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Giants
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
August 25, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the San Francisco Giants, played on August 25, 1972 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 25, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 25, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Willoughby |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Rick Reuschel |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 23,056 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 44 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: John McSherry 1B: Ken Burkhart 2B: Lee Weyer 3B: Bob Engel |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
| Chris Speier | Shortstop |
| Ken Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
| Dave Rader | Catcher |
| Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
| Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
| Dave Kingman | Third Baseman |
| Jim Willoughby | Pitcher |
| Charlie Fox | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Kessinger | Shortstop |
| Jose Cardenal | Right Fielder |
| Billy Williams | Left Fielder |
| Joe Pepitone | First Baseman |
| Ron Santo | Third Baseman |
| Rick Monday | Center Fielder |
| Randy Hundley | Catcher |
| Paul Popovich | Second Baseman |
| Rick Reuschel | Pitcher |
| Whitey Lockman | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
August 25, 1972
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Reuschel
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Reuschel
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Reuschel
Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Reuschel
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Willoughby
Kessinger hits a line drive towards the mound. Willoughby reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. Willoughby
Cardenal strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Willoughby
Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pepitone vs. Willoughby
Pepitone hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Reuschel
Rader hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Reuschel
Fuentes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rader moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Maddox vs. Reuschel
Maddox strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kingman vs. Reuschel
Kingman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Kingman reaches second base with a double. Williams throws the ball in to Hundley who tags Kingman trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Rader scores. Fuentes goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Willoughby vs. Reuschel
Willoughby strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santo vs. Willoughby
Santo hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Monday vs. Willoughby
Monday hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hundley vs. Willoughby
Hundley hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Reuschel
Bonds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Reuschel
Speier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bonds moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henderson vs. Phoebus
Tom Phoebus now pitching.
Henderson hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Phoebus
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Phoebus
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Phoebus
Fuentes strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Popovich vs. Willoughby
Popovich hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phoebus vs. Willoughby
Phoebus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kessinger vs. Willoughby
Kessinger bunts towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out. Phoebus moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cardenal vs. Willoughby
Cardenal hits a line drive towards third. Kingman reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Phoebus
Maddox strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Phoebus
Kingman hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Willoughby vs. Phoebus
Willoughby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Willoughby
Williams hits a fly ball towards center. Maddox settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Maddox. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Pepitone vs. Willoughby
Pepitone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Williams scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Santo vs. Willoughby
Santo hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Monday vs. Willoughby
Monday hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hundley vs. Willoughby
Hundley is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Phoebus
Bonds hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Phoebus
Speier hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Phoebus
Henderson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Phoebus
McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Phoebus
Rader takes first base on ball four. McCovey moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fuentes vs. Pizarro
Juan Pizarro now pitching. Elrod Hendricks now catching.
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McCovey moves to third. Rader moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Maddox vs. Pizarro
Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCovey scores. Rader scores. Fuentes moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kingman vs. Pizarro
Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 8 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Popovich vs. Willoughby
Popovich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hendricks vs. Willoughby
Hendricks hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Willoughby fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Willoughby
Kessinger hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 8 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Willoughby vs. Pizarro
Willoughby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Pizarro
Bonds takes first base on ball four. Willoughby moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Speier vs. Pizarro
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Willoughby moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Henderson vs. Pizarro
Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Willoughby scores. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Pizarro
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pepitone scoops it up and throws to first, with Pizarro covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 9 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. Willoughby
Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Willoughby
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pepitone vs. Willoughby
Pepitone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Willoughby fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 9 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Pizarro
Rader strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Pizarro
Fuentes hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Fuentes reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maddox vs. Pizarro
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fuentes moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kingman vs. Pizarro
Kingman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fuentes scores. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Willoughby vs. Pizarro
Willoughby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kingman moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bonds vs. Pizarro
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 10 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santo vs. Willoughby
Santo hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Rader settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Rader. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santo vs. Willoughby
Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Monday vs. Willoughby
Monday hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fanzone vs. Willoughby
Carmen Fanzone pinch hits for Juan Pizarro.
Fanzone strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 10 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. McGinn
Dan McGinn now pitching.
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. McGinn
There's a wild pitch. Speier moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. McGinn
Henderson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCovey vs. McGinn
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McGinn fields it and throws to second for the out. Speier moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rader vs. McGinn
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich fields it and throws to second for the out. Speier scores. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. McGinn
Fuentes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rader moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Maddox vs. McGinn
Maddox hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 11 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Popovich vs. Willoughby
Popovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendricks vs. Willoughby
Hendricks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Willoughby
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cardenal vs. Willoughby
Cardenal hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 11 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. McGinn
Kingman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Willoughby vs. McGinn
Willoughby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. McGinn
Bonds takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. McGinn
Speier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bonds moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henderson vs. McGinn
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 11 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Willoughby
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pepitone vs. Willoughby
Pepitone hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Pepitone reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Santo vs. Willoughby
Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pepitone scores. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Monday vs. Willoughby
Monday hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hickman vs. Willoughby
Jim Hickman pinch hits for Dan McGinn.
Hickman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/25/1972 -- San Francisco at Chicago (D)
San Francisco AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Bonds B, rf 4 1 1 0 Kessinger D, ss 3 0 1 0
Speier C, ss 5 2 2 0 Cardenal J, rf 4 0 0 0
Henderson K, lf 5 2 4 5 Williams B, lf 4 1 1 0
McCovey W, 1b 4 1 0 0 Pepitone J, 1b 4 1 2 1
Rader D, c 4 2 1 1 Santo R, 3b 4 0 1 1
Fuentes T, 2b 5 2 4 0 Monday R, cf 4 0 0 0
Maddox G, cf 5 0 1 2 Hundley R, c 2 0 0 0
Kingman D, 3b 5 0 2 3 Pizarro J, p 0 0 0 0
Willoughby J, p 5 1 2 0 Fanzone C, ph 1 0 0 0
McGinn D, p 0 0 0 0
Hickman J, ph 1 0 0 0
Popovich P, 2b 3 0 1 0
Reuschel R, p 0 0 0 0
Phoebus T, p 1 0 1 0
Hendricks E, c 2 0 0 0
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42 11 17 11 33 2 7 2
San Francisco 023 031 110 -- 11
Chicago 000 100 001 -- 2
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Willoughby J (W) 9.0 7 2 1 0 3
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel R (L)* 2.0 6 4 4 0 2
Phoebus T 2.2 2 4 4 2 2
Pizarro J 2.1 7 2 2 1 1
McGinn D 2.0 2 1 1 3 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 3rd
E -- Maddox G, Rader D
DP -- San Francisco 1, Chicago 1
LOB -- San Francisco 10, Chicago 5
2B -- Kingman D, Fuentes T, Pepitone J
HR -- Henderson K 2
SH -- Kessinger D
WP -- McGinn D
T -- 2:44
A -- 23056
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