Texas Rangers @
Chicago White Sox
2–13Final · Aug 23, 2003
TEX 2 CWS 13 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEX60-70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| CWS69-61 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 0 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 M Young batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 M Young grounded out to first.
- Top 1 H Blalock batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 H Blalock grounded out to third.
- Top 1 A Rodriguez batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Top 1 A Rodriguez walked.
- Top 1 R Palmeiro batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 8: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 9: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 10: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 11: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 12: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 13: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 14: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 15: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 16: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 17: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 1 R Palmeiro struck out looking.
- Bot 1 R Alomar batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 1 R Alomar struck out swinging.
- Bot 1 C Lee batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 C Lee grounded out to third.
- Bot 1 F Thomas batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 1 F Thomas grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 2 S Spencer batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 2 S Spencer struck out swinging.
- Top 2 M Teixeira batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 M Teixeira singled to left.
- Top 2 M Thames batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 M Thames popped out to shallow right center.
- Top 2 T Greene batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 T Greene popped out to third.
- Bot 2 M Ordonez batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 2 M Ordonez singled to center.
- Bot 2 C Everett batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 2 C Everett singled to right, M Ordonez to third.
- Bot 2 B Daubach batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 2 B Daubach walked, C Everett to second.
- Bot 2 J Valentin batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 J Valentin popped out to pitcher.
- Bot 2 J Crede batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 2 J Crede flied out to center, M Ordonez thrown out at home.
- Top 3 R Nivar batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 R Nivar bunt grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 3 M Young batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 3 M Young struck out swinging.
- Top 3 H Blalock batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 3 H Blalock flied out to right.
- Bot 3 S Alomar Jr batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 S Alomar Jr singled to right.
- Bot 3 R Alomar batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 R Alomar flied out to right.
- Bot 3 C Lee batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 C Lee singled to center, S Alomar Jr to second.
- Bot 3 F Thomas batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 F Thomas homered to left center, S Alomar Jr and C Lee scored.
- Bot 3 M Ordonez 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 M Ordonez flied out to right.
- Bot 3 C Everett batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 C Everett grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 4 A Rodriguez batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 4 A Rodriguez flied out to right.
- Top 4 R Palmeiro batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 R Palmeiro flied out to deep right.
- Top 4 S Spencer batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 S Spencer popped out to second.
- Bot 4 B Daubach batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 B Daubach grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 4 J Valentin batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 J Valentin homered to right.
- Bot 4 J Crede batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 4 J Crede homered to left center.
- Bot 4 S Alomar Jr batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 4 S Alomar Jr lined out to third.
- Bot 4 R Alomar batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 R Alomar doubled to left center.
- Bot 4 C Lee batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- 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 C Lee doubled to left, R Alomar scored.
- Bot 4 F Thomas batting
- Bot 4 Lineup Change
- Bot 4 Lineup Change
- Bot 4 J Powell relieved I Valdes.
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 F Thomas homered to center, C Lee scored.
- Bot 4 M Ordonez batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 M Ordonez singled to right center.
- Bot 4 C Everett 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: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 7: ball 4
- Bot 4 C Everett walked, M Ordonez to second.
- Bot 4 B Daubach batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- 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 Daubach doubled to right, M Ordonez scored, C Everett to third.
- Bot 4 J Valentin batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 4 J Valentin struck out looking.
- Top 5 M Teixeira batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 5 M Teixeira popped out to second.
- Top 5 M Thames batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 5 M Thames flied out to center.
- Top 5 T Greene batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 T Greene singled to left center.
- Top 5 R Nivar batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 5 T Greene to second on passed ball by S Alomar Jr.
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 R Nivar singled to left, T Greene scored.
- Top 5 M Young batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 M Young grounded out to third.
- Bot 5 J Crede batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 5 J Crede doubled to deep left.
- Bot 5 S Alomar Jr batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 5 S Alomar Jr grounded out to second, J Crede to third.
- Bot 5 R Alomar batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 R Alomar hit sacrifice fly to center, J Crede scored.
- Bot 5 C Lee batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 C Lee flied out to left.
- Top 6 H Blalock batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- 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: in play
- Top 6 H Blalock flied out to left.
- Top 6 A Rodriguez 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: in play
- Top 6 A Rodriguez lined out to right.
