Boston Red Sox @
Baltimore Orioles
8–7Final · Apr 4, 2003
BOS 8 BAL 7 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS4-1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
| BAL1-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 1 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 J Damon 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 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 1 J Damon walked.
- Top 1 T Walker 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 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 7: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 8: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 9: in play
- Top 1 T Walker lined into double play, second to first, J Damon doubled off first.
- Top 1 N Garciaparra batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 N Garciaparra grounded out to third.
- Bot 1 J Hairston batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 8: ball 4
- Bot 1 J Hairston walked.
- Bot 1 G Matthews Jr batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 1 J Hairston stole second.
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 1 G Matthews Jr flied out to center.
- Bot 1 B Surhoff batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 B Surhoff grounded out to shortstop, J Hairston to third.
- Bot 1 J Conine batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 1 J Conine walked.
- Bot 1 J Gibbons 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 J Gibbons struck out swinging.
- Top 2 M Ramirez batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 M Ramirez safe at first on error by catcher G Gil.
- Top 2 D Ortiz batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 2 D Ortiz flied out to left.
- Top 2 K Millar batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 2 K Millar walked, M Ramirez to second.
- Top 2 S Hillenbrand batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 S Hillenbrand grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, K Millar out at second, M Ramirez to third.
- Top 2 T Nixon batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 2 T Nixon struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 T Batista batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 2 T Batista doubled to deep left.
- Bot 2 M Mora batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 2 M Mora flied out to center.
- Bot 2 D Cruz batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 D Cruz flied out to center, T Batista to third.
- Bot 2 G Gil batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Bot 2 G Gil walked.
- Bot 2 J Hairston batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 2 J Hairston singled to right, T Batista scored, G Gil to second.
- Bot 2 G Matthews Jr batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 G Matthews Jr fouled out to third.
- Top 3 J Varitek batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 J Varitek singled to center.
- Top 3 J Damon batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 3 J Damon walked, J Varitek to second.
- Top 3 T Walker batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 T Walker singled to center, J Varitek scored, J Damon to second.
- Top 3 N Garciaparra batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 N Garciaparra flied out to center.
- Top 3 M Ramirez batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 J Damon to third, T Walker to second on wild pitch by S Ponson.
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 4 (intentional ball)
- Top 3 M Ramirez intentionally walked.
- Top 3 D Ortiz 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: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Top 3 D Ortiz walked, J Damon scored, T Walker to third, M Ramirez to second.
- Top 3 K Millar batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 3 K Millar singled to right, T Walker and M Ramirez scored, D Ortiz to third.
- Top 3 S Hillenbrand batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 S Hillenbrand singled to right, D Ortiz scored, K Millar to second.
- Top 3 T Nixon batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 T Nixon singled to right, K Millar to third, S Hillenbrand to second.
- Top 3 J Varitek batting
- Top 3 Lineup Change
- Top 3 Lineup Change
- Top 3 P Hentgen relieved S Ponson.
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 J Varitek lined into double play, to first, T Nixon doubled off first.
- Bot 3 B Surhoff batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 B Surhoff singled to center.
- Bot 3 J Conine batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 J Conine struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 J Gibbons batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 J Gibbons singled to right, B Surhoff to second.
- Bot 3 T Batista 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 T Batista grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Gibbons out at second, B Surhoff to third.
- Bot 3 M Mora batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 3 M Mora grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, T Batista out at second.
- Top 4 J Damon batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 4 J Damon grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 4 T Walker 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 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 4 T Walker struck out swinging.
- Top 4 N Garciaparra batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 4 N Garciaparra reached on infield single to first.
- Top 4 M Ramirez batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 M Ramirez grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 4 D Cruz batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 D Cruz lined out to shortstop.
- Bot 4 G Gil 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 G Gil flied out to left.
- Bot 4 J Hairston 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: in play
- Bot 4 J Hairston singled to center.
- Bot 4 G Matthews Jr batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 4 G Matthews Jr struck out looking.
- Top 5 D Ortiz batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 D Ortiz flied out to right.
- Top 5 K Millar batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 K Millar flied out to right.
- Top 5 S Hillenbrand batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 5 S Hillenbrand fouled out to first.
- Bot 5 B Surhoff batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 5 B Surhoff struck out looking.
- Bot 5 J Conine batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 J Conine singled to right.
