Detroit Tigers @
Minnesota Twins
2–7Final · Aug 3, 2003
DET 2 MIN 7 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET29-80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| MIN55-55 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 A Sanchez 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 A Sanchez grounded out to second.
- Top 1 W Morris batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 W Morris singled to right.
- Top 1 B Higginson batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 1 B Higginson struck out swinging.
- Top 1 C Monroe batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 1 C Monroe walked, W Morris to second.
- Top 1 K Witt batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 K Witt popped out to shallow left.
- Bot 1 S Stewart batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 1 S Stewart walked.
- Bot 1 L Rivas batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 L Rivas tripled to right center, S Stewart scored.
- Bot 1 D Mientkiewicz batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 D Mientkiewicz singled to center, L Rivas scored.
- Bot 1 J Jones batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Bot 1 J Jones walked, D Mientkiewicz to second.
- Bot 1 T Hunter 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 T Hunter struck out swinging.
- Bot 1 A Pierzynski batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 A Pierzynski flied out to center.
- Bot 1 M Restovich 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 M Restovich walked, D Mientkiewicz to third, J Jones to second.
- Bot 1 C Gomez 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: in play
- Bot 1 C Gomez fouled out to catcher.
- Top 2 B Petrick batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 2 B Petrick fouled out to first.
- Top 2 S Halter batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 8: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 9: ball 4
- Top 2 S Halter walked.
- Top 2 A Hinch batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 2 A Hinch grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, S Halter out at second.
- Bot 2 C Guzman 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: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 C Guzman struck out swinging.
- Bot 2 S Stewart batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 2 S Stewart homered to center.
- Bot 2 L Rivas batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 2 L Rivas singled to right.
- Bot 2 D Mientkiewicz batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 2 D Mientkiewicz struck out looking.
- Bot 2 J Jones batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 2 L Rivas stole second.
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 7: in play
- Bot 2 J Jones grounded out to second.
- Top 3 R Santiago batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 R Santiago popped out to second.
- Top 3 A Sanchez 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 A Sanchez flied out to left.
- Top 3 W Morris batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 3 W Morris struck out looking.
- Bot 3 T Hunter batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 T Hunter singled to left.
- Bot 3 A Pierzynski batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 3 A Pierzynski singled to left, T Hunter to second.
- Bot 3 M Restovich batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Bot 3 M Restovich walked, T Hunter to third, A Pierzynski to second.
- Bot 3 C Gomez batting
- Bot 3 Lineup Change
- Bot 3 Lineup Change
- Bot 3 S Sparks relieved M Roney.
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 C Gomez grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, T Hunter scored, M Restovich out at second, A Pierzynski to third.
- Bot 3 C Guzman batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 C Guzman singled to center, A Pierzynski scored.
- Bot 3 S Stewart batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 S Stewart singled to center, C Guzman to second.
- Bot 3 L Rivas batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 L Rivas grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 4 B Higginson batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 4 B Higginson flied out to center.
- Top 4 C Monroe batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 4 C Monroe struck out swinging.
- Top 4 K Witt batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 4 K Witt struck out looking.
- Bot 4 D Mientkiewicz batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 D Mientkiewicz flied out to center.
- Bot 4 J Jones batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 4 J Jones grounded out to third.
- Bot 4 T Hunter batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 T Hunter grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 5 B Petrick batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 5 B Petrick doubled to left.
- Top 5 S Halter batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 S Halter grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 5 A Hinch batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 A Hinch grounded out to first, B Petrick to third.
- Top 5 R Santiago batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 8: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 9: ball 4
- Top 5 R Santiago walked.
- Top 5 A Sanchez batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 A Sanchez flied out to center.
- Bot 5 A Pierzynski batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 A Pierzynski grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 5 M Restovich batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 5 M Restovich lined out to left.
- Bot 5 C Gomez batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 C Gomez grounded out to third.
- Top 6 W Morris batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 6 W Morris singled to center.
