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Astros
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
September 8, 1975
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Houston Astros, played on September 8, 1975 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 8, 1975 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
|
| Home Team |
Atlanta Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 8, 1975 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | Atlanta Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | J.R. Richard |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Phil Niekro |
| Ballpark | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium |
| City | Atlanta |
| State | GA |
| Attendance | 737 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ed Sudol 1B: Bill Williams 2B: Andy Olsen 3B: Terry Tata |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wilbur Howard | Left Fielder |
| Rob Andrews | Second Baseman |
| Cesar Cedeno | Center Fielder |
| Bob Watson | First Baseman |
| Milt May | Catcher |
| Art Gardner | Right Fielder |
| Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
| Larry Milbourne | Shortstop |
| J.R. Richard | Pitcher |
| Bill Virdon | Manager |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ralph Garr | Left Fielder |
| Marty Perez | Second Baseman |
| Darrell Evans | Third Baseman |
| Dave May | Right Fielder |
| Mike Lum | First Baseman |
| Rowland Office | Center Fielder |
| Vic Correll | Catcher |
| Rob Belloir | Shortstop |
| Phil Niekro | Pitcher |
| Connie Ryan | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Astros
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
September 8, 1975
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Niekro
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lum fields the ball and throws to Niekro covering. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Andrews vs. Niekro
Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Howard moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cedeno vs. Niekro
Cedeno hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Howard scores. Andrews goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Watson vs. Niekro
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belloir scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cedeno moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
May vs. Niekro
May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lum scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats May for the out. Cedeno scores. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Niekro
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lum scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gardner for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Richard
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Milbourne fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Richard
Perez is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Richard
Evans strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Richard
May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Richard covering, for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Niekro
Rader hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Milbourne vs. Niekro
Milbourne hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richard vs. Niekro
Richard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lum vs. Richard
Lum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Office vs. Richard
Office hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Correll vs. Richard
Correll hits a ball on the ground towards short. Milbourne fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Niekro
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Niekro
Andrews strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Niekro
Cedeno hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Niekro
Watson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Niekro
May hits a fly ball into center field. Office settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belloir vs. Richard
Belloir hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Richard fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nolan vs. Richard
Joe Nolan pinch hits for Phil Niekro.
Nolan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garr vs. Richard
Garr hits a popup, foul, towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Richard
Perez hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Nolan moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Evans vs. Richard
Evans hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. LaCorte
Frank LaCorte now pitching.
Gardner strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. LaCorte
Rader strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milbourne vs. LaCorte
Milbourne hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Richard
May hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lum vs. Richard
Lum hits a fly ball into right field. Gardner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Office vs. Richard
Office takes first base on ball four. May moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Correll vs. Richard
There's a wild pitch. May moves to third. Office moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Correll vs. Richard
Correll takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Pocoroba vs. Richard
Biff Pocoroba pinch hits for Rob Belloir. Larvell Blanks pinch runs for Vic Correll.
Pocoroba hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pocoroba for the out. May scores. Office moves to third. Blanks moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
LaCorte vs. Richard
LaCorte hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Richard fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richard vs. LaCorte
Larvell Blanks now playing shortstop. Biff Pocoroba now catching.
Richard hits a popup towards first. Lum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. LaCorte
Howard hits a popup, foul, towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. LaCorte
Andrews hits a fly ball into right field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Richard
Garr hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Cedeno who is chasing the ball. Garr reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Perez vs. Richard
Perez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Evans vs. Richard
Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Garr scores. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
May vs. Richard
May hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Gardner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lum vs. Richard
Lum hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Perez scores. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Office vs. Richard
Office hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Richard fields it and throws to first for the out. Evans moves to third. Lum moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Blanks vs. Richard
Blanks hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. LaCorte
Cedeno strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. LaCorte
Watson hits a fly ball into right field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. LaCorte
May hits a fly ball into right field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pocoroba vs. Sosa
Jose Sosa now pitching.
Pocoroba hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCorte vs. Sosa
LaCorte hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats LaCorte for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Sosa
Garr hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. LaCorte
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. LaCorte
Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milbourne vs. LaCorte
Milbourne strikes out. Pocoroba drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Milbourne out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Sosa
Perez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Sosa
Evans hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Sosa
May hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lum vs. Sosa
Enos Cabell now playing third base.
