Kansas City Royals @
Minnesota Twins
3–4Final · Aug 21, 2003
KC 3 MIN 4 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC65-61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| MIN66-61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 A Guiel batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 1 A Guiel singled to left center.
- Top 1 J Randa batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 1 J Randa doubled to left center, A Guiel scored.
- Top 1 M Sweeney batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 1 M Sweeney grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 1 C Beltran batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 C Beltran grounded out to third, J Randa to third.
- Top 1 R Ibanez batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 1 R Ibanez popped out to third.
- Bot 1 S Stewart batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 1 S Stewart struck out swinging.
- Bot 1 L Rivas 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: in play
- Bot 1 L Rivas grounded out to third.
- Bot 1 C Koskie batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 1 C Koskie walked.
- Bot 1 M LeCroy batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 1 M LeCroy grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 2 K Harvey batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 2 K Harvey grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 2 A Berroa batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 A Berroa continues to bat after dropped foul ball by catcher A Pierzynski.
- Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 7: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 8: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 9: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 10: in play
- Top 2 A Berroa fouled out to catcher.
- Top 2 D Relaford batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 D Relaford grounded out to second.
- Bot 2 J Jones batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 2 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 2 J Jones grounded out to first.
- Bot 2 T Hunter batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 2 T Hunter grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 2 A Pierzynski batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 2 A Pierzynski struck out swinging.
- Top 3 B Mayne batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 3 B Mayne homered to right.
- Top 3 A Guiel batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 3 A Guiel grounded out to second.
- Top 3 J Randa batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 J Randa lined out to left.
- Top 3 M Sweeney batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 3 M Sweeney singled to left, M Sweeney out stretching at second.
- Bot 3 D Mohr batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 3 D Mohr struck out looking.
- Bot 3 C Guzman batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 C Guzman popped out to second.
- Bot 3 S Stewart 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 S Stewart grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 4 C Beltran batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 C Beltran singled to left.
- Top 4 R Ibanez batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Top 4 R Ibanez walked, C Beltran to second.
- Top 4 K Harvey batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 K Harvey singled to left, C Beltran scored, R Ibanez to second.
- Top 4 A Berroa batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 4 A Berroa sacrificed to pitcher, R Ibanez to third, K Harvey to second.
- Top 4 D Relaford batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Top 4 D Relaford walked.
- Top 4 B Mayne batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 4 B Mayne grounded into fielder's choice double play, first to catcher to second to catcher, R Ibanez out at home, K Harvey out at home, D Relaford to second.
- Bot 4 L Rivas batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 4 L Rivas flied out to left.
- Bot 4 C Koskie 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: ball 4
- Bot 4 C Koskie walked.
- Bot 4 M LeCroy batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 M LeCroy grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, C Koskie out at second.
- Top 5 A Guiel batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 5 A Guiel flied out to center.
- Top 5 J Randa 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: in play
- Top 5 J Randa doubled to shallow left center.
- Top 5 M Sweeney batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 M Sweeney flied out to center.
- Top 5 C Beltran batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1 (intentional ball)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2 (intentional ball)
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 3 (intentional ball)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 4 (intentional ball)
- Top 5 C Beltran intentionally walked.
- Top 5 R Ibanez batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 5 R Ibanez fouled out to third.
- Bot 5 J Jones batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 5 J Jones flied out to left.
- Bot 5 T Hunter batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 T Hunter flied out to left center.
- Bot 5 A Pierzynski batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 A Pierzynski grounded out to second.
- Top 6 K Harvey batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 6 K Harvey flied out to left.
- Top 6 A Berroa batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 6 A Berroa grounded out to third.
- Top 6 D Relaford batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 D Relaford doubled to center.
- Top 6 B Mayne batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 B Mayne struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 D Mohr batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 6 D Mohr reached on infield single to shortstop.
- Bot 6 C Guzman batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (bunted foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 6 D Mohr stole second.
- Bot 6 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 6 C Guzman walked.
- Bot 6 S Stewart batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 S Stewart homered to left, D Mohr and C Guzman scored.
- Bot 6 L Rivas batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 6 L Rivas singled to right.
- Bot 6 C Koskie batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 6 C Koskie flied out to deep center.
- Bot 6 M LeCroy batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 6 M LeCroy struck out swinging, L Rivas stole second.
