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Athletics
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
September 1, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Oakland Athletics, played on September 1, 1979 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 1, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
|
| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 1, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Steve McCatty |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jack Billingham |
| Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 15,235 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 48 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ted Hendry 1B: Fred Spenn 2B: Jim Evans 3B: Greg Kosc |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
| Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
| Dave Revering | First Baseman |
| Jim Essian | Catcher |
| Mitchell Page | DH |
| Larry Murray | Right Fielder |
| Dave Chalk | Second Baseman |
| Rob Picciolo | Shortstop |
| Jim Marshall | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Whitaker | Second Baseman |
| Alan Trammell | Shortstop |
| Steve Kemp | Left Fielder |
| Jason Thompson | First Baseman |
| Champ Summers | Right Fielder |
| Ron LeFlore | DH |
| Jerry Morales | Center Fielder |
| Lance Parrish | Catcher |
| Phil Mankowski | Third Baseman |
| Sparky Anderson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
September 1, 1979
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Billingham
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mankowski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Billingham
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murphy for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Billingham
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. McCatty
Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. McCatty
Trammell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kemp vs. McCatty
Kemp takes first base on ball four. Trammell moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thompson vs. McCatty
There goes Trammell. The throw from Essian and he is safe. Trammell steals third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. McCatty
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Summers vs. McCatty
Summers hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Trammell scores. Kemp moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
LeFlore vs. McCatty
LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Billingham
Revering takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Essian vs. Billingham
Essian hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Revering moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Page vs. Billingham
Page hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Revering scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Billingham
Murray hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. McCatty
Morales is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. McCatty
Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mankowski vs. McCatty
Mankowski strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chalk vs. Billingham
Chalk hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. Billingham
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Chalk moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henderson vs. Billingham
Henderson bunts towards third. Mankowski fields it and throws to first for the out. Chalk moves to third. Picciolo moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Murphy vs. Billingham
Murphy is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gross vs. Billingham
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. McCatty
Whitaker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trammell vs. McCatty
Trammell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Chalk settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kemp vs. McCatty
There goes Whitaker. The throw from Essian and he is out, Picciolo applying the tag. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kemp vs. McCatty
Kemp hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy who is chasing the ball. Kemp reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thompson vs. McCatty
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Billingham
Revering hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Billingham
Essian hits a line drive towards third. Mankowski reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Billingham
Page hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murray vs. Billingham
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Summers vs. McCatty
Summers hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. McCatty
LeFlore hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. LeFlore reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Morales vs. McCatty
Morales hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out. LeFlore moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Parrish vs. McCatty
Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chalk vs. Billingham
Chalk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Billingham
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Billingham fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Billingham
Henderson is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mankowski vs. McCatty
Mankowski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mankowski for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. McCatty
Whitaker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trammell vs. McCatty
Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kemp vs. McCatty
Kemp hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Underwood
Pat Underwood now pitching.
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Underwood
Gross hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Underwood
Revering hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Underwood
Essian hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Underwood
Page hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. McCatty
Thompson hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Summers vs. McCatty
Summers hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. McCatty
LeFlore takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morales vs. McCatty
There goes LeFlore. The throw from Essian and he is out, Chalk applying the tag. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Underwood
Murray hits a popup towards short. Trammell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chalk vs. Underwood
Chalk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Underwood
Picciolo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. McCatty
Morales is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. McCatty
Parrish strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mankowski vs. McCatty
Mankowski hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Underwood
Henderson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Underwood
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Underwood
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Revering vs. Underwood
Revering hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Parrish settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. McCatty
Whitaker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trammell vs. McCatty
Trammell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kemp vs. McCatty
Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. McCatty
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Summers vs. McCatty
Summers hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Lopez
Aurelio Lopez now pitching.
Essian hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Lopez
Page strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Lopez
Murray hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. McCatty
LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. McCatty
Morales hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. McCatty
Parrish hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mankowski vs. McCatty
Mankowski hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 10
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Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chalk vs. Lopez
Chalk hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. Lopez
Mike Edwards pinch runs for Dave Chalk.
There goes Edwards. The throw from Parrish and he is safe. Edwards steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Picciolo vs. Lopez
Picciolo bunts towards the mound. Lopez juggles the ball. That's an error on Lopez. Edwards moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henderson vs. Lopez
Henderson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Edwards scores. Picciolo moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Murphy vs. Lopez
There goes Henderson. The throw from Parrish and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Picciolo scores. Henderson goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Lopez
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Lopez
Gross hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Lopez
Revering is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 10
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Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. McCatty
Mike Edwards now playing second base.
Whitaker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trammell vs. McCatty
Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCatty fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kemp vs. McCatty
Kemp hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Trammell moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. Hamilton
Dave Hamilton now pitching.
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wockenfuss vs. Hamilton
John Wockenfuss pinch hits for Champ Summers.
Wockenfuss hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hamilton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/1/1979 -- Oakland at Detroit (D)
Oakland AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Henderson R, lf 4 1 2 1 Whitaker L, 2b 4 1 3 0
Murphy D, cf 4 0 0 0 Trammell A, ss 4 2 1 2
Gross W, 3b 4 1 1 1 Kemp S, lf 4 0 2 0
Revering D, 1b 4 2 1 1 Thompson J, 1b 5 0 0 0
Essian J, c 4 0 1 0 Summers C, rf 4 0 1 1
Page M, dh 4 0 1 0 Wockenfuss J, ph 1 0 0 0
Murray L, rf 4 0 0 0 LeFlore R, dh 3 0 1 0
Chalk D, 2b 4 0 2 0 Morales J, cf 4 0 0 0
Edwards M, pr-2b 0 1 0 0 Parrish L, c 4 0 1 0
Picciolo R, ss 3 1 1 0 Mankowski P, 3b 4 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 6 9 3 37 3 9 3
Oakland 010 002 000 3 -- 6
Detroit 100 000 020 0 -- 3
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty S (W) 9.1 9 3 3 4 6
Hamilton D (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham J 5.0 4 1 1 2 1
Underwood P 3.0 3 2 2 1 2
Lopez A (L) 2.0 2 3 1 0 3
E -- Lopez A, Parrish L
DP -- Detroit 3
LOB -- Oakland 4, Detroit 8
2B -- LeFlore R
3B -- Kemp S
HR -- Gross W, Revering D, Trammell A
SB -- Trammell A, Edwards M, Henderson R
CS -- Whitaker L, LeFlore R
SH -- Henderson R, Picciolo R
T -- 2:48
A -- 15235
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