- Bot 5 J Gibbons batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 J Gibbons grounded into fielder's choice to first, J Conine out at second.
- Bot 5 T Batista batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 T Batista singled to left, J Gibbons to second.
- Bot 5 M Mora batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 5 M Mora struck out swinging.
- Top 6 T Nixon batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 T Nixon hit a ground rule double to right.
- Top 6 J Varitek batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 J Varitek homered to right, T Nixon scored.
- Top 6 J Damon batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 J Damon flied out to right.
- Top 6 T Walker batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 T Walker homered to center.
- Top 6 N Garciaparra batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 N Garciaparra singled to left.
- Top 6 M Ramirez batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 M Ramirez singled to deep right, N Garciaparra to third.
- Top 6 D Ortiz batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 6 D Ortiz grounded out to pitcher, M Ramirez to second.
- Top 6 K Millar batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 K Millar grounded out to second.
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 S Woodard relieved J Burkett.
- Bot 6 D Cruz batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 6 D Cruz grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 6 G Gil batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 6 G Gil grounded out to second.
- Bot 6 J Hairston batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 J Hairston flied out to center.
- Top 7 S Hillenbrand batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 7 S Hillenbrand struck out looking.
- Top 7 T Nixon batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 T Nixon struck out swinging.
- Top 7 J Varitek batting
- 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 J Varitek walked.
- Top 7 J Damon 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: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 7 J Damon grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 7 G Matthews Jr batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 7 G Matthews Jr reached on infield single to first.
- Bot 7 B Surhoff batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 B Surhoff doubled to center, G Matthews Jr scored.
- Bot 7 J Conine batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 7 J Conine flied out to right, B Surhoff to third.
- Bot 7 J Gibbons batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 7 J Gibbons grounded out to second, B Surhoff scored.
- Bot 7 T Batista batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- 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: foul
- Bot 7 Pitch 7: in play
- Bot 7 T Batista singled to left.
- Bot 7 M Mora batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Box score
BOS
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny DamonCF | 0-3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .320 | .250 |
| Todd Walker2B | 2-5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .238 | .304 | .381 |
| Nomar GarciaparraSS | 2-5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .320 | .393 | .520 |
| Manny RamirezLF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .360 | .364 |
| David Ortiz1B | 0-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .353 | .231 |
| Kevin MillarDH | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .438 | .550 | .938 |
| Shea Hillenbrand3B | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .346 | .333 |
| Trot NixonRF | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .278 | .350 | .389 |
| Jason VaritekC | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .571 | .647 | 1.286 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John BurkettRP | 5.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 98-60 | 1.80 | 98 |
| Steve WoodardRP | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30-21 | 3.60 | 30 |
| Alan EmbreeRP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18-8 | 13.50 | 18 |
| Ramiro MendozaP | 1.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18-13 | 9.82 | 18 |
BAL
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Hairston Jr.2B | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .350 | .294 |
| Gary Matthews Jr.CF | 2-5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
| B.J. SurhoffDH | 3-5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .357 |
| Jeff Conine1B | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .176 | .211 | .235 |
| Jay GibbonsRF | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .316 |
| Tony Batista3B | 4-5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .471 | .471 | .824 |
| Melvin MoraLF | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .100 | .182 | .100 |
| Deivi CruzSS | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .471 |
| Geronimo GilC | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .286 | .250 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney PonsonRP | 2.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 57-30 | 19.29 | 57 |
| Pat HentgenRP | 4.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 68-40 | 5.79 | 68 |
| Kerry LigtenbergRP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8-5 | 3.00 | 8 |
| Jorge JulioP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12-7 | 0.00 | 12 |
Starting lineups
BAL
- 1 Jerry Hairston Jr. 2B
- 2 Gary Matthews Jr. CF
- 3 B.J. Surhoff DH
- 4 Jeff Conine 1B
- 5 Jay Gibbons RF
- 6 Tony Batista 3B
- 7 Melvin Mora LF
- 8 Deivi Cruz SS
- 9 Geronimo Gil C
BOS
- 1 Johnny Damon CF
- 2 Todd Walker 2B
- 3 Nomar Garciaparra SS
- 4 Manny Ramirez LF
- 5 David Ortiz 1B
- 6 Kevin Millar DH
- 7 Shea Hillenbrand 3B
- 8 Trot Nixon RF
- 9 Jason Varitek C
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