Arizona Diamondbacks @
Pittsburgh Pirates
5–0Final · May 9, 2003
ARI 5 PIT 0 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARI16-20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| PIT14-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 A Cintron batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 A Cintron flied out to center.
- Top 1 J Spivey batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 J Spivey grounded out to second.
- Top 1 L Gonzalez 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 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Top 1 L Gonzalez walked.
- Top 1 S Finley batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 S Finley grounded out to second.
- Bot 1 K Lofton batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 K Lofton flied out to center.
- Bot 1 R Sanders 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: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 1 R Sanders struck out looking.
- Bot 1 J Kendall batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 1 J Kendall grounded out to third.
- Top 2 M Williams batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 2 M Williams doubled to left.
- Top 2 L Overbay batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 L Overbay flied out to left.
- Top 2 D Bautista batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 2 D Bautista reached on infield single to second, M Williams to third.
- Top 2 R Barajas batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 R Barajas singled to shallow center, M Williams scored, D Bautista to second.
- Top 2 C Schilling batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 C Schilling hit sacrifice fly to third, D Bautista to third, R Barajas to second.
- Top 2 A Cintron batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 2 A Cintron flied out to center.
- Bot 2 B Giles batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 J Spivey batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 3 J Spivey struck out swinging.
- Top 3 L Gonzalez batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 L Gonzalez popped out to shallow center.
- Top 3 S Finley batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 8: ball 4
- Top 3 S Finley walked.
- Top 3 M Williams batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 M Williams flied out to center.
- Bot 3 P Reese batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 P Reese struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 J Wilson batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 J Wilson struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 J D'Amico batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 J D'Amico lined out to center.
- Top 4 L Overbay 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 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 4 L Overbay struck out swinging.
- Top 4 D Bautista batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 4 D Bautista singled to left.
- Top 4 R Barajas batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 R Barajas fouled out to third.
- Top 4 C Schilling batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 C Schilling singled to center, D Bautista to second.
- Top 4 A Cintron batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 4 A Cintron grounded into fielder's choice to second, C Schilling out at second, D Bautista to third.
- Bot 4 K Lofton batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 4 K Lofton singled to center.
- Bot 4 R Sanders batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 4 R Sanders struck out swinging.
- Bot 4 J Kendall 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: in play
- Bot 4 J Kendall lined into double play, third to first, K Lofton doubled off first.
- Top 5 J Spivey batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 5 J Spivey struck out looking.
- Top 5 L Gonzalez batting
- Top 5 Pittsburgh's Manager L Mcclendon ejected by C Reliford in the 4th.
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 L Gonzalez popped out to third.
- Top 5 S Finley batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 S Finley doubled to right center.
- Top 5 M Williams batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 5 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 5 M Williams walked.
- Top 5 L Overbay 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 L Overbay grounded out to second.
- Bot 5 B Giles batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 5 B Giles grounded out to first.
- Bot 5 R Simon batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 5 R Simon flied out to deep center.
- Bot 5 A Ramirez batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 5 A Ramirez flied out to shallow right.
- Top 6 D Bautista batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 D Bautista doubled to deep left.
- Top 6 R Barajas batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 6 R Barajas singled to left, D Bautista scored.
- Top 6 C Schilling batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (bunted foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (bunted foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 C Schilling struck out swinging.
- Top 6 A Cintron batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 6 A Cintron singled to center, R Barajas to second.
- Top 6 J Spivey batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 6 J Spivey homered to left, R Barajas and A Cintron scored.
- Top 6 L Gonzalez batting
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 Lineup Change
- Top 6 J Beimel relieved J D'Amico.
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 L Gonzalez grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 6 S Finley batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 S Finley struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 P Reese batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 P Reese grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 6 J Wilson batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 6 J Wilson struck out looking.
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 M Stairs hit for J Beimel.
- Bot 6 M Stairs batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 6 M Stairs reached on infield single to shortstop.
- Bot 6 K Lofton batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 K Lofton singled to shallow right center, M Stairs to second.
- Bot 6 R Sanders batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 R Sanders struck out swinging.
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 B Meadows relieved J Beimel.
- Top 7 M Williams batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 M Williams singled to right.
