Chicago White Sox @
Texas Rangers
8–12Final · Aug 16, 2003
CWS 8 TEX 12 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWS63-60 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| TEX56-67 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 2 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 R Alomar batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 R Alomar singled to right.
- Top 1 C Lee batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 1 C Lee fouled out to catcher.
- Top 1 C Everett batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 1 C Everett grounded into double play, first to shortstop to first, R Alomar out at second.
- Bot 1 M 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 M Young singled to deep right.
- Bot 1 H Blalock batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 M Young to second on balk by B Colon.
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 3 (balked ball)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 1 Pitch 7: ball 5
- Bot 1 H Blalock walked.
- Bot 1 A Rodriguez 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 A Rodriguez walked, M Young to third, H Blalock to second.
- Bot 1 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 1 R Palmeiro struck out looking.
- Bot 1 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 1 M Teixeira doubled to right, M Young and H Blalock scored, A Rodriguez to third.
- Bot 1 L Nix batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 1 L Nix struck out swinging.
- Bot 1 T Greene batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 T Greene homered to left center, A Rodriguez and M Teixeira scored.
- Bot 1 J Jones batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 1 J Jones struck out looking.
- Top 2 M Ordonez batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 2 M Ordonez struck out looking.
- Top 2 B Daubach batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 2 B Daubach singled to right.
- Top 2 P Konerko batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 P Konerko safe at first on error by first baseman M Teixeira, B Daubach to third.
- Top 2 J Valentin 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 J Valentin lined out to right, P Konerko to second on throwing error by catcher T Greene.
- Top 2 J Crede batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 2 J Crede grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 2 R Nivar batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 2 R Nivar singled to left.
- Bot 2 M Young batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 2 M Young grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, R Nivar out at second.
- Bot 2 H Blalock batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 H Blalock struck out swinging.
- Top 3 S Alomar Jr batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 S Alomar Jr homered to left.
- Top 3 R Alomar batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 R Alomar doubled to left center.
- Top 3 C Lee batting
- 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 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 3 C Lee homered to left, R Alomar scored.
- Top 3 C Everett batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Top 3 C Everett walked.
- Top 3 M Ordonez batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 M Ordonez doubled to left, C Everett to third.
- Top 3 B Daubach batting
- Top 3 Lineup Change
- Top 3 Lineup Change
- Top 3 J Benoit relieved R Ellis.
- 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 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 8: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 9: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 10: ball 4
- Top 3 B Daubach walked.
- Top 3 P Konerko batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 P Konerko flied out to left center.
- Top 3 J Valentin batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 J Valentin grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, C Everett out at home, M Ordonez to third, B Daubach to second.
- Top 3 J Crede 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: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Top 3 J Crede walked, M Ordonez scored, B Daubach to third, J Valentin to second.
- Top 3 S Alomar Jr batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 S Alomar Jr doubled to left, B Daubach and J Valentin scored, J Crede to third.
- Top 3 R Alomar batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 R Alomar grounded out to first.
- Bot 3 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- 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 A Rodriguez walked.
- Bot 3 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 R Palmeiro doubled to deep left, A Rodriguez scored.
- Bot 3 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 3 M Teixeira struck out looking.
- Bot 3 L Nix batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 L Nix doubled to deep right, R Palmeiro scored.
- Bot 3 T Greene batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 3 T Greene grounded out to third.
- Bot 3 J Jones batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 3 J Jones homered to right center, L Nix scored.
- Bot 3 R Nivar batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 R Nivar lined out to second.
- Top 4 C Lee batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 4 C Lee flied out to right.
- Top 4 C Everett batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 4 C Everett flied out to center.
- Top 4 M Ordonez batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 M Ordonez doubled to right center.
- Top 4 B Daubach batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 B Daubach flied out to deep center.
- Bot 4 Lineup Change
- Bot 4 Lineup Change
- Bot 4 D Wright relieved B Colon.
- Bot 4 M Young batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 8: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 9: ball 4
- Bot 4 M Young walked.
- Bot 4 H Blalock batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 M Young to second on wild pitch by D Wright.
