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Rangers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
April 17, 1988
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers, played on April 17, 1988 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 17, 1988 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 17, 1988 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Jeffcoat |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bruce Hurst |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 32,243 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 5 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Greg Kosc 1B: Larry Barnett 2B: Derryl Cousins 3B: Rocky Roe |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Oddibe McDowell | Center Fielder |
| Scott Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Ruben Sierra | Right Fielder |
| Pete Incaviglia | Left Fielder |
| Pete O'Brien | First Baseman |
| Larry Parrish | DH |
| Mike Stanley | Catcher |
| Steve Buechele | Third Baseman |
| Jerry Browne | Second Baseman |
| Bobby Valentine | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ellis Burks | Center Fielder |
| Marty Barrett | Second Baseman |
| Wade Boggs | Third Baseman |
| Jim Rice | DH |
| Mike Greenwell | Left Fielder |
| Dwight Evans | First Baseman |
| Todd Benzinger | Right Fielder |
| Rick Cerone | Catcher |
| Jody Reed | Shortstop |
| John McNamara | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
April 17, 1988
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Hurst
McDowell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hurst fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Hurst
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Boggs. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Sierra vs. Hurst
Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Incaviglia vs. Hurst
Incaviglia strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Jeffcoat
Burks takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Barrett vs. Jeffcoat
Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Boggs vs. Jeffcoat
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Browne fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Barrett moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Rice vs. Jeffcoat
Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Barrett scores. Boggs moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Greenwell vs. Jeffcoat
Greenwell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Boggs scores. Rice moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Evans vs. Jeffcoat
Evans hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McDowell who is chasing the ball. Evans reaches third base with a triple. Rice scores. Greenwell goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Benzinger vs. Jeffcoat
Benzinger hits a fly ball towards left. Incaviglia catches it and throws to home to double up Evans. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Hurst
O'Brien strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Hurst
Parrish strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Hurst
Stanley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Buechele vs. Hurst
Buechele hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Barrett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Jeffcoat
Cerone hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Jeffcoat
Reed bunts towards the mound. Jeffcoat fields it and throws to first for the out. Cerone moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Burks vs. Jeffcoat
Burks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cerone moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Barrett vs. Vaughn
DeWayne Vaughn now pitching.
Barrett hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Cerone scores. Burks moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Boggs vs. Vaughn
Boggs hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Incaviglia. Boggs reaches second base with a double. Burks scores. Barrett moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Rice vs. Vaughn
Rice hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Barrett scores. Boggs moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Greenwell vs. Vaughn
Greenwell hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Vaughn
Evans hits a line drive into center field. McDowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Benzinger vs. Vaughn
Benzinger strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Browne vs. Hurst
Browne bunts in front of the plate. Cerone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Hurst
McDowell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Hurst
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Vaughn
Cecil Espy now playing right field.
Cerone hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Incaviglia. Cerone reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Reed vs. Vaughn
Reed hits a fly ball into left field. Incaviglia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Burks vs. Vaughn
Burks takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Barrett vs. Vaughn
Barrett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cerone scores. Burks moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Boggs vs. Vaughn
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Espy vs. Hurst
Espy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Incaviglia vs. Hurst
Incaviglia strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Hurst
O'Brien hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boggs settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Vaughn
Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Greenwell vs. Vaughn
Greenwell hits a fly ball into center field. McDowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Vaughn
There's a wild pitch. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Vaughn
Evans hits a fly ball into center field. McDowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rice moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Benzinger vs. Vaughn
Benzinger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rice scores. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cerone vs. Vaughn
Cerone hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Benzinger moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Reed vs. Vaughn
Reed hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out. Benzinger moves to third. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Hurst
Parrish strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Hurst
Stanley hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Buechele vs. Hurst
Buechele takes first base on ball four. Stanley moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Browne vs. Hurst
Browne hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stanley scores. Buechele moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
McDowell vs. Hurst
McDowell hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Barrett catches it and throws to first to double up Browne. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Russell
Jeff Russell now pitching.
