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Indians
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 15, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians, played on May 15, 1961 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 15, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 15, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mudcat Grant |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Tom Brewer |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 3,130 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim Honochick 1B: Bill Kinnamon 2B: Red Flaherty 3B: Eddie Hurley |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Jim Piersall | Center Fielder |
| Tito Francona | Left Fielder |
| Vic Power | First Baseman |
| Willie Kirkland | Right Fielder |
| John Romano | Catcher |
| Woodie Held | Shortstop |
| Bubba Phillips | Third Baseman |
| Mudcat Grant | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Schilling | Second Baseman |
| Gary Geiger | Center Fielder |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Vic Wertz | First Baseman |
| Jackie Jensen | Right Fielder |
| Frank Malzone | Third Baseman |
| Russ Nixon | Catcher |
| Don Buddin | Shortstop |
| Tom Brewer | Pitcher |
| Pinky Higgins | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 15, 1961
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Wills
Ted Wills now pitching.
Temple hits a line drive towards third. Malzone reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Wills
Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Wills
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Wills
Power hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Grant
Schilling strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Grant
Geiger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Grant
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Wills
Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Wills
Romano hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Romano reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Held vs. Wills
Held hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Romano scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Wills
Phillips takes first base on ball four. Held moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grant vs. Wills
Grant hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Held moves to third. Phillips moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Temple vs. Wills
Temple hits a line drive into center field. Geiger picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Geiger. Held scores. Phillips scores. Grant goes all the way around to score. Temple moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Piersall vs. Wills
Piersall hits a popup beyond first. Wertz can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Francona vs. Wills
Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple scores. Piersall moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Power vs. Hillman
Dave Hillman now pitching.
Power hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Piersall tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkland vs. Hillman
Kirkland hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jensen. Kirkland reaches second base with a double. Francona moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Romano vs. Hillman
Romano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Grant
Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Grant
Jensen hits a line drive into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Grant
Malzone hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Hillman
Held hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schilling reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Hillman
Phillips strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grant vs. Hillman
Grant hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Temple vs. Hillman
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Grant
Nixon hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Grant
Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hillman vs. Grant
Hillman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grant fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Hillman
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Hillman
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Hillman
Power hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Grant
Schilling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geiger vs. Grant
Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Grant
Yastrzemski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Grant
Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wertz for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Grant
Jensen strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Hillman
Kirkland strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Hillman
Romano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Hillman
Held hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Hillman
Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Grant
Malzone hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Grant
Nixon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buddin vs. Grant
Buddin hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hillman vs. Grant
Hillman is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grant vs. Hillman
Grant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Hillman
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Hillman
Piersall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Hillman
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Grant
Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Grant
Geiger hits a popup, foul, towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Grant
Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wertz vs. Grant
Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Hillman
Power hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Power reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kirkland vs. Hillman
Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kirkland for the out. Power moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Romano vs. Hillman
Romano hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Hillman
Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Hillman
Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grant vs. Hillman
Grant hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Grant
Jensen hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Grant
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grant fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Grant
Nixon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buddin vs. Grant
Buddin hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Hillman
Temple hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Hillman
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hillman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Hillman
Francona takes first base on ball four. Piersall moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Power vs. Hillman
Power hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz fields it and throws to second for the out. Piersall moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kirkland vs. Hillman
Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hillman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Grant
Pete Runnels pinch hits for Dave Hillman.
Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Grant
Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geiger vs. Grant
Geiger takes first base on ball four. Schilling moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Yastrzemski vs. Grant
Yastrzemski hits a popup, foul, towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wertz vs. Grant
Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Fornieles
Mike Fornieles now pitching.
Romano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Fornieles
Held hits a popup beyond second. Schilling can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Romano moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Phillips vs. Fornieles
Phillips hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Phillips reaches second base with a double. Romano scores. Held moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Grant vs. Fornieles
Grant takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Temple vs. Fornieles
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Fornieles covering. It's a double play. Held scores. Phillips moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Piersall vs. Fornieles
Piersall bunts towards third. Malzone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Phillips scores. View Play -
Indians, 11 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Fornieles
Francona hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piersall moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 11 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Power vs. Fornieles
Power hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Power reaches second base with a double. Piersall scores. Francona goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 13 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kirkland vs. Fornieles
Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 13 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Grant
Mike de la Hoz now playing second base. Jack Kubiszyn now playing shortstop.
Jensen hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Romano settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 13 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Grant
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubiszyn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 13 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Grant
Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/15/1961 -- Cleveland at Boston (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Temple J, 2b 6 1 1 1 Schilling C, 2b 3 0 1 0
de la Hoz M, 2b 0 0 0 0 Geiger G, cf 2 1 0 0
Piersall J, cf 6 2 4 1 Yastrzemski C, lf 3 1 1 2
Francona T, lf 5 1 3 1 Wertz V, 1b 4 0 0 0
Power V, 1b 5 1 2 3 Jensen J, rf 4 0 0 0
Kirkland W, rf 6 0 1 0 Malzone F, 3b 4 0 0 0
Romano J, c 5 3 3 2 Nixon R, c 3 0 1 0
Held W, ss 5 2 3 1 Buddin D, ss 3 0 0 0
Kubiszyn J, ss 0 0 0 0 Brewer T, p 0 0 0 0
Phillips B, 3b 4 2 2 1 Wills T, p 0 0 0 0
Grant M, p 4 1 2 0 Hillman D, p 2 0 0 0
Runnels P, ph 1 0 0 0
Fornieles M, p 0 0 0 0
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46 13 21 10 29 2 3 2
Cleveland 060 000 205 -- 13
Boston 000 200 000 -- 2
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Grant M (W) 9.0 3 2 2 5 3
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer T 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Wills T (L) 1.1 7 6 6 1 0
Hillman D 6.2 8 2 2 1 2
Fornieles M 1.0 6 5 5 1 0
E -- Geiger G
DP -- Cleveland 1, Boston 1
LOB -- Cleveland 10, Boston 5
2B -- Romano J, Kirkland W, Power V 2, Phillips B
HR -- Yastrzemski C, Romano J
SF -- Power V
T -- 2:40
A -- 3130
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