Texas Rangers @
New York Yankees
5–4Final · Aug 6, 2003
TEX 5 NYY 4 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEX49-64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| NYY68-43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 M Young batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 1 M Young grounded out to third.
- Top 1 R Nivar 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 R Nivar walked.
- Top 1 A Rodriguez batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 1 R Nivar stole second.
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 1 A Rodriguez flied out to deep right, R Nivar to third.
- Top 1 S Spencer batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 S Spencer lined out to second.
- Bot 1 D Jeter batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Bot 1 D Jeter walked.
- Bot 1 B Williams batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 1 B Williams grounded into double play, third to second to first, D Jeter out at second.
- Bot 1 J Giambi 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: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Bot 1 J Giambi walked.
- Bot 1 J Posada batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 1 J Posada struck out swinging.
- Top 2 M Teixeira batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 2 M Teixeira singled to left center.
- Top 2 M Thames batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 M Thames grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, M Teixeira out at second.
- Top 2 J Jones 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: in play
- Top 2 J Jones flied out to left center.
- Bot 2 H Matsui batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 2 H Matsui reached on infield single to third.
- Bot 2 A Boone batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 A Boone flied out to shallow center.
- Bot 2 N Johnson 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: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Bot 2 N Johnson walked, H Matsui to second.
- Bot 2 D Dellucci batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 D Dellucci grounded out to first, H Matsui to third, N Johnson to second.
- Bot 2 E Wilson batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 2 H Matsui scored, N Johnson to third on wild pitch by J Thomson.
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 2 E Wilson popped out to third.
- Top 3 D Sadler batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 8: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 9: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 10: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 11: in play
- Top 3 D Sadler grounded out to third.
- Top 3 T Greene batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 T Greene grounded out to third.
- Top 3 M Young batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 M Young lined out to right.
- Bot 3 D Jeter batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 3 D Jeter popped out to shallow right center.
- Bot 3 B Williams batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 3 B Williams struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 J Giambi batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 J Giambi flied out to left.
- Top 4 R Nivar batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 R Nivar lined out to third.
- Top 4 A Rodriguez batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 4 A Rodriguez flied out to left.
- Top 4 S Spencer batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 4 S Spencer singled to center.
- Top 4 M Teixeira batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 4 M Teixeira popped out to first.
- Bot 4 J Posada batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 J Posada singled to right.
- Bot 4 H Matsui batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 J Posada to second on balk by J Thomson.
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 4 H Matsui flied out to center.
- Bot 4 A Boone batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 A Boone singled to center, J Posada to second, J Posada to third on error by center fielder R Nivar.
- Bot 4 N Johnson batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 4 N Johnson struck out swinging.
- Bot 4 D Dellucci batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 4 D Dellucci grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 5 M Thames batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 5: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 5 M Thames singled to left.
- Top 5 J Jones batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 5 M Thames to second on wild pitch by D Wells.
- Top 5 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 5 J Jones singled to right, M Thames to third.
- Top 5 D Sadler batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 D Sadler hit sacrifice fly to left, M Thames scored.
- Top 5 T Greene batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 T Greene safe at second on error by left fielder H Matsui, J Jones to third.
- Top 5 M Young batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 5 M Young struck out swinging.
- Top 5 R Nivar batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 5 R Nivar flied out to right.
- Bot 5 E Wilson batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 5 E Wilson grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 5 D Jeter batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 5 D Jeter reached on infield single to third.
- Bot 5 B Williams batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 B Williams grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, D Jeter out at second.
- Top 6 A Rodriguez 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: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 6 A Rodriguez grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 6 S Spencer batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 S Spencer grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 6 M Teixeira batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 M Teixeira singled to left.
- Top 6 M Thames batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 M Thames struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 J Giambi batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 J Giambi homered to right.
- Bot 6 J Posada batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 J Posada flied out to deep center.
