Texas Rangers @
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
4–15Final · Jul 20, 2003
TEX 4 TB 15 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEX40-57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| TB34-62 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 1 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 M Young 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 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 1 M Young grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 1 H Blalock batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 1 H Blalock grounded out to second.
- Top 1 A Rodriguez 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 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 1 A Rodriguez flied out to deep right.
- Bot 1 D Rolls 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 D Rolls walked.
- Bot 1 A Perez batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 A Perez lined into double play, third to first, D Rolls doubled off first.
- Bot 1 A Huff 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 A Huff grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 2 R Palmeiro batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 R Palmeiro flied out to left.
- Top 2 M Teixeira batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 2 M Teixeira walked.
- Top 2 S Spencer 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 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 2 S Spencer walked, M Teixeira to second.
- Top 2 L Nix 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: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 2 L Nix struck out swinging.
- Top 2 D Glanville batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 D Glanville flied out to left.
- Bot 2 R Baldelli batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Bot 2 R Baldelli walked.
- Bot 2 T Lee 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: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 2 T Lee walked, R Baldelli to second.
- Bot 2 M Diaz batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 2 M Diaz struck out looking.
- Bot 2 T Hall batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 T Hall singled to left, R Baldelli scored, T Lee to second.
- Bot 2 T Shumpert batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 T Shumpert struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 J Lugo 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: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 J Lugo struck out swinging.
- Top 3 T Greene batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 T Greene homered to left.
- Top 3 M Young batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 M Young flied out to right.
- Top 3 H Blalock batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 3 H Blalock walked.
- Top 3 A Rodriguez batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 3 A Rodriguez struck out swinging.
- Top 3 R Palmeiro batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 3 R Palmeiro flied out to left.
- Bot 3 D Rolls batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 3 D Rolls singled to left center.
- Bot 3 A Perez batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 A Perez reached on bunt single to first, D Rolls to second.
- Bot 3 A Huff batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 3 A Huff flied out to left.
- Bot 3 R Baldelli batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 R Baldelli singled to right, D Rolls scored, A Perez to third.
- Bot 3 T Lee batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 3 T Lee popped out to third.
- Bot 3 M Diaz batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 3 R Baldelli stole second.
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Bot 3 M Diaz walked.
- Bot 3 T Hall batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 3 T Hall safe at first on throwing error by third baseman H Blalock, A Perez scored, R Baldelli to third, M Diaz to second.
- Bot 3 T Shumpert batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 T Shumpert struck out swinging.
- Top 4 M Teixeira batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 M Teixeira hit a ground rule double to right.
- Top 4 S Spencer batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Top 4 S Spencer walked, M Teixeira caught stealing third, catcher to third.
- Top 4 L Nix batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 L Nix popped out to third.
- Top 4 D Glanville batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 4 D Glanville flied out to left.
- Bot 4 J Lugo batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 4 J Lugo reached on infield single to third.
- Bot 4 D Rolls batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 D Rolls grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Lugo out at second.
- Bot 4 A Perez batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 4 D Rolls stole second.
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 7: in play
- Bot 4 A Perez singled to left, D Rolls to third.
- Bot 4 A Huff batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 4 A Huff homered to right, D Rolls and A Perez scored.
- Bot 4 R Baldelli batting
- Bot 4 Lineup Change
- Bot 4 Lineup Change
- Bot 4 R Drese relieved T Mounce.
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 4 R Baldelli homered to left.
- Bot 4 T Lee batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 7: in play
- Bot 4 T Lee singled to center.
- Bot 4 M Diaz batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 4 M Diaz grounded into fielder's choice to second, T Lee out at second.
- Bot 4 T Hall batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 4 T Hall singled to center, M Diaz to second.
- Bot 4 A Martin batting
- Bot 4 Lineup Change
- Bot 4 Lineup Change
- Bot 4 A Martin hit for T Shumpert.
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 4 A Martin homered to right, M Diaz and T Hall scored.
- Bot 4 J Lugo batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 4 J Lugo singled to left.
- Bot 4 D Rolls batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 4 D Rolls fouled out to first.
