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Lineups and Summary
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Pirates
@ Reds
Crosley Field
April 28, 1954
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on April 28, 1954 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 28, 1954 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 28, 1954 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Friend |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Fred Baczewski |
| Ballpark | Crosley Field |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 1,206 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Babe Pinelli 1B: Dusty Boggess 2B: Bill Engeln 3B: Bill Stewart |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Curt Roberts | Second Baseman |
| Bob Skinner | First Baseman |
| Dick Cole | Third Baseman |
| Frank Thomas | Center Fielder |
| Hal Rice | Left Fielder |
| Jerry Lynch | Right Fielder |
| Gair Allie | Shortstop |
| Jack Shepard | Catcher |
| Bob Friend | Pitcher |
| Fred Haney | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Harmon | Third Baseman |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Gus Bell | Center Fielder |
| Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
| Jim Greengrass | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Nino Escalera | Right Fielder |
| Hobie Landrith | Catcher |
| Fred Baczewski | Pitcher |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Reds
Crosley Field
April 28, 1954
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Baczewski
Roberts hits a fly ball into right field. Escalera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Baczewski
Skinner hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Landrith settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Landrith. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Baczewski
Skinner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cole vs. Baczewski
Cole hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harmon fields it and throws to first for the out. Skinner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Baczewski
Thomas is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harmon vs. Friend
Harmon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomas. Harmon reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McMillan vs. Friend
McMillan is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Friend
Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Harmon moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kluszewski vs. Friend
There goes Bell. The throw from Shepard and he is safe. Bell steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kluszewski vs. Friend
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Harmon scores. Bell moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Greengrass vs. Friend
Greengrass hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bell scores. Kluszewski moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Temple vs. Friend
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Allie fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Baczewski
Rice hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lynch vs. Baczewski
Lynch hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Allie vs. Baczewski
Allie hits a fly ball into right field. Escalera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shepard vs. Baczewski
Shepard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rice scores. Lynch moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Friend vs. Baczewski
Friend takes first base on ball four. Lynch moves to third. Shepard moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Roberts vs. Baczewski
Roberts hits a fly ball towards right. Escalera catches it and throws to home to double up Lynch. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Escalera vs. Friend
Escalera hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landrith vs. Friend
Landrith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Roberts settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baczewski vs. Friend
Baczewski hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Baczewski
Skinner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cole vs. Baczewski
Cole hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell. Cole reaches second base with a double. Skinner goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Baczewski
Thomas hits a popup, foul, in back of third. McMillan settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on McMillan. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Baczewski
Thomas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cole moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rice vs. Baczewski
Rice hits a popup towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lynch vs. Baczewski
Lynch hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cole scores. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Allie vs. Baczewski
Allie hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shepard vs. Baczewski
Shepard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thomas scores. Lynch moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Friend vs. Collum
Jackie Collum now pitching.
Friend hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harmon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harmon vs. Friend
Harmon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Friend
McMillan takes first base on ball four. Harmon moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Friend
Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Harmon scores. McMillan moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kluszewski vs. Friend
Kluszewski hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McMillan tags and scores. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greengrass vs. Friend
Greengrass hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomas. Greengrass reaches second base with a double. Bell goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Temple vs. Thies
Jake Thies now pitching.
Temple takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Escalera vs. Thies
Escalera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner juggles the ball. That's an error on Skinner. Greengrass scores. Temple moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Landrith vs. Thies
There goes Escalera. The throw from Shepard and he is safe. Escalera steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Landrith vs. Thies
There's a wild pitch. Temple scores. Escalera moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Landrith vs. Thies
Landrith hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Collum vs. Thies
Collum is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Collum
Roberts strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Collum
Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cole vs. Collum
Cole hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harmon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harmon vs. Thies
Harmon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Thies
McMillan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Thies
There goes McMillan. The throw from Shepard and he is out, Allie applying the tag. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Thies
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Allie scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Collum
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harmon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Collum
Rice hits a popup in front of the plate. Landrith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynch vs. Collum
Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Collum covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Thies
Kluszewski hits a popup towards third. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greengrass vs. Thies
Greengrass takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Temple vs. Thies
Temple hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Greengrass moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Escalera vs. Thies
There goes Temple. The throw from Shepard and he is safe. Temple steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Escalera vs. Thies
Escalera hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Greengrass tags and scores. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Landrith vs. Thies
Landrith hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allie vs. Collum
Allie takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shepard vs. Collum
Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harmon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Collum
Dick Smith pinch hits for Jake Thies.
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Collum
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collum vs. Surkont
Max Surkont now pitching.
Collum hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harmon vs. Surkont
Harmon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Surkont fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Surkont
McMillan hits a popup towards short. Allie settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Collum
Skinner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cole vs. Collum
Cole hits a fly ball into right field. Escalera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Collum
Thomas takes first base on ball four. Skinner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Collum
Rice hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lynch vs. Collum
Lynch hits a popup towards third. Harmon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Surkont
Bell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomas. Bell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kluszewski vs. Surkont
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kluszewski for the out. Bell moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Greengrass vs. Surkont
Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts fields it and throws to home to get Bell. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Temple vs. Surkont
Surkont fires to first and has Greengrass trapped. There's the throw to Allie who tags Greengrass for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allie vs. Collum
Allie hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shepard vs. Collum
Shepard 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 -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pellagrini vs. Collum
Eddie Pellagrini pinch hits for Max Surkont.
Pellagrini hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Collum
Roberts strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. LaPalme
Paul LaPalme now pitching.
Temple hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Escalera vs. LaPalme
There goes Temple. The throw from Shepard and he is out, Allie applying the tag. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Escalera vs. LaPalme
Escalera hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landrith vs. LaPalme
Landrith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Collum
Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harmon juggles the ball. That's an error on Harmon. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cole vs. Collum
Cole hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harmon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Collum
Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass 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 4/28/1954 -- Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Roberts C, 2b 5 0 0 0 Harmon C, 3b 4 2 2 0
Skinner B, 1b 4 1 2 0 McMillan R, ss 2 1 0 0
Cole D, 3b 5 1 1 1 Bell G, cf 4 2 3 1
Thomas F, cf 4 1 1 0 Kluszewski T, 1b 3 0 1 2
Rice H, lf 4 1 1 0 Greengrass J, lf 3 2 2 2
Lynch J, rf 4 0 2 1 Temple J, 2b 3 1 2 0
Allie G, ss 3 0 0 0 Escalera N, rf 3 0 0 1
Shepard J, c 4 0 2 2 Landrith H, c 4 0 0 0
Friend B, p 1 0 0 0 Baczewski F, p 1 0 0 0
Thies J, p 0 0 0 0 Collum J, p 2 0 0 0
Smith D, ph 1 0 0 0
Surkont M, p 0 0 0 0
Pellagrini E, ph 1 0 1 0
LaPalme P, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 4 10 4 29 8 10 6
Pittsburgh 013 000 000 -- 4
Cincinnati 205 010 00x -- 8
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Friend B (L) 2.1 7 6 5 1 1
Thies J 2.2 1 2 1 3 1
Surkont M 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
LaPalme P 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Baczewski F 2.2 9 4 4 1 1
Collum J (W) 6.1 1 0 0 3 3
E -- Landrith H, McMillan R, Skinner B, Harmon C
DP -- Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 2
LOB -- Pittsburgh 9, Cincinnati 3
2B -- Harmon C, Cole D, Greengrass J, Bell G
SB -- Bell G, Escalera N, Temple J
CS -- McMillan R, Temple J
SF -- Kluszewski T, Escalera N
WP -- Thies J
T -- 2:20
A -- 1206
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