- Top 6 B Higginson batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 6 B Higginson homered to right, W Morris scored.
- Top 6 C Monroe batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 C Monroe doubled to left.
- Top 6 K Witt 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: ball 3
- Top 6 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 K Witt struck out swinging.
- Top 6 B Petrick batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 7: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 8: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 B Petrick struck out swinging.
- Top 6 S Halter batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 6: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 S Halter struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 C Guzman batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 C Guzman struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 S Stewart batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 S Stewart grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 6 L Rivas batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 L Rivas struck out swinging.
- Top 7 A Hinch batting
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 J Romero relieved J Santana.
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 A Hinch struck out swinging.
- Top 7 R Santiago batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 R Santiago struck out swinging.
- Top 7 A Sanchez batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 A Sanchez reached on infield single to first, A Sanchez out at first trying to return to base.
- Bot 7 D Mientkiewicz batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 D Mientkiewicz singled to left.
- Bot 7 J Jones batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 7 J Jones singled to center, D Mientkiewicz to second.
- Bot 7 T Hunter batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 7 T Hunter struck out swinging.
- Bot 7 A Pierzynski batting
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 C Mears relieved S Sparks.
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 7 A Pierzynski flied out to right, D Mientkiewicz to third.
- Bot 7 M Restovich batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Bot 7 M Restovich walked, J Jones to second.
- Bot 7 C Gomez batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 C Gomez doubled to right center, D Mientkiewicz and J Jones scored, M Restovich thrown out at home.
- Top 8 W Morris batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 8 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 8 W Morris walked.
- Top 8 B Higginson batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 8 B Higginson struck out looking.
- Top 8 C Monroe batting
- Top 8 Lineup Change
Box score
DET
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex SanchezCF | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .285 | .317 | .374 |
| Warren Morris2B | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .282 | .330 | .398 |
| Bobby HigginsonDH | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .247 | .340 | .361 |
| Craig MonroeRF | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .232 | .289 | .414 |
| Kevin WittLF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 | .324 | .452 |
| Ben PetrickLF | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .243 | .343 |
| Carlos Pena1B | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .251 | .324 | .440 |
| Shane Halter3B | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .215 | .262 | .329 |
| A.J. HinchC | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .194 | .212 | .323 |
| Ramon SantiagoSS | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .224 | .300 | .297 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt RoneyP | 2.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 64-35 | 5.08 | 64 |
| Steve W. SparksP | 4.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 54-40 | 4.31 | 54 |
| Chris MearsP | 1.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22-11 | 2.55 | 22 |
MIN
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon StewartLF | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .319 | .375 | .488 |
| Luis Rivas2B | 3-5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .277 | .328 | .383 |
| Doug Mientkiewicz1B | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .298 | .383 | .468 |
| Jacque JonesDH | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .309 | .333 | .468 |
| Torii HunterCF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .248 | .317 | .442 |
| A.J. PierzynskiC | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .341 | .468 |
| Michael RestovichRF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .381 | .480 | .619 |
| Chris Gomez3B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .285 | .359 |
| Cristian GuzmanSS | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .261 | .296 | .347 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johan SantanaP | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 112-68 | 3.46 | 112 |
| J.C. RomeroP | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20-11 | 4.64 | 20 |
| LaTroy HawkinsP | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13-9 | 2.50 | 13 |
| Eddie GuardadoP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17-13 | 3.45 | 17 |
Starting lineups
MIN
- 1 Shannon Stewart LF
- 2 Luis Rivas 2B
- 3 Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
- 4 Jacque Jones DH
- 5 Torii Hunter CF
- 6 A.J. Pierzynski C
- 7 Michael Restovich RF
- 8 Chris Gomez 3B
- 9 Cristian Guzman SS
DET
- 1 Alex Sanchez CF
- 2 Warren Morris 2B
- 3 Bobby Higginson DH
- 4 Craig Monroe RF
- 5 Kevin Witt LF
- 6 Ben Petrick LF
- 7 Shane Halter 3B
- 8 A.J. Hinch C
- 9 Ramon Santiago SS
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