McLemore batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 I Suzuki stole second.
- Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 1 M McLemore grounded out to second, I Suzuki to third.
- Top 1 B Boone 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 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 1 B Boone struck out swinging.
- Top 1 E Martinez batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 E Martinez flied out to center.
- Bot 1 A Guiel batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 A Guiel grounded out to first.
- Bot 1 J Matos batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (bunted foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 1 J Matos struck out swinging.
- Bot 1 C Beltran batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 1 C Beltran singled to right.
- Bot 1 R Ibanez batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 R Ibanez singled to left, C Beltran to second.
- Bot 1 K Harvey 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: in play
- Bot 1 K Harvey grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Ibanez out at second.
- Top 2 J Olerud batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 J Olerud flied out to right.
- Top 2 M Cameron batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 2 M Cameron flied out to left.
- Top 2 R Winn batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 R Winn grounded out to first.
- Bot 2 M Tucker batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 M Tucker grounded out to second.
- Bot 2 A Berroa batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 2 A Berroa grounded out to second.
- Bot 2 B Mayne 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 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 2 B Mayne grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 3 W Bloomquist batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 3 W Bloomquist struck out swinging.
- Top 3 D Wilson batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 3 D Wilson struck out looking.
- Top 3 I Suzuki batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 3 I Suzuki singled to center.
- Top 3 M McLemore batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 M McLemore lined out to first.
- Bot 3 C Febles batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 8: in play
- Bot 3 C Febles grounded out to third.
- Bot 3 A Guiel batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 3 A Guiel doubled to right.
- Bot 3 J Matos batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 J Matos struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 C Beltran 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: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Bot 3 C Beltran walked.
- Bot 3 R Ibanez batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 R Ibanez doubled to right center, A Guiel and C Beltran scored.
- Bot 3 K Harvey batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 K Harvey struck out swinging.
- Top 4 B Boone batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 B Boone tripled to deep center.
- Top 4 E Martinez batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 4 E Martinez struck out swinging.
- Top 4 J Olerud 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 J Olerud walked.
- Top 4 M Cameron 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 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 4 M Cameron struck out swinging.
- Top 4 R Winn 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 R Winn flied out to left.
- Bot 4 M Tucker 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: in play
- Bot 4 M Tucker lined out to first.
- Bot 4 A Berroa batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 A Berroa homered to left.
- Bot 4 B Mayne batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 B Mayne singled to center.
- Bot 4 C Febles batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 4 B Mayne caught stealing second, catcher to second.
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 4 C Febles grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 5 W Bloomquist batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 W Bloomquist flied out to right.
- Top 5 D Wilson batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 D Wilson singled to left.
- Top 5 I Suzuki batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 I Suzuki reached on infield single to second, D Wilson to second.
- Top 5 M McLemore batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 M McLemore flied out to left.
- Top 5 B Boone batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 5 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Top 5 B Boone walked, D Wilson to third, I Suzuki to second.
- Top 5 E Martinez batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 E Martinez fouled out to first.
- Bot 5 A Guiel batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 5 A Guiel hit by pitch.
- Bot 5 J Matos batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 J Matos grounded into double play, second to first, A Guiel out at second.
- Bot 5 C Beltran batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 C Beltran grounded out to second.
- Top 6 J Olerud batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 J Olerud singled to left.
- Top 6 M Cameron batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 M Cameron fouled out to catcher.
- Top 6 R Winn batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 J Grimsley relieved J Lima.
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 6 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Top 6 R Winn walked, J Olerud to second.
- Top 6 W Bloomquist batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 W Bloomquist grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Winn out at second, J Olerud to third.
- Top 6 D Wilson batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 D Wilson singled to right, J Olerud scored, W Bloomquist to second.
- Top 6 I Suzuki batting
- Top 6 Kansas City's K Harvey ejected by P Emmel in the 6th.
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 J Patterson at first base.
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 6 I Suzuki grounded into fielder's choice to second, D Wilson out at second.
