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Athletics
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
September 4, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics, played on September 4, 2008 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 4, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 4, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dan Meyer |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Kyle Davies |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 12,791 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 12 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Brian Knight 1B: Joe West 2B: Ed Hickox 3B: Kevin Causey |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rajai Davis | Center Fielder |
| Ryan Sweeney | Right Fielder |
| Kurt Suzuki | DH |
| Jack Cust | Left Fielder |
| Daric Barton | First Baseman |
| Jack Hannahan | Third Baseman |
| Eric Patterson | Second Baseman |
| Rob Bowen | Catcher |
| Cliff Pennington | Shortstop |
| Bob Geren | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| David DeJesus | Right Fielder |
| Esteban German | Left Fielder |
| Mike Aviles | Third Baseman |
| Jose Guillen | DH |
| Billy Butler | First Baseman |
| Alberto Callaspo | Second Baseman |
| John Buck | Catcher |
| Tony Pena | Shortstop |
| Joey Gathright | Center Fielder |
| Trey Hillman | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
September 4, 2008
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Davies
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butler scoops it up and throws to first, with Davies covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Davies
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Davies
Suzuki hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Meyer
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
German vs. Meyer
German strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Aviles vs. Meyer
Aviles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. DeJesus moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Guillen vs. Meyer
Guillen hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. DeJesus scores. Aviles moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Butler vs. Meyer
Butler hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Davis. Butler reaches second base with a double. Aviles scores. Guillen moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Callaspo vs. Meyer
Callaspo hits a fly ball towards left. Cust settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Cust. Guillen tags and scores. Butler tags and moves to third. Callaspo moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Buck vs. Meyer
Buck hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Butler tags and scores. Callaspo tags and moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Pena vs. Meyer
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Davies
Cust strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Davies
Barton hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hannahan vs. Davies
Hannahan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Patterson vs. Davies
Patterson hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gathright vs. Meyer
Gathright takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Meyer
DeJesus hits a line drive towards short. Pennington reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
German vs. Meyer
Meyer fires to first and picks off Gathright. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
German vs. Meyer
German hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bowen vs. Davies
Bowen strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pennington vs. Davies
Pