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Indians
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
April 11, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians, played on April 11, 1961 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 11, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 11, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Perry |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Bunning |
| Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 41,643 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 48 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Joe Paparella 1B: Ed Runge 2B: Cal Drummond 3B: Sam Carrigan |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Tito Francona | Left Fielder |
| Jim Piersall | Center Fielder |
| Willie Kirkland | Right Fielder |
| Woodie Held | Shortstop |
| Vic Power | First Baseman |
| Bubba Phillips | Third Baseman |
| John Romano | Catcher |
| Jim Perry | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jake Wood | Second Baseman |
| Bill Bruton | Center Fielder |
| Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
| Rocky Colavito | Left Fielder |
| Norm Cash | First Baseman |
| Steve Boros | Third Baseman |
| Dick Brown | Catcher |
| Chico Fernandez | Shortstop |
| Jim Bunning | Pitcher |
| Bob Scheffing | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
April 11, 1961
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Bunning
Temple is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Bunning
Francona hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Bunning
Piersall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkland vs. Bunning
Kirkland takes first base on ball four. Piersall moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Held vs. Bunning
Held hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Perry
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Perry
Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Perry
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Bunning
Power hits a popup towards third. Boros settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Bunning
Phillips hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Colavito. Phillips reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Romano vs. Bunning
Romano takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Perry vs. Bunning
Perry hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Temple vs. Bunning
Temple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Phillips scores. Romano moves to third. Temple moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Francona vs. Bunning
Francona hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Romano scores. Temple scores. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piersall vs. Bunning
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez misplays the ball. That's an error on Fernandez. Francona moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kirkland vs. Bunning
Kirkland hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Kirkland reaches second base with a double. Francona scores. Piersall moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Held vs. Bunning
Held hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piersall scores. Kirkland scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Regan
Phil Regan now pitching.
Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Held moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Phillips vs. Regan
Phillips is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Perry
Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Perry
Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boros vs. Perry
Boros hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Perry
Perry fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Perry. Cash moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Perry
Brown hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Regan
Romano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perry vs. Regan
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Regan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Temple vs. Regan
Temple hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Regan
Francona hits a popup in front of the plate. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Perry
Fernandez hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Regan vs. Perry
Regan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Perry
Wood hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Perry
Bruton takes first base on ball four. Regan moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaline vs. Perry
Kaline hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Piersall who is chasing the ball. Kaline reaches third base with a triple. Regan scores. Bruton goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Colavito vs. Perry
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perry fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Regan
Piersall bunts towards third. Boros fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkland vs. Regan
Kirkland hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Colavito who is chasing the ball. Kirkland reaches third base with a triple. Piersall goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Held vs. Regan
Held takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Power vs. Regan
Power bunts towards the mound. Regan fields it and throws to first for the out. Held moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Phillips vs. Regan
Phillips is walked intentionally. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Romano vs. Regan
Romano hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Perry vs. Regan
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Perry
Cash hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. Perry
Boros hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Perry
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. Perry
Fernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Regan
Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Regan
Francona hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Regan
Piersall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Piersall reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kirkland vs. Regan
There's a wild pitch. Piersall moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kirkland vs. Regan
Kirkland takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Held vs. Regan
Held strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Perry
Ozzie Virgil pinch hits for Phil Regan.
Virgil hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Perry
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Perry
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Donohue
Jim Donohue now pitching.
Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Donohue
Phillips bunts towards the mound. Donohue fields it and throws to first for the out. Power moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Romano vs. Donohue
Romano hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Power moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Perry vs. Donohue
Perry is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Temple vs. Donohue
Temple hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Perry
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Perry
Colavito strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Perry
Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Donohue
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Donohue
Piersall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkland vs. Donohue
Kirkland hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Donohue
Held hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. Perry
Boros hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Perry
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. Perry
Fernandez bunts towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. Boros moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Osborne vs. Perry
Bobo Osborne pinch hits for Jim Donohue.
Osborne hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boros scores. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Perry
Wood hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Perry
Bruton 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 8
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Indians, 7 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Fischer
Bill Fischer now pitching.
Power hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Power reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Phillips vs. Fischer
Phillips hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Fischer
Romano hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Fischer
Perry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Temple vs. Fischer
Temple bunts towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out. Perry moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Francona vs. Fischer
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 9 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Perry
Kaline hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Perry
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Perry
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perry fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 9 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Fischer
Piersall hits a line drive into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Fischer
Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Fischer
Held takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Fischer
Power hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Colavito. Power reaches second base with a double. Held moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Phillips vs. Fischer
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fischer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 9 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. Perry
Boros hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Perry
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Perry
Fernandez is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/11/1961 -- Cleveland at Detroit (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Temple J, 2b 5 1 1 1 Wood J, 2b 4 1 1 2
Francona T, lf 6 1 1 2 Bruton B, cf 3 1 0 0
Piersall J, cf 6 2 4 0 Kaline A, rf 4 0 1 2
Kirkland W, rf 4 1 2 2 Colavito R, lf 4 0 0 0
Held W, ss 4 0 1 2 Cash N, 1b 4 0 1 0
Power V, 1b 5 1 4 0 Boros S, 3b 4 1 1 0
Phillips B, 3b 4 2 2 2 Brown D, c 4 0 1 0
Romano J, c 4 1 2 0 Fernandez C, ss 3 0 0 0
Perry J, p 5 0 1 0 Bunning J, p 0 0 0 0
Regan P, p 0 1 0 0
Virgil O, ph 1 0 1 0
Donohue J, p 0 0 0 0
Osborne B, ph 1 1 1 1
Fischer B, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
43 9 18 9 32 5 7 5
Cleveland 060 100 020 -- 9
Detroit 002 000 300 -- 5
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Perry J (W) 9.0 7 5 5 2 2
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning J (L) 1.2 6 6 3 2 1
Regan P 3.1 5 1 1 3 2
Donohue J 2.0 3 0 0 0 1
Fischer B 2.0 4 2 2 1 0
E -- Fernandez C, Perry J
DP -- Cleveland 1
LOB -- Cleveland 16, Detroit 3
2B -- Phillips B, Kirkland W, Piersall J, Power V 2
3B -- Kaline A, Kirkland W
HR -- Wood J, Phillips B
SH -- Power V, Phillips B, Fernandez C, Temple J
WP -- Regan P
T -- 2:48
A -- 41643
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