Kansas City Royals @
Cleveland Indians
12–4Final · Apr 14, 2003
KC 12 CLE 4 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC10-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 1 |
| CLE4-8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 M Tucker batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 M Tucker grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 1 J Randa 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 J Randa grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 1 M Sweeney batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 1 M Sweeney flied out to deep left.
- Bot 1 M Bradley batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 M Bradley grounded out to third.
- Bot 1 O Vizquel batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 O Vizquel grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 1 E Burks 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: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 1 E Burks flied out to left center.
- Top 2 R Ibanez batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 2 R Ibanez popped out to shallow left.
- Top 2 K Harvey 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: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 2 K Harvey homered to left.
- Top 2 B Berger batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 B Berger fouled out to first.
- Top 2 A Berroa batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 2 A Berroa struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 S Spencer batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 2 S Spencer hit by pitch.
- Bot 2 M Lawton batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 M Lawton popped out to shallow center.
- Bot 2 J Bard batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 2 J Bard singled to center, S Spencer to second.
- Bot 2 C Blake 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: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 2 C Blake struck out looking.
- Bot 2 J McDonald batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 J McDonald struck out swinging.
- Top 3 B Mayne batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 3 B Mayne homered to right.
- Top 3 C Febles 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 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 3 C Febles struck out swinging.
- Top 3 M Tucker batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 M Tucker grounded out to third.
- Top 3 J Randa batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 J Randa doubled to left center.
- Top 3 M Sweeney batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- 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 M Sweeney flied out to deep right center.
- Bot 3 B Phillips 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 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 3 B Phillips walked.
- Bot 3 M Bradley batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 M Bradley grounded into fielder's choice to third, B Phillips out at second.
- Bot 3 O Vizquel 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 E Burks batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 E Burks singled to right, M Bradley scored, O Vizquel to third.
- Bot 3 S Spencer 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: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 7: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 8: in play
- Bot 3 S Spencer singled to left, O Vizquel scored, E Burks to third.
- Bot 3 M Lawton batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 M Lawton singled to center, E Burks scored, S Spencer to second.
- Bot 3 J Bard batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 3 J Bard grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, M Lawton out at second.
- Top 4 R Ibanez batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 4 R Ibanez flied out to shallow center.
- Top 4 K Harvey batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 6: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 4 K Harvey struck out swinging.
- Top 4 B Berger batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 B Berger grounded out to second.
- Bot 4 C Blake batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 C Blake flied out to left.
- Bot 4 J McDonald batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 4 J McDonald flied out to right center.
- Bot 4 B Phillips 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: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 4 B Phillips grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 5 A Berroa batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 A Berroa doubled to right.
- Top 5 B Mayne batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 5 B Mayne grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 5 C Febles batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 C Febles grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 5 M Tucker batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 M Tucker reached on bunt single to third, A Berroa to third.
- Top 5 J Randa batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Top 5 J Randa walked, M Tucker to second.
- Top 5 M Sweeney batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 M Sweeney doubled to deep left, A Berroa, J Randa and M Tucker scored.
- Top 5 R Ibanez batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 R Ibanez grounded out to first.
- Bot 5 M Bradley batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 M Bradley hit a ground rule double to left.
- Bot 5 O Vizquel batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (bunted foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 O Vizquel sacrificed to pitcher, M Bradley to third.
- Bot 5 E Burks batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Bot 5 E Burks walked.
- Bot 5 S Spencer batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 S Spencer grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, E Burks out at second.
- Top 6 K Harvey batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 K Harvey flied out to center.
- Top 6 B Berger batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 6 B Berger flied out to center.
- Top 6 A Berroa batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 A Berroa grounded out to third.
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 D Carrasco relieved J Affeldt.
- Bot 6 M Lawton batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Bot 6 M Lawton walked.
- Bot 6 J Bard batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 6 J Bard grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, M Lawton out at second.
- Bot 6 C Blake batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 C Blake flied out to right.
- Top 7 B Mayne batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 B Mayne struck out swinging.
- Top 7 C Febles batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 C Febles doubled to right, C Febles out stretching at third.
- Top 7 M Tucker batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 M Tucker homered to right.
- Top 7 J Randa batting
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 D Riske relieved B Anderson.
- 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 Randa walked.
- Top 7 M Sweeney batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 M Sweeney struck out swinging.
- Bot 7 J McDonald batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 7 J McDonald grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 7 B Phillips batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 B Phillips grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 7 M Bradley 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 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 7 M Bradley homered to left center.
- Bot 7 O Vizquel 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 O Vizquel grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 8 R Ibanez batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 8 R Ibanez struck out swinging.
- Top 8 K Harvey batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 8 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 8 K Harvey hit by pitch.
- Top 8 B Berger batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 8 B Berger reached on infield single to third, K Harvey to second.
- Top 8 A Berroa batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 8 A Berroa struck out swinging.
- Top 8 B Mayne batting
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 C Sadler relieved D Riske.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 R Johnson ran for K Harvey.
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 4
Box score
KC
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael TuckerCF | 2-5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .208 | .296 | .396 |
| Joe RandaRP | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .467 | .500 |
| Mendy Lopez3B | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .364 |
| Mike Sweeney1B | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 | .400 | .533 |
| Raul IbanezLF | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .341 | .388 | .614 |
| Ken HarveyRP | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .294 | .385 | .471 |
| Rontrez JohnsonDH | 1-1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
| Brandon BergerRF | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .300 | .125 |
| Angel BerroaSS | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .184 | .225 | .263 |
| Brent MayneC | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .515 | .867 |
| Carlos Febles2B | 3-5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .303 | .361 | .394 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy AffeldtRP | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 93-56 | 4.96 | 93 |
| D.J. CarrascoRP | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31-13 | 1.23 | 31 |
| Jason GrimsleyRP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5-5 | 1.17 | 5 |
| Ryan BukvichP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12-10 | 4.50 | 12 |
CLE
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton BradleyCF | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .380 | .418 | .700 |
| Omar VizquelSS | 0-3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .300 | .311 |
| Ellis BurksDH | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .289 | .373 | .333 |
| Shane SpencerRF | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .333 | .367 |
| Matt LawtonLF | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .286 | .244 |
| Josh BardC | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .194 | .275 | .222 |
| Casey Blake1B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .176 | .243 | .265 |
| John McDonald3B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 | .313 | .333 |
| Brandon Phillips2B | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .162 | .205 | .351 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian AndersonRP | 6.2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 103-75 | 3.48 | 103 |
| David RiskeRP | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 30-16 | 12.46 | 30 |
| Carl SadlerRP | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11-3 | 0.00 | 11 |
| Chad ParontoP | 1.1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32-24 | 7.11 | 32 |
Starting lineups
CLE
- 1 Milton Bradley CF
- 2 Omar Vizquel SS
- 3 Ellis Burks DH
- 4 Shane Spencer RF
- 5 Matt Lawton LF
- 6 Josh Bard C
- 7 Casey Blake 1B
- 8 John McDonald 3B
- 9 Brandon Phillips 2B
KC
- 1 Michael Tucker CF
- 2 Joe Randa RP
- 3 Mike Sweeney 1B
- 4 Raul Ibanez LF
- 5 Ken Harvey RP
- 6 Brandon Berger RF
- 7 Angel Berroa SS
- 8 Brent Mayne C
- 9 Carlos Febles 2B
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