Lum hits a popup, foul, towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Office vs. Sosa
Office hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Sosa, and towards Andrews, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. LaCorte
Jose Cruz pinch hits for Jose Sosa.
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. LaCorte
Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. LaCorte
Greg Gross pinch hits for Rob Andrews.
There goes Howard. The throw from Pocoroba and he is safe. Howard steals second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. LaCorte
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cedeno vs. Dal Canton
Bruce Dal Canton now pitching.
Cedeno hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Astros, 7 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Dal Canton
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 7 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Dal Canton
May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 7 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gardner vs. Dal Canton
The ball gets by Pocoroba for a passed ball. May moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 7 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gardner vs. Dal Canton
Gardner strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 7 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanks vs. Stanton
Mike Stanton now pitching. Jose Cruz now playing right field. Tommy Helms now playing second base.
Blanks strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 7 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pocoroba vs. Stanton
Pocoroba hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pocoroba for the out. View Play -
Astros, 7 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilbreath vs. Stanton
Rod Gilbreath pinch hits for Bruce Dal Canton.
Gilbreath takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 7 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garr vs. Stanton
Garr hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 7 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cabell vs. House
Tom House now pitching.
Cabell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 7 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Milbourne vs. House
Milbourne bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Cabell moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Astros, 7 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. House
Cruz is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 7 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Howard vs. House
Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 7 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Helms vs. House
Helms hits a line drive into left field. Garr picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Garr. Cabell scores. Milbourne goes all the way around to score. Helms moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cedeno vs. House
Cedeno strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Astros, 9 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Stanton
Perez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cruz. Perez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Stanton
There's a wild pitch. Perez moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Evans vs. Stanton
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
May vs. Stanton
May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Perez scores. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lum vs. Stanton
Lum hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Office vs. Stanton
Office strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/8/1975 -- Houston at Atlanta (N)
Houston AB R H RBI Atlanta AB R H RBI
Howard W, lf 5 2 2 0 Garr R, lf 5 1 2 0
Andrews R, 2b 3 1 1 0 Perez M, 2b 3 3 2 0
Gross G, ph 0 1 0 0 Evans D, 3b 4 1 2 3
Helms T, 2b 1 0 1 1 May D, rf 5 1 1 1
Cedeno C, cf 5 3 3 6 Lum M, 1b 5 0 2 1
Watson B, 1b 3 0 0 0 Office R, cf 4 0 0 0
May M, c 4 0 1 1 Correll V, c 1 0 0 0
Gardner A, rf 4 0 0 0 Blanks L, pr-ss 2 0 0 0
Stanton M, p 0 0 0 0 Belloir R, ss 1 0 0 0
Rader D, 3b 3 0 1 0 Pocoroba B, ph-c 3 0 0 1
Cabell E, 3b 1 1 1 0 Niekro P, p 0 0 0 0
Milbourne L, ss 3 1 0 0 Nolan J, ph 0 0 0 0
Richard J, p 2 0 0 0 LaCorte F, p 2 0 0 0
Sosa J, p 0 0 0 0 Dal Canton B, p 0 0 0 0
Cruz J, ph-rf 2 0 0 0 Gilbreath R, ph 0 0 0 0
House T, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 9 10 8 35 6 9 6
Houston 301 000 032 -- 9
Atlanta 000 120 201 -- 6
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Richard J 5.0 7 3 3 4 2
Sosa J (W) 2.0 1 2 2 1 0
Stanton M (S) 2.0 1 1 1 2 2
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro P 3.0 5 4 4 1 1
LaCorte F (L) 4.1 1 2 2 1 5
Dal Canton B 0.2 2 1 1 0 1
House T 1.0 2 2 1 0 2
E -- Garr R
DP -- Houston 1, Atlanta 1
LOB -- Houston 3, Atlanta 9
2B -- Cedeno C, Perez M
3B -- Garr R
HR -- Cedeno C 2, Evans D
SB -- Howard W
SH -- Milbourne L
WP -- Richard J, Stanton M
PB -- Pocoroba B
T -- 2:31
A -- 737
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