Florida Marlins @
Milwaukee Brewers
7–1Final · Aug 9, 2003
FLA 7 MIL 1 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLA64-52 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| MIL45-71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 J Pierre batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Top 1 J Pierre walked.
- Top 1 L Castillo batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 1 J Pierre stole second.
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 1 L Castillo lined out to second, J Pierre advanced to third on play.
- Top 1 M Redmond batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 1 M Redmond hit sacrifice fly to right, J Pierre scored.
- Top 1 M Lowell batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 8: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 9: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 10: in play
- Top 1 M Lowell singled to shallow center.
- Top 1 J Encarnacion batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 J Encarnacion singled to shallow center, M Lowell to second.
- Top 1 M Cabrera batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 M Cabrera doubled to deep left center, M Lowell scored, J Encarnacion to third.
- Top 1 B Banks batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 B Banks singled to right, J Encarnacion and M Cabrera scored.
- Top 1 A Gonzalez batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 A Gonzalez popped out to shallow left.
- Bot 1 E Young batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 E Young flied out to center.
- Bot 1 K Ginter batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 K Ginter hit a ground rule double to deep left center.
- Bot 1 B Clark batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 B Clark singled to center, K Ginter to third.
- Bot 1 R Sexson batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 1 R Sexson grounded into double play, third to second to first, B Clark out at second.
- Top 2 M Redman batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 2 M Redman struck out swinging.
- Top 2 J Pierre batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 2 J Pierre reached on bunt single to pitcher.
- Top 2 L Castillo batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 2 J Pierre caught stealing second, catcher to second.
- Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 2 L Castillo flied out to left.
- Bot 2 M Smith batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 2 M Smith doubled to left.
- Bot 2 E Perez batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 2 E Perez singled to center, M Smith scored.
- Bot 2 J Vander Wal batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 2 J Vander Wal struck out looking.
- Bot 2 R Clayton batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 R Clayton grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, E Perez out at second.
- Top 3 M Redmond batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 4
- Top 3 M Redmond walked.
- Top 3 M Lowell batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 M Lowell singled to center, M Redmond to second.
- Top 3 J Encarnacion batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 3 J Encarnacion grounded out to third, M Redmond to third, M Lowell to second.
- Top 3 M Cabrera batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 8: in play
- Top 3 M Cabrera grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 3 B Banks 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: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Top 3 B Banks walked.
- Top 3 A Gonzalez batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 A Gonzalez singled to center, M Redmond and M Lowell scored, B Banks to second.
- Top 3 M Redman batting
- Top 3 Lineup Change
- Top 3 Lineup Change
- Top 3 D Burba relieved D Manning.
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 3 M Redman struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 D Burba batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 D Burba grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 3 E Young batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 E Young bunt grounded out to catcher.
- Bot 3 K Ginter 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 K Ginter grounded out to third.
- Top 4 J Pierre batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (bunted foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 J Pierre popped out to second.
- Top 4 L Castillo batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 4 L Castillo struck out looking.
- Top 4 M Redmond batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 8: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 9: ball 4
- Top 4 M Redmond walked.
- Top 4 M Lowell batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 4 M Redmond to second on passed ball by E Perez.
- Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 4 M Lowell doubled to left, M Redmond scored.
- Top 4 J Encarnacion batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 4 Pitch 8: in play
- Top 4 J Encarnacion popped out to shallow right center.
- Bot 4 B Clark batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 4 B Clark walked.
- Bot 4 R Sexson batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 4 R Sexson flied out to right.
- Bot 4 M Smith batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 M Smith singled to center.
- Bot 4 E Perez batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 E Perez flied out to right.
- Top 5 M Cabrera batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 M Cabrera lined out to right.
- Top 5 B Banks batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 5 B Banks struck out swinging.
- Top 5 A Gonzalez batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 5 A Gonzalez struck out swinging.
- Bot 5 J Vander Wal 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: in play
- Bot 5 J Vander Wal flied out to right.