- Top 5 Lineup Change
- Top 5 T Greene batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 T Greene flied out to center.
- Top 5 M Young batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 M Young popped out to shallow right.
- Top 5 H Blalock batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 H Blalock popped out to left.
- Bot 5 A Perez batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Bot 5 A Perez walked.
- Bot 5 A Huff batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 A Huff singled to center, A Perez to third.
- Bot 5 R Baldelli batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 R Baldelli popped out to first.
- Bot 5 T Lee batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 5 T Lee homered to right, A Perez and A Huff scored.
- Bot 5 M Diaz batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 M Diaz popped out to shallow right.
- Bot 5 T Hall batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 T Hall flied out to center.
- Top 6 A Rodriguez 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 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 6 A Rodriguez singled to left, A Rodriguez to second on error by left fielder M Diaz.
- Top 6 R Palmeiro batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 6 R Palmeiro flied out to left.
- Top 6 M Teixeira batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 A Rodriguez to third on wild pitch by J Sosa.
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 6 M Teixeira singled to right, A Rodriguez scored.
- Top 6 S Spencer batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 S Spencer flied out to deep left.
- Top 6 L Nix batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 L Nix lined out to center.
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 D Sadler at shortstop.
- Bot 6 A Martin batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 6 A Martin grounded out to second.
- Bot 6 J Lugo batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 J Lugo singled to left.
- Bot 6 D Rolls batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 D Rolls flied out to right.
- Bot 6 A Perez 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 A Perez singled to right, J Lugo to second.
- Bot 6 A Huff batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 6 A Huff flied out to center.
- Top 7 D Glanville batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 D Glanville grounded out to first.
- Top 7 T Greene batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 T Greene grounded out to shortstop.
Box score
TEX
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Young2B | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .322 | .358 | .475 |
| Hank Blalock3B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .319 | .372 | .521 |
| Alex RodriguezRP | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .280 | .371 | .530 |
| Donnie SadlerSS | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .315 | .359 |
| Rafael PalmeiroRP | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .352 | .472 |
| Marcus ThamesDH | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .833 |
| Mark Teixeira1B | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .345 | .487 |
| Shane SpencerLF | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .325 | .421 |
| Laynce NixRF | 0-3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .130 | .200 | .130 |
| Doug GlanvilleCF | 0-3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .281 | .335 |
| Todd GreeneC | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .243 | .426 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony MounceRP | 3.1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 87-53 | 6.38 | 87 |
| Ryan DreseRP | 2.2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 68-44 | 9.53 | 68 |
| Jay PowellRP | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32-19 | 9.16 | 32 |
| Brian ShouseP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12-4 | 3.70 | 12 |
TB
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damian Rolls3B | 1-5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .252 | .305 | .368 |
| Antonio Perez2B | 3-4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .340 | .404 | .468 |
| Aubrey HuffRF | 2-6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .305 | .362 | .540 |
| Rocco BaldelliCF | 3-5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .306 | .333 | .449 |
| Travis Lee1B | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .340 | .434 |
| Matt DiazLF | 0-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 |
| Toby HallC | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .264 | .310 | .377 |
| Terry ShumpertRP | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .278 | .388 |
| Al MartinDH | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .335 | .385 |
| Julio LugoSS | 4-5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .254 | .314 | .348 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge SosaRP | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 104-61 | 4.48 | 104 |
| Mark MalaskaRP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21-15 | 4.50 | 21 |
| Brandon BackeP | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24-14 | 6.06 | 24 |
Starting lineups
TB
- 1 Damian Rolls 3B
- 2 Antonio Perez 2B
- 3 Aubrey Huff RF
- 4 Rocco Baldelli CF
- 5 Travis Lee 1B
- 6 Matt Diaz LF
- 7 Toby Hall C
- 8 Terry Shumpert RP
- 9 Julio Lugo SS
TEX
- 1 Michael Young 2B
- 2 Hank Blalock 3B
- 3 Alex Rodriguez RP
- 4 Rafael Palmeiro RP
- 5 Mark Teixeira 1B
- 6 Shane Spencer LF
- 7 Laynce Nix RF
- 8 Doug Glanville CF
- 9 Todd Greene C
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