- Bot 6 R Ibanez batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 6 R Ibanez walked.
- Bot 6 J Patterson batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 J Patterson singled to right, R Ibanez to third.
- Bot 6 M Tucker batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 M Tucker doubled to right, R Ibanez scored, J Patterson to third.
- Bot 6 A Berroa batting
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 A Taylor relieved F Garcia.
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 6 A Berroa reached on infield single to shortstop, J Patterson scored, M Tucker to third.
- Bot 6 B Mayne batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 6 B Mayne singled to center, M Tucker scored, A Berroa to third.
- Bot 6 C Febles batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 A Berroa scored, B Mayne to second on wild pitch by A Taylor.
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 C Febles hit by pitch.
- Bot 6 A Guiel batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 A Guiel flied out to center.
- Bot 6 J Matos batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 6 J Matos flied out to right.
- Bot 6 C Beltran batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 C Beltran struck out swinging.
- Top 7 M McLemore batting
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 C Leskanic relieved J Grimsley.
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 M McLemore singled to right.
- Top 7 B Boone batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 B Boone struck out swinging.
- Top 7 E Martinez batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 7 E Martinez doubled to deep right, M McLemore to third.
- Top 7 J Olerud batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 7 J Olerud popped out to shallow right.
- Top 7 M Cameron batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 8: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 7 M Cameron struck out looking.
- Bot 7 R Ibanez batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 R Ibanez flied out to center.
- Bot 7 J Patterson batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 J Patterson singled to center.
- Bot 7 M Tucker batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 7 M Tucker flied out to deep right.
Box score
SEA
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ichiro SuzukiRF | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .353 | .394 | .475 |
| Mark McLemoreSS | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .294 | .307 |
| Bret Boone2B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .311 | .371 | .589 |
| Edgar MartinezDH | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .301 | .405 | .542 |
| John Olerud1B | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .277 | .381 | .382 |
| Mike CameronCF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .267 | .357 | .469 |
| Randy WinnLF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .324 | .351 |
| Willie Bloomquist3B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .223 | .302 | .330 |
| Dan WilsonC | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .247 | .278 | .309 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddy GarciaRP | 5.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 95-57 | 4.66 | 95 |
| Aaron TaylorRP | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30-18 | 3.86 | 30 |
| Rafael SorianoRP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-3 | 2.57 | 5 |
| Julio MateoP | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15-11 | 3.40 | 15 |
KC
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron GuielRF | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .279 | .356 | .529 |
| Julius Matos3B | 0-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .313 | .313 | .500 |
| Carlos Ivan BeltranCF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .295 | .391 | .466 |
| Raul IbanezLF | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .289 | .341 | .458 |
| Ken HarveyRP | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .264 | .314 | .426 |
| Jarrod Patterson1B | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .375 | .231 |
| Michael TuckerDH | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .336 | .479 |
| Angel BerroaSS | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .345 | .463 |
| Brent MayneC | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .322 | .366 |
| Carlos Febles2B | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .301 | .272 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose LimaRP | 5.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 88-53 | 2.42 | 88 |
| Jason GrimsleyRP | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14-8 | 4.09 | 14 |
| Curtis LeskanicRP | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25-18 | 2.40 | 25 |
| Sean LoweP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29-19 | 4.58 | 29 |
Starting lineups
KC
- 1 Aaron Guiel RF
- 2 Julius Matos 3B
- 3 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
- 4 Raul Ibanez LF
- 5 Ken Harvey RP
- 6 Michael Tucker DH
- 7 Angel Berroa SS
- 8 Brent Mayne C
- 9 Carlos Febles 2B
SEA
- 1 Ichiro Suzuki RF
- 2 Mark McLemore SS
- 3 Bret Boone 2B
- 4 Edgar Martinez DH
- 5 John Olerud 1B
- 6 Mike Cameron CF
- 7 Randy Winn LF
- 8 Willie Bloomquist 3B
- 9 Dan Wilson C
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