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Cardinals
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
September 25, 1945
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on September 25, 1945 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 25, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 25, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Harry Brecheen |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Hank Borowy |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 21,138 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 38 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Babe Pinelli 1B: Dusty Boggess 2B: (none) 3B: Butch Henline |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Red Schoendienst | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Hopp | Right Fielder |
| Buster Adams | Center Fielder |
| Whitey Kurowski | Third Baseman |
| Ray Sanders | First Baseman |
| Emil Verban | Second Baseman |
| Marty Marion | Shortstop |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Harry Brecheen | Pitcher |
| Billy Southworth | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Stan Hack | Third Baseman |
| Don Johnson | Second Baseman |
| Peanuts Lowrey | Left Fielder |
| Phil Cavarretta | First Baseman |
| Andy Pafko | Center Fielder |
| Bill Nicholson | Right Fielder |
| Mickey Livingston | Catcher |
| Roy Hughes | Shortstop |
| Hank Borowy | Pitcher |
| Charlie Grimm | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
September 25, 1945
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Borowy
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Borowy
Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Borowy
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack juggles the ball. That's an error on Hack. Hopp moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kurowski vs. Borowy
Kurowski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hopp scores. Adams moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sanders vs. Borowy
Sanders hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Adams scores. There goes Kurowski trying to get to third. Pafko throws the ball in to Hack, who tags Kurowski for the out. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Verban vs. Borowy
Verban hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sanders moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marion vs. Borowy
Marion strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Brecheen
Hack takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Brecheen
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hack moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lowrey vs. Brecheen
Lowrey bunts for an out with unknown description. Hack moves to third. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cavarretta vs. Brecheen
Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brecheen picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Brecheen. Hack scores. Johnson scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pafko vs. Brecheen
Pafko hits a line drive towards short. Marion catches it and throws to first to double up Cavarretta. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Borowy
Rice hits a popup towards short. Hughes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brecheen vs. Borowy
Brecheen strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Borowy
Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hopp vs. Borowy
Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schoendienst moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Adams vs. Borowy
Adams takes first base on ball four. Hopp moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kurowski vs. Borowy
Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hughes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Brecheen
Nicholson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Brecheen
Livingston is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Brecheen
Hughes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Borowy vs. Brecheen
Borowy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hughes moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hack vs. Brecheen
Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hughes moves to third. Borowy moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Johnson vs. Brecheen
Johnson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Borowy
Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Borowy
Verban bunts towards third. Hack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Borowy
Marion hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Borowy
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Brecheen
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski juggles the ball. That's an error on Kurowski. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cavarretta vs. Brecheen
Cavarretta bunts towards first. Sanders scoops it up and throws to first, with Verban covering, for the out. Lowrey moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pafko vs. Brecheen
Pafko is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nicholson vs. Brecheen
Nicholson hits a fly ball into left field. Schoendienst settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Livingston vs. Brecheen
Livingston hits a popup towards third. Kurowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brecheen vs. Borowy
Brecheen strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Borowy
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Borowy
Hopp hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Brecheen
Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borowy vs. Brecheen
Borowy hits a fly ball into center field. Adams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Brecheen
Hack hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Borowy
Adams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kurowski vs. Borowy
Kurowski bunts towards the mound. Borowy fields it and throws to first for the out. Adams moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sanders vs. Borowy
Sanders hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Adams scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Verban vs. Borowy
Verban hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Johnson fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Borowy
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Brecheen
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Adams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Brecheen
Lowrey strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Brecheen
Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Adams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Borowy
Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brecheen vs. Borowy
Brecheen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Borowy
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops it up and throws to first, with Borowy covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Brecheen
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Brecheen
Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Adams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Brecheen
Livingston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Borowy
Hopp hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Borowy
Adams hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Borowy
Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanders vs. Borowy
Sanders hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Brecheen
Hughes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Borowy vs. Brecheen
Borowy bunts in front of the plate. Rice fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hack vs. Brecheen
Hack takes first base on ball four. Borowy moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Brecheen
Johnson hits a line drive into left field. Schoendienst picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Schoendienst. Borowy scores. Hack moves to third. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lowrey vs. Brecheen
Lowrey is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cavarretta vs. Brecheen
Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hack scores. Johnson moves to third. Lowrey moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Pafko vs. Dockins
George Dockins now pitching.
Pafko hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Schoendienst. Pafko reaches second base with a double. Johnson scores. Lowrey scores. Cavarretta moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Nicholson vs. Dockins
Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Livingston vs. Burkhart
Ken Burkhart now pitching.
Livingston hits a popup towards first. Sanders settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Borowy
Dewey Williams now catching.
Verban hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Borowy
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Borowy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garms vs. Borowy
Debs Garms pinch hits for Del Rice.
Garms hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson who is chasing the ball. Garms reaches third base with a triple. Marion goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bergamo vs. Borowy
Augie Bergamo pinch hits for Ken Burkhart.
Bergamo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Garms scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Prim
Jack Creel pinch runs for Augie Bergamo. Ray Prim now pitching.
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta juggles the ball. That's an error on Cavarretta. Creel moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hopp vs. Prim
Hopp hits a popup towards short. Hughes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Adams vs. Prim
Adams hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Lopatka
Gene Crumling now catching. Art Lopatka now pitching.
Hughes strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Prim vs. Lopatka
Prim hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Lopatka
Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Prim
Kurowski hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Prim
Sanders strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Prim
Verban hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Prim
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hughes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/25/1945 -- St.Louis at Chicago (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Schoendienst R, lf 5 0 1 0 Hack S, 3b 3 2 1 0
Hopp J, rf 5 1 2 0 Johnson D, 2b 4 2 2 1
Adams B, cf 4 2 1 0 Lowrey P, lf 2 1 0 0
Kurowski W, 3b 4 0 2 1 Cavarretta P, 1b 3 0 2 2
Sanders R, 1b 5 0 2 2 Pafko A, cf 3 0 1 2
Verban E, 2b 5 0 3 0 Nicholson B, rf 4 0 0 0
Marion M, ss 5 1 1 0 Livingston M, c 4 0 0 0
Rice D, c 3 0 0 0 Williams D, c 0 0 0 0
Garms D, ph 1 1 1 1 Hughes R, ss 4 0 2 0
Crumling G, c 0 0 0 0 Borowy H, p 3 1 1 0
Brecheen H, p 3 0 0 0 Prim R, p 1 0 0 0
Dockins G, p 0 0 0 0
Burkhart K, p 0 0 0 0
Bergamo A, ph 1 0 1 1
Creel J, pr 0 0 0 0
Lopatka A, p 0 0 0 0
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41 5 14 5 31 6 9 5
St.Louis 200 010 020 -- 5
Chicago 200 000 40x -- 6
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Brecheen H (L) 6.1 8 6 5 4 3
Dockins G 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Burkhart K 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Lopatka A 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Borowy H (W) 7.1 13 5 4 1 3
Prim R (S) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
E -- Hack S, Brecheen H, Kurowski W, Schoendienst R, Cavarretta P
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- St.Louis 11, Chicago 7
2B -- Pafko A
3B -- Garms D
SH -- Lowrey P, Cavarretta P, Kurowski W
T -- 2:38
A -- 21138
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