- Top 6 R Palmeiro batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 6 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 6 R Palmeiro singled to right center.
- Top 6 S Spencer batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- 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: ball 3
- Top 6 Pitch 8: foul
- Top 6 Pitch 9: in play
- Top 6 S Spencer walked, R Palmeiro to second.
- Top 6 M Teixeira batting
- Top 6 S Spencer grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 6 F Thomas 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: ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 6 F Thomas popped out to shallow right.
- Bot 6 M Ordonez batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 6 M Ordonez flied out to left.
- Bot 6 C Everett batting
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 E Ramirez relieved J Powell.
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 C Everett singled to left center.
- Bot 6 B Daubach batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 B Daubach grounded out to second.
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 Lineup Change
- Top 7 D Wright relieved M Buehrle.
- Top 7 M Teixeira batting
- 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: ball 3
- Top 7 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 7 M Teixeira singled to right center.
- Top 7 M Thames batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 7 M Thames singled to left, M Teixeira to second.
- Top 7 T Greene batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 7 T Greene fouled out to first.
- Top 7 R Nivar batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 7 R Nivar flied out to deep center, M Teixeira to third.
- Top 7 M Young batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 7 M Young flied out to right.
- Bot 7 J Valentin batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 7 J Valentin flied out to right.
- Bot 7 J Crede batting
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 L Nix in right field.
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 J Crede singled to center.
- Bot 7 S Alomar Jr batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 S Alomar Jr flied out to right center.
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 T Graffanino hit for R Alomar.
- Bot 7 T Graffanino batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 T Graffanino singled to center, J Crede to second.
- Bot 7 C Lee batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 7 C Lee homered to left center, J Crede and T Graffanino scored.
- Bot 7 F Thomas batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
Box score
TEX
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Young2B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .308 | .342 | .452 |
| Jason Jones1B | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .339 | .380 |
| Hank Blalock2B | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .371 | .539 |
| Alex RodriguezSS | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .303 | .397 | .600 |
| Donnie SadlerSS | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .288 | .304 |
| Rafael PalmeiroDH | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .266 | .365 | .518 |
| Shane SpencerLF | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .269 | .331 | .426 |
| Mark Teixeira3B | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .248 | .325 | .454 |
| Marcus ThamesRF | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .333 | .302 |
| Laynce NixRF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .306 | .471 |
| Todd GreeneC | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .218 | .232 | .448 |
| Ramon NivarCF | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .215 | .262 | .278 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ismael ValdezP | 3.2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 65-38 | 6.36 | 65 |
| Jay PowellP | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39-23 | 8.43 | 39 |
| Erasmo RamirezP | 1.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27-18 | 3.24 | 27 |
| Francisco CorderoP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12-7 | 2.90 | 12 |
CWS
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Alomar2B | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .265 | .341 | .346 |
| Tony Graffanino2B | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .335 | .444 |
| Carlos LeeLF | 3-5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 | .326 | .498 |
| Frank ThomasDH | 2-5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .385 | .561 |
| Magglio OrdonezRF | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .381 | .550 |
| Aaron RowandRF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .274 | .317 | .437 |
| Carl EverettCF | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .287 | .373 | .525 |
| Willie HarrisCF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .240 | .222 |
| Brian Daubach1B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .232 | .371 | .391 |
| Jose ValentinSS | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .242 | .322 | .465 |
| Joe Crede3B | 3-4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .309 | .416 |
| Sandy Alomar Jr.C | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .273 | .395 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark BuehrleP | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 104-70 | 4.01 | 104 |
| Dan WrightP | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38-25 | 5.80 | 38 |
Starting lineups
CWS
- 1 Roberto Alomar 2B
- 2 Carlos Lee LF
- 3 Frank Thomas DH
- 4 Magglio Ordonez RF
- 5 Carl Everett CF
- 6 Brian Daubach 1B
- 7 Jose Valentin SS
- 8 Joe Crede 3B
- 9 Sandy Alomar Jr. C
TEX
- 1 Michael Young 2B
- 2 Hank Blalock 2B
- 3 Alex Rodriguez SS
- 4 Rafael Palmeiro DH
- 5 Shane Spencer LF
- 6 Mark Teixeira 3B
- 7 Marcus Thames RF
- 8 Todd Greene C
- 9 Ramon Nivar CF
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