- Bot 6 J Jones batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2 (intentional ball)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 3 (intentional ball)
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 4 (intentional ball)
- Bot 6 J Jones intentionally walked.
- Bot 6 T Hunter batting
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 Lineup Change
- Bot 6 A Levine relieved P Abbott.
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 T Hunter grounded into fielder's choice to third, L Rivas out at third.
- Top 7 A Guiel batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 A Guiel struck out swinging.
- Top 7 J Randa batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 7 J Randa singled to left.
- Top 7 M Sweeney 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: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 M Sweeney struck out swinging.
- Top 7 C Beltran batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 7 C Beltran grounded out to third.
- Bot 7 A Pierzynski batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 7 A Pierzynski doubled to right center.
- Bot 7 D Mohr 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: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 6: ball 4
- Bot 7 D Mohr walked.
- Bot 7 C Guzman batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 7 C Guzman grounded out to pitcher, A Pierzynski to third, D Mohr to second.
- Bot 7 S Stewart batting
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 C Leskanic relieved A Levine.
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 7 S Stewart singled to right, A Pierzynski scored, D Mohr to third, S Stewart tagged out at second attempting to advance on runner's fielder's choice.
- Bot 7 L Rivas batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 7 L Rivas struck out swinging.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 L Hawkins relieved K Rogers.
- Top 8 R Ibanez batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 8 R Ibanez grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 8 K Harvey batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 8 K Harvey grounded out to second.
- Top 8 A Berroa batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 4: foul
- Top 8 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 8 A Berroa grounded out to third.
- Bot 8 C Koskie batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Bot 8 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 8 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Bot 8 Pitch 7: in play
- Bot 8 C Koskie grounded out to first.
- Bot 8 M LeCroy batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 8 M LeCroy struck out swinging.
- Bot 8 J Jones batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 8 J Jones grounded out to second.
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 D Mientkiewicz at first base.
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 E Guardado relieved L Hawkins.
- Top 9 D Relaford batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 9 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 9 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 9 D Relaford struck out swinging.
- Top 9 M Lopez batting
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 Lineup Change
- Top 9 M Lopez hit for B Mayne.
- Top 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
Box score
KC
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron GuielRF | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .278 | .353 | .493 |
| Joe Randa3B | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .330 | .422 |
| Mike SweeneyDH | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .316 | .425 | .504 |
| Carlos Ivan BeltranCF | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .302 | .391 | .521 |
| Raul IbanezLF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .299 | .346 | .463 |
| Ken Harvey1B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .308 | .404 |
| Angel BerroaSS | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .339 | .468 |
| Desi Relaford2B | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .270 | .331 | .400 |
| Brent MayneC | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .251 | .312 | .354 |
| Mendy LopezPH | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .300 | .441 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul AbbottP | 5.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 85-51 | 8.80 | 85 |
| Al LevineP | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13-6 | 2.98 | 13 |
| Curtis LeskanicP | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17-13 | 1.87 | 17 |
MIN
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon StewartLF | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .310 | .364 | .474 |
| Luis Rivas2B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .269 | .317 | .387 |
| Corey Koskie3B | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .389 | .475 |
| Matt LeCroy1B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .288 | .331 | .517 |
| Doug Mientkiewicz1B | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .299 | .385 | .461 |
| Jacque JonesDH | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .305 | .333 | .457 |
| Torii HunterCF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .307 | .439 |
| A.J. PierzynskiC | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .341 | .457 |
| Dustan MohrRF | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .266 | .328 | .424 |
| Cristian GuzmanSS | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .302 | .347 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny RogersP | 7.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 116-75 | 4.67 | 116 |
| LaTroy HawkinsP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8-6 | 2.17 | 8 |
| Eddie GuardadoP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11-8 | 3.33 | 11 |
Starting lineups
MIN
- 1 Shannon Stewart LF
- 2 Luis Rivas 2B
- 3 Corey Koskie 3B
- 4 Matt LeCroy 1B
- 5 Jacque Jones DH
- 6 Torii Hunter CF
- 7 A.J. Pierzynski C
- 8 Dustan Mohr RF
- 9 Cristian Guzman SS
KC
- 1 Aaron Guiel RF
- 2 Joe Randa 3B
- 3 Mike Sweeney DH
- 4 Carlos Ivan Beltran CF
- 5 Raul Ibanez LF
- 6 Ken Harvey 1B
- 7 Angel Berroa SS
- 8 Desi Relaford 2B
- 9 Brent Mayne C
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