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Athletics
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
September 6, 1987
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Oakland Athletics, played on September 6, 1987 at Memorial Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 6, 1987 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Baltimore Orioles
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 6, 1987 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Baltimore Orioles |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Steve Ontiveros |
| Home Starting Pitcher | John Habyan |
| Ballpark | Memorial Stadium |
| City | Baltimore |
| State | MD |
| Attendance | 18,160 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry McCoy 1B: Nick Bremigan 2B: Don Denkinger 3B: Drew Coble |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Luis Polonia | Left Fielder |
| Tony Phillips | Second Baseman |
| Jose Canseco | DH |
| Carney Lansford | Third Baseman |
| Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
| Mark McGwire | First Baseman |
| Mike Davis | Right Fielder |
| Terry Steinbach | Catcher |
| Alfredo Griffin | Shortstop |
| Tony LaRussa | Manager |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Stanicek | Third Baseman |
| Billy Ripken | Second Baseman |
| Cal Ripken | Shortstop |
| Eddie Murray | DH |
| Larry Sheets | Right Fielder |
| Ray Knight | First Baseman |
| Terry Kennedy | Catcher |
| Mike Young | Left Fielder |
| Mike Hart | Center Fielder |
| Cal Ripken Sr. | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
September 6, 1987
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Habyan
Polonia hits a popup towards short. Ripken settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Habyan
Phillips hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ripken settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Canseco vs. Habyan
Canseco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ripken scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanicek vs. Ontiveros
Stanicek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripken vs. Ontiveros
Ripken hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripken vs. Ontiveros
Ripken hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Phillips reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Habyan
Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stanicek fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Habyan
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ripken scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Habyan
McGwire hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Habyan
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ripken scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Ontiveros
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sheets vs. Ontiveros
Sheets hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knight vs. Ontiveros
Knight hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Ontiveros
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Habyan
Steinbach strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Habyan
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stanicek juggles the ball. That's an error on Stanicek. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Polonia vs. Habyan
Habyan fires to first and picks off Griffin. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Habyan
Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards first. Knight scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Polonia for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Ontiveros
Young hits a popup towards short. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Ontiveros
Hart hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Hart reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stanicek vs. Ontiveros
Stanicek hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Ontiveros covering, for the out. Hart moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ripken vs. Ontiveros
Ripken hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hart scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ripken vs. Ontiveros
There goes Ripken. The throw from Steinbach and he is safe. Ripken steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ripken vs. Ontiveros
Ripken takes first base on ball four. Ripken moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Murray vs. Ontiveros
Murray takes first base on ball four. Ripken moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sheets vs. Ontiveros
Sheets hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Sheets reaches second base with a double. Ripken scores. Ripken scores. Murray moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Knight vs. Ontiveros
Knight hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Habyan
Phillips hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Canseco vs. Habyan
Canseco hits a fly ball into right field. Sheets settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Habyan
Lansford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ripken settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Ontiveros
Kennedy hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Ontiveros
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hart vs. Ontiveros
Hart hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanicek vs. Ontiveros
Stanicek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Habyan
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ripken scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Habyan
McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stanicek fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Habyan
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ripken scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripken vs. Ontiveros
Ripken hits a line drive towards third. Lansford reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripken vs. Ontiveros
Ripken hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Ontiveros
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Habyan
Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stanicek juggles the ball. That's an error on Stanicek. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. Habyan
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Habyan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Habyan
Polonia hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Habyan
Phillips hits a popup, foul, towards short. Ripken settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sheets vs. Honeycutt
Rick Honeycutt now pitching.
Sheets hits a line drive into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knight vs. Honeycutt
Knight hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Honeycutt
Kennedy hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Canseco vs. Habyan
Rene Gonzales now playing third base.
Canseco hits a line drive into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Habyan
Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ripken misplays the ball. That's an error on Ripken. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Habyan
Murphy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lansford moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McGwire vs. Williamson
Mark Williamson now pitching.