Burks hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Incaviglia. Burks reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Barrett vs. Russell
Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards first. O'Brien scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Barrett for the out. Burks moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Boggs vs. Russell
Boggs is walked intentionally. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Rice vs. Russell
Rice strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Greenwell vs. Russell
Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Burks scores. Boggs moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Evans vs. Russell
Evans hits a fly ball into center field. McDowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Hurst
Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Benzinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Espy vs. Hurst
Espy hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Burks. Espy reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Incaviglia vs. Hurst
Incaviglia hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Espy scores. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. Hurst
O'Brien strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Parrish vs. Hurst
There's a wild pitch. Incaviglia moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Parrish vs. Hurst
Parrish strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Benzinger vs. Russell
Benzinger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Cerone vs. Russell
Cerone hits a popup towards first. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Russell
Reed takes first base on ball four. Benzinger moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Burks vs. Russell
Burks hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Russell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Hurst
Stanley hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Buechele vs. Hurst
Buechele hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed misplays the ball. That's an error on Reed. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Wilkerson vs. Hurst
Curt Wilkerson pinch hits for Jerry Browne.
Wilkerson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
McDowell vs. Hurst
McDowell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett fields it and throws to second for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Cecena
Curt Wilkerson now playing second base. Jose Cecena now pitching. Larry See now catching.
Barrett hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Incaviglia. Barrett reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Boggs vs. Cecena
Boggs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Cecena
There's a wild pitch. Barrett moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Rice vs. Cecena
Rice strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Greenwell vs. Cecena
Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilkerson fields it and throws to second for the out. Barrett scores. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Cecena
Evans hits a popup towards third. Buechele settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Hurst
Fletcher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Barrett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Espy vs. Hurst
Espy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Incaviglia vs. Hurst
Incaviglia strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Benzinger vs. Hoffman
Guy Hoffman now pitching.
Benzinger hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Hoffman
Cerone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Hoffman
Reed hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Hoffman
Burks hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hoffman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Hurst
O'Brien hits a line drive into right field. Benzinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Hurst
Parrish takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
See vs. Hurst
See hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Buechele vs. Hurst
Buechele hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/17/1988 -- Texas at Boston (D)
Texas AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
McDowell O, cf 4 0 0 0 Burks E, cf 4 2 2 0
Fletcher S, ss 4 0 0 0 Barrett M, 2b 5 3 3 2
Sierra R, rf 1 0 0 0 Boggs W, 3b 3 2 2 1
Espy C, rf 3 1 1 0 Rice J, dh 5 3 3 2
Incaviglia P, lf 4 0 1 1 Greenwell M, lf 5 2 3 6
O'Brien P, 1b 4 0 0 0 Evans D, 1b 5 0 1 2
Parrish L, dh 3 0 0 0 Benzinger T, rf 4 1 2 2
Stanley M, c 2 1 1 0 Cerone R, c 5 2 4 0
See L, c 1 0 0 0 Reed J, ss 3 0 0 0
Buechele S, 3b 3 0 0 0
Browne J, 2b 2 0 1 1
Wilkerson C, ph-2b 1 0 0 0
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32 2 4 2 39 15 20 15
Texas 000 011 000 -- 2
Boston 461 110 11x -- 15
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Jeffcoat M (L) 1.1 6 6 6 1 0
Vaughn D 2.2 9 6 6 1 1
Russell J 2.0 2 1 1 3 1
Cecena J 1.0 1 1 1 1 1
Hoffman G 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst B (W) 9.0 4 2 2 3 8
E -- Boggs W, Reed J
DP -- Texas 4, Boston 1
LOB -- Texas 6, Boston 7
2B -- Boggs W, Cerone R, Burks E, Espy C, Barrett M
3B -- Evans D
HR -- Greenwell M, Benzinger T
SH -- Reed J
WP -- Vaughn D, Hurst B, Cecena J
T -- 3:05
A -- 32243
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