- Bot 5 R Clayton batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 5 R Clayton struck out swinging.
- Bot 5 D Burba batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 5 D Burba struck out swinging.
- Top 6 M Redman batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 6 M Redman grounded out to second.
- Top 6 J Pierre 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: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 8: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 9: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 10: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 11: in play
- Top 6 J Pierre lined out to shortstop.
- Top 6 L Castillo batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 L Castillo grounded out to second.
- Bot 6 E Young batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 E Young flied out to left.
- Bot 6 K Ginter batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 K Ginter struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 B Clark batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 6 Pitch 8: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 B Clark struck out swinging.
- Top 7 M Redmond batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 7 M Redmond grounded out to third.
- Top 7 M Lowell batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 M Lowell struck out swinging.
- Top 7 J Encarnacion batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 7 J Encarnacion grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 7 R Sexson batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 7 R Sexson flied out to center.
- Bot 7 M Smith batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 M Smith fouled out to first.
- Bot 7 E Perez 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 E Perez walked.
- Bot 7 J Vander Wal batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 7 J Vander Wal struck out swinging.
- Top 8 M Cabrera batting
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 L Vizcaino relieved D Burba.
- Top 8 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 8 M Cabrera flied out to right.
- Top 8 B Banks batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Top 8 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 8: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 9: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 10: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 11: ball 4
- Top 8 B Banks walked.
- Top 8 A Gonzalez batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 8 A Gonzalez popped out to shortstop.
- Top 8 M Redman batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 8 M Redman grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 8 R Clayton batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 8 R Clayton flied out to center.
- Bot 8 E Cruz batting
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 E Cruz hit for L Vizcaino.
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
Box score
FLA
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan PierreCF | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .302 | .364 | .357 |
| Luis Castillo2B | 0-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .315 | .378 | .405 |
| Mike Patrick RedmondC | 0-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .311 | .326 |
| Mike Lowell3B | 3-5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .297 | .370 | .578 |
| Juan EncarnacionRF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .314 | .437 |
| Miguel CabreraLF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .302 | .466 |
| Brian Banks1B | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .218 | .336 | .403 |
| Alex GonzalezSS | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .275 | .321 | .476 |
| Mark RedmanP | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .022 | .022 | .022 |
| Michael TejeraP | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark RedmanP | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 106-69 | 2.82 | 106 |
| Michael TejeraP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13-8 | 4.88 | 13 |
MIL
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric O Young Sr.2B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .336 | .417 |
| Keith Ginter3B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .270 | .333 | .416 |
| Brady ClarkCF | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .290 | .328 | .393 |
| Richie Sexson1B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .266 | .374 | .518 |
| Mark SmithLF | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .600 |
| Eddie PerezC | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .287 | .321 | .442 |
| John Vander WalRF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .271 | .368 | .502 |
| Royce ClaytonSS | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .215 | .290 | .340 |
| David ManningP | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Dave BurbaP | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Luis VizcainoP | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Enrique CruzPH | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .082 | .152 | .098 |
| Leo EstrellaP | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David ManningP | 2.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75-42 | 16.20 | 75 |
| Dave BurbaP | 4.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 75-57 | 3.34 | 75 |
| Luis VizcainoP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17-11 | 7.42 | 17 |
| Leo EstrellaP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10-9 | 2.93 | 10 |
Starting lineups
MIL
- 1 Eric O Young Sr. 2B
- 2 Keith Ginter 3B
- 3 Brady Clark CF
- 4 Richie Sexson 1B
- 5 Mark Smith LF
- 6 Eddie Perez C
- 7 John Vander Wal RF
- 8 Royce Clayton SS
- 9 David Manning P
FLA
- 1 Juan Pierre CF
- 2 Luis Castillo 2B
- 3 Mike Patrick Redmond C
- 4 Mike Lowell 3B
- 5 Juan Encarnacion RF
- 6 Miguel Cabrera LF
- 7 Brian Banks 1B
- 8 Alex Gonzalez SS
- 9 Mark Redman P
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