McGwire hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lansford moves to third. Murphy moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Davis vs. Williamson
Davis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lansford scores. Murphy moves to third. McGwire moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Steinbach vs. Williamson
Steinbach takes first base on ball four. Murphy scores. McGwire moves to third. Davis moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Griffin vs. Williamson
Griffin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McGwire scores. Davis moves to third. Steinbach moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Polonia vs. DeLeon
Luis DeLeon now pitching.
Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards first. Knight juggles the ball. That's an error on Knight. Davis scores. Steinbach moves to third. Griffin moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Phillips vs. DeLeon
Phillips hits a fly ball into right field. Sheets settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Steinbach tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Canseco vs. DeLeon
Canseco hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ripken settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Honeycutt
Young strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Honeycutt
Hart hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzales vs. Honeycutt
Gonzales hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ripken vs. Eckersley
Dennis Eckersley now pitching.
Ripken hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. DeLeon
Lansford hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hart. Lansford reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. DeLeon
Murphy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lansford moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McGwire vs. DeLeon
McGwire hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henderson vs. O'Connor
Jack O'Connor now pitching. Steve Henderson pinch hits for Mike Davis.
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ripken fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripken vs. Eckersley
Stan Javier now playing right field.
Ripken hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Eckersley
Murray strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sheets vs. Eckersley
Sheets hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Sheets reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Knight vs. Eckersley
Knight strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kennedy vs. Eckersley
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. O'Connor
Steinbach hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. O'Connor
Mike Gallego pinch runs for Terry Steinbach.
Griffin bunts towards third. Gonzales fields it and throws to first for the out. Gallego moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tettleton vs. Niedenfuer
Tom Niedenfuer now pitching. Mickey Tettleton pinch hits for Luis Polonia.
Tettleton hits a fly ball into center field. Hart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gallego moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Phillips vs. Niedenfuer
Phillips is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Canseco vs. Niedenfuer
Canseco is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Eckersley
Mickey Tettleton now catching. Jose Canseco now playing left field. Dennis Eckersley now pitching.
Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hart vs. Eckersley
Hart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Orioles, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dwyer vs. Eckersley
Jim Dwyer pinch hits for Rene Gonzales.
Dwyer hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/6/1987 -- Oakland at Baltimore (D)
Oakland AB R H RBI Baltimore AB R H RBI
Polonia L, lf 4 0 1 0 Stanicek P, 3b 3 0 0 0
Tettleton M, ph-c 1 0 0 0 Gonzales R, 3b 1 0 1 0
Phillips T, 2b 3 0 0 1 Dwyer J, ph 1 1 1 2
Canseco J, dh-lf 5 0 0 0 Ripken B, 2b 4 1 1 1
Lansford C, 3b 4 1 1 0 Ripken C, ss 3 2 1 1
Murphy D, cf 4 1 2 0 Murray E, dh 3 0 0 0
McGwire M, 1b 4 2 2 1 Sheets L, rf 4 1 3 3
Davis M, rf 3 1 1 1 Knight R, 1b 4 0 0 0
Henderson S, ph 1 0 0 0 Kennedy T, c 4 0 0 0
Javier S, rf 0 0 0 0 Young M, lf 3 0 1 0
Steinbach T, c 3 1 1 1 Hart M, cf 4 2 1 0
Gallego M, pr 0 0 0 0
Eckersley D, p-p 0 0 0 0
Griffin A, ss 3 0 1 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 6 9 5 34 7 9 7
Oakland 010 000 500 -- 6
Baltimore 013 000 012 -- 7
1 out when winning run was scored.
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Ontiveros S 5.0 4 4 4 3 0
Honeycutt R 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Eckersley D (L) 1.2 4 3 3 0 2
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
Habyan J 6.1 3 3 2 0 1
Williamson M* 0.0 3 3 1 1 0
DeLeon L 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
O'Connor J 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Niedenfuer T (W) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
* Pitched to 4 batters in 7th
E -- Stanicek P 2, Ripken C, Knight R
DP -- Baltimore 2
LOB -- Oakland 6, Baltimore 5
2B -- Hart M, Sheets L 2, Lansford C
HR -- McGwire M, Sheets L, Ripken C, Dwyer J
SB -- Ripken B
CS -- Griffin A
SH -- Griffin A
SF -- Phillips T
WP -- Ontiveros S
T -- 2:55
A -- 18160
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