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 H Blalock homered to right, M Young scored.
- Bot 4 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 A Rodriguez singled to left.
- Bot 4 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 A Rodriguez stole second.
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 7: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 8: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 9: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 10: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 11: in play
- Bot 4 R Palmeiro doubled to right center, A Rodriguez scored.
- Bot 4 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 M Teixeira popped out to shortstop.
- Bot 4 L Nix batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 L Nix flied out to deep right, R Palmeiro to third.
- Bot 4 T Greene batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 4 T Greene flied out to right.
- Top 5 P Konerko batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 P Konerko grounded out to third.
- Top 5 J Valentin batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 5 J Valentin grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 5 J Crede 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: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 5 J Crede fouled out to catcher.
- Bot 5 J Jones batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 5 J Jones grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 5 R Nivar batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 R Nivar flied out to left.
- Bot 5 M Young batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 5 M Young grounded out to third.
- Top 6 S Alomar Jr batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 S Alomar Jr grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 6 R Alomar batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 6 R Alomar grounded out to catcher.
- Top 6 C Lee 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 C Lee reached on infield single to third.
- Top 6 C Everett batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 C Everett struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 H Blalock 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: in play
- Bot 6 H Blalock singled to center.
- Bot 6 A Rodriguez batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 6 A Rodriguez struck out looking. H Blalock caught stealing second, catcher to second.
- Bot 6 R Palmeiro batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 R Palmeiro hit by pitch.
- Bot 6 M Teixeira batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 6 M Teixeira grounded out to first.
- Top 7 M Ordonez batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 M Ordonez struck out swinging.
- Top 7 B Daubach batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- 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: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 8: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 9: in play
- Top 7 B Daubach singled to right.
- Top 7 P Konerko batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
Box score
CWS
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Alomar2B | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .340 | .347 |
| Carlos LeeLF | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .285 | .329 | .505 |
| Carl EverettCF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .277 | .360 | .506 |
| Magglio OrdonezRF | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .319 | .385 | .560 |
| Brian DaubachDH | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .365 | .390 |
| Tony GraffaninoPH | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .341 | .454 |
| Paul Konerko1B | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 | .293 | .386 |
| Jose ValentinSS | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .324 | .445 |
| Joe Crede3B | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .249 | .301 | .383 |
| Sandy Alomar Jr.C | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .284 | .417 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartolo ColonP | 3.0 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 63-39 | 4.25 | 63 |
| Dan WrightP | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 66-41 | 5.93 | 66 |
| Kelly WunschP | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22-16 | 1.71 | 22 |
TEX
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Young2B | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .351 | .466 |
| Hank Blalock3B | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .320 | .376 | .547 |
| Alex RodriguezSS | 1-3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .305 | .401 | .578 |
| Rafael PalmeiroDH | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .260 | .361 | .518 |
| Mark Teixeira1B | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .252 | .332 | .462 |
| Laynce NixRF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .272 | .299 | .467 |
| Todd GreeneC | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .221 | .237 | .477 |
| Jason JonesLF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .216 | .341 | .432 |
| Donnie SadlerLF | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .303 | .330 |
| Ramon NivarCF | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .281 | .302 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert EllisP | 2.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 45-29 | 8.35 | 45 |
| Joaquin BenoitP | 4.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 86-56 | 5.73 | 86 |
| Erasmo RamirezP | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26-20 | 2.79 | 26 |
Starting lineups
TEX
- 1 Michael Young 2B
- 2 Hank Blalock 3B
- 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
- 4 Rafael Palmeiro DH
- 5 Mark Teixeira 1B
- 6 Laynce Nix RF
- 7 Todd Greene C
- 8 Jason Jones LF
- 9 Ramon Nivar CF
CWS
- 1 Roberto Alomar 2B
- 2 Carlos Lee LF
- 3 Carl Everett CF
- 4 Magglio Ordonez RF
- 5 Brian Daubach DH
- 6 Paul Konerko 1B
- 7 Jose Valentin SS
- 8 Joe Crede 3B
- 9 Sandy Alomar Jr. C
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