- Bot 6 H Matsui batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 H Matsui struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 A Boone batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 6 A Boone flied out to center.
- Top 7 J Jones batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 J Jones singled to center.
- Top 7 D Sadler batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 7 D Sadler doubled to right, J Jones to third.
- Top 7 T Greene batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 7 T Greene grounded out to shortstop, J Jones scored, D Sadler to third.
- Top 7 M Young batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 M Young grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 7 R Nivar batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 7 R Nivar grounded out to second.
- Bot 7 N Johnson 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: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 7 N Johnson homered to right.
- Bot 7 D Dellucci batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 7 D Dellucci walked.
- Bot 7 E Wilson batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 E Wilson doubled to left, D Dellucci scored.
- Bot 7 D Jeter batting
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 R Mahay relieved J Thomson.
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 7 D Jeter struck out swinging.
- Bot 7 B Williams batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 B Williams flied out to left.
- Bot 7 J Giambi batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 7 J Giambi struck out swinging.
- Top 8 A Rodriguez batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 8 A Rodriguez homered to left.
- Top 8 S Spencer batting
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 C Hammond relieved D Wells.
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 8 S Spencer popped out to shortstop.
- Top 8 M Teixeira batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 8 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 8 M Teixeira grounded out to third.
- Top 8 M Thames 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: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 8 M Thames struck out swinging.
- Bot 8 J Posada batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 8 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 8 J Posada struck out swinging.
- Bot 8 H Matsui batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 8 H Matsui grounded out to second.
- Bot 8 A Boone batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 8 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 8 A Boone grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 9 R Palmeiro batting
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 M Rivera relieved C Hammond.
Box score
TEX
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Young2B | 0-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .312 | .346 | .459 |
| Ramon NivarCF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .143 | .200 |
| Alex RodriguezSS | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .301 | .393 | .570 |
| Shane SpencerLF | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .324 | .426 |
| Einar DiazC | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .304 | .361 |
| Mark Teixeira1B | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .344 | .476 |
| Marcus ThamesRF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .207 | .343 | .310 |
| Jason JonesDH | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .281 | .286 |
| Rafael PalmeiroPH | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .251 | .354 | .497 |
| Laynce NixDH | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .262 | .426 |
| Donnie SadlerLF | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .309 | .354 |
| Todd GreeneC | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .230 | .424 |
| Hank Blalock3B | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .323 | .377 | .549 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John ThomsonP | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 104-63 | 5.36 | 104 |
| Ron MahayP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25-15 | 2.01 | 25 |
| Francisco CorderoP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13-10 | 2.97 | 13 |
NYY
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek JeterSS | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .325 | .395 | .477 |
| Bernie WilliamsCF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 | .360 | .393 |
| Jason GiambiDH | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .268 | .424 | .576 |
| Jorge PosadaC | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .251 | .394 | .466 |
| Hideki MatsuiLF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .297 | .354 | .457 |
| Aaron Boone3B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .331 | .457 |
| Nick Johnson1B | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .287 | .435 | .480 |
| Dave DellucciRF | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .251 | .337 | .380 |
| Enrique Wilson2B | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .267 | .325 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David WellsP | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 113-87 | 3.69 | 113 |
| Chris HammondP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11-6 | 3.30 | 11 |
| Mariano RiveraP | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24-10 | 1.75 | 24 |
Starting lineups
NYY
- 1 Derek Jeter SS
- 2 Bernie Williams CF
- 3 Jason Giambi DH
- 4 Jorge Posada C
- 5 Hideki Matsui LF
- 6 Aaron Boone 3B
- 7 Nick Johnson 1B
- 8 Dave Dellucci RF
- 9 Enrique Wilson 2B
TEX
- 1 Michael Young 2B
- 2 Ramon Nivar CF
- 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
- 4 Shane Spencer LF
- 5 Mark Teixeira 1B
- 6 Marcus Thames RF
- 7 Jason Jones DH
- 8 Donnie Sadler LF
- 9 Todd Greene C
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