- Top 7 L Overbay batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 7 L Overbay flied out to left center.
- Top 7 D Bautista batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 D Bautista grounded out to third, M Williams to second.
- Top 7 R Barajas batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 7 R Barajas flied out to left.
- Bot 7 J Kendall 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: in play
- Bot 7 J Kendall grounded out to third.
- Bot 7 B Giles batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 7 B Giles popped out to shallow center.
- Bot 7 R Simon batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 R Simon grounded out to second.
- Top 8 C Schilling batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 8 C Schilling struck out looking.
- Top 8 A Cintron batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 8 A Cintron grounded out to second.
- Top 8 J Spivey batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 8 J Spivey grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 8 A Ramirez batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 8 A Ramirez singled to right.
- Bot 8 P Reese batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 8 P Reese flied out to right.
- Bot 8 J Wilson batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 8 J Wilson grounded into fielder's choice to third, A Ramirez out at second.
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 R Mackowiak hit for B Meadows.
- Bot 8 R Mackowiak batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 8 R Mackowiak struck out looking.
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 S Sauerbeck relieved B Meadows.
- Top 9 L Gonzalez batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 9 L Gonzalez lined out to second.
- Top 9 S Finley batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 9 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 9 S Finley struck out swinging.
- Top 9 M Williams batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 9 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 9 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 9 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Top 9 M Williams walked.
- Top 9 L Overbay batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 9 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 9 L Overbay singled to right, M Williams to second.
- Top 9 D Bautista batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 9 D Bautista struck out looking.
- Bot 9 K Lofton batting
- Bot 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 9 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 9 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 9 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 9 K Lofton flied out to left.
- Bot 9 R Sanders batting
- Bot 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 9 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 9 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 9 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 9 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 9 R Sanders struck out swinging.
- Bot 9 J Kendall batting
- Bot 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 9 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 9 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 9 J Kendall struck out swinging.
Box score
ARI
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Álex CintrónSS | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 |
| Junior Spivey2B | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .259 | .333 | .440 |
| Luis GonzalezLF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .403 | .590 |
| Steve FinleyCF | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .260 | .345 | .488 |
| Matt Williams3B | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .323 | .410 |
| Lyle Overbay1B | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .272 | .343 | .402 |
| Danny BautistaRF | 3-5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .238 | .292 | .313 |
| Rod BarajasC | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .439 | .452 | .683 |
| Curt SchillingP | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .063 | .063 | .063 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt SchillingP | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 105-78 | 3.92 | 105 |
PIT
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny LoftonCF | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .326 | .363 |
| Reggie SandersRF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .252 | .319 | .458 |
| Jason KendallC | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .284 | .391 | .414 |
| Brian GilesLF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .404 | .325 |
| Randall Simon1B | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .320 | .411 |
| Aramis Ramirez3B | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .229 | .295 | .336 |
| Pokey Reese2B | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .216 | .261 | .265 |
| Jack WilsonSS | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .260 | .295 | .350 |
| Jeff C. D'AmicoRP | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
| Joe Ronald BeimelRP | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Matt StairsRP | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .206 | .280 | .279 |
| Brian MeadowsRP | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Rob MackowiakRP | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .173 | .259 | .288 |
| Scott SauerbeckP | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff C. D'AmicoRP | 5.1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 100-65 | 4.08 | 100 |
| Joe Ronald BeimelRP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6-4 | 2.30 | 6 |
| Brian MeadowsRP | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21-17 | 1.93 | 21 |
| Scott SauerbeckP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15-9 | 5.14 | 15 |
Starting lineups
PIT
- 1 Kenny Lofton CF
- 2 Reggie Sanders RF
- 3 Jason Kendall C
- 4 Brian Giles LF
- 5 Randall Simon 1B
- 6 Aramis Ramirez 3B
- 7 Pokey Reese 2B
- 8 Jack Wilson SS
- 9 Jeff C. D'Amico RP
ARI
- 1 Álex Cintrón SS
- 2 Junior Spivey 2B
- 3 Luis Gonzalez LF
- 4 Steve Finley CF
- 5 Matt Williams 3B
- 6 Lyle Overbay 1B
- 7 Danny Bautista RF
- 8 Rod Barajas C
- 9 Curt Schilling P
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