Seattle Mariners @
Texas Rangers
4–8Final · Apr 5, 2003
SEA 4 TEX 8 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| TEX2-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 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 singled to left.
- Top 1 R Winn batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Top 1 R Winn walked, I Suzuki to second.
- Top 1 E Martinez batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 E Martinez flied out to right, I Suzuki to third.
- Top 1 J Olerud 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: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 R Winn stole second.
- Top 1 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 1 J Olerud struck out looking.
- Top 1 B Boone batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 B Boone grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 1 D Glanville batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 D Glanville reached on infield single to shortstop.
- Bot 1 H Blalock batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 D Glanville stole second.
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 1 H Blalock singled to right, D Glanville scored.
- Bot 1 A Rodriguez 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: in play
- Bot 1 A Rodriguez fouled out to first.
- Bot 1 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 R Palmeiro doubled to right, H Blalock to third.
- Bot 1 J Gonzalez batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 1 J Gonzalez homered to left, H Blalock and R Palmeiro scored.
- Bot 1 R Sierra batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 1 R Sierra grounded out to second.
- Bot 1 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 M Teixeira flied out to center.
- Top 2 M Cameron batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 2 M Cameron grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 2 M McLemore batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 2 M McLemore struck out swinging.
- Top 2 C Guillen batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 2 C Guillen struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 M Young batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 M Young struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 E Diaz batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 2 E Diaz grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 2 D Glanville batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 2 D Glanville grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 3 B Davis batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 B Davis lined out to shortstop.
- Top 3 I Suzuki batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 3 I Suzuki struck out swinging.
- Top 3 R Winn batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 R Winn doubled to left center.
- Top 3 E Martinez batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 E Martinez flied out to deep center.
- Bot 3 H Blalock batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 3 H Blalock singled to right center.
- Bot 3 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Bot 3 A Rodriguez walked, H Blalock to second.
- Bot 3 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 H Blalock out at second on runner's fielder's choice.
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 R Palmeiro singled to right center, A Rodriguez to second.
- Bot 3 J Gonzalez batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 J Gonzalez grounded out to first, A Rodriguez to third, R Palmeiro to second.
- Bot 3 R Sierra batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 R Sierra struck out swinging.
- Top 4 J Olerud batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 4 J Olerud struck out looking.
- Top 4 B Boone batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 B Boone singled to right.
- Top 4 M Cameron batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 M Cameron homered to left, B Boone scored.
- Top 4 M McLemore batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 M McLemore flied out to left.
- Top 4 C Guillen batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 C Guillen singled to left.
- Top 4 B Davis batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 B Davis grounded out to second.
- Bot 4 M Teixeira 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 M Teixeira struck out looking.
- Bot 4 M Young batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 4 M Young grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 4 E Diaz batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 4 E Diaz singled to left.
- Bot 4 D Glanville batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 4 D Glanville struck out looking.
- Top 5 I Suzuki batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 5 I Suzuki lined out to first.
- Top 5 R Winn batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 R Winn singled to center.
- Top 5 E Martinez batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 5 E Martinez struck out swinging.
- Top 5 J Olerud batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 J Olerud grounded out to second.
- Bot 5 H Blalock batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 5 H Blalock struck out looking.
- Bot 5 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 A Rodriguez homered to left.
- Bot 5 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 5 R Palmeiro struck out looking.
- Bot 5 J Gonzalez batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 5 J Gonzalez homered to left center.
- Bot 5 R Sierra batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 R Sierra popped out to shortstop.
- Top 6 B Boone batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 B Boone struck out swinging.
- Top 6 M Cameron batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 M Cameron grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 6 M McLemore batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 6 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Top 6 M McLemore walked.
- Top 6 C Guillen batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 C Guillen struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 G Carrara relieved G Meche.
- Bot 6 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 6 M Teixeira struck out looking.
- Bot 6 M Young batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 6 M Young doubled to left.
- Bot 6 E Diaz batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 6 E Diaz flied out to center.
- Bot 6 D Glanville batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 D Glanville fouled out to catcher.
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 J Clark in left field.
- Top 7 B Davis batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 B Davis lined out to center.
- Top 7 I Suzuki batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 7 I Suzuki grounded out to second.
- Top 7 R Winn batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 7 R Winn singled to left.
- Top 7 E Martinez batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 7 E Martinez doubled to left, R Winn scored.
- Top 7 J Olerud batting
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 A Fultz relieved C Lewis.
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 7 J Olerud struck out looking.
- Bot 7 H Blalock 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: foul
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 7 H Blalock singled to center.
- Bot 7 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 7 A Rodriguez reached on infield single to second, H Blalock to second.
- Bot 7 R Palmeiro 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: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 7 R Palmeiro struck out looking.
- Bot 7 J Gonzalez batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 J Gonzalez flied out to deep center.
- Bot 7 J Clark batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 7 J Clark walked, H Blalock to third, A Rodriguez to second.
- Bot 7 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 7 M Teixeira grounded out to first.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 R Garcia relieved A Fultz.
Box score
SEA
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ichiro SuzukiRF | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .261 | .292 | .304 |
| Randy WinnLF | 3-3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .500 | .619 |
| Edgar MartinezDH | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .478 | .611 |
| John Olerud1B | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .211 | .250 | .263 |
| Bret Boone2B | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .348 |
| Mike CameronCF | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .318 | .500 |
| Mark McLemore3B | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .222 | .417 | .333 |
| Carlos GuillenRP | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 |
| John MabryRP | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 |
| Willie BloomquistSS | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 |
| Ben DavisC | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .333 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gil MecheRP | 5.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 98-59 | 10.80 | 98 |
| Giovanni CarraraRP | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 41-25 | 0.00 | 41 |
| Julio MateoP | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20-16 | 3.86 | 20 |
TEX
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug GlanvilleCF | 2-5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .318 | .348 | .455 |
| Hank Blalock3B | 4-5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .550 | .609 | .900 |
| Alex RodriguezSS | 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .304 | .727 |
| Rafael PalmeiroDH | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .222 | .364 | .444 |
| Juan Alberto GonzalezRF | ----- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ruben SierraRP | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .467 |
| Jermaine ClarkLF | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 |
| Mark Teixeira1B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .083 | .000 |
| Michael Young2B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .438 |
| Einar DiazC | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .364 | .500 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colby LewisRP | 6.2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 111-67 | 4.05 | 111 |
| Aaron FultzRP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-3 | 5.40 | 4 |
| Reynaldo GarciaRP | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16-10 | 3.38 | 16 |
| Ugueth UrbinaP | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29-16 | 2.70 | 29 |
Starting lineups
TEX
- 1 Doug Glanville CF
- 2 Hank Blalock 3B
- 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
- 4 Rafael Palmeiro DH
- 5 Juan Alberto Gonzalez RF
- 6 Ruben Sierra RP
- 7 Mark Teixeira 1B
- 8 Michael Young 2B
- 9 Einar Diaz C
SEA
- 1 Ichiro Suzuki RF
- 2 Randy Winn LF
- 3 Edgar Martinez DH
- 4 John Olerud 1B
- 5 Bret Boone 2B
- 6 Mike Cameron CF
- 7 Mark McLemore 3B
- 8 Carlos Guillen RP
- 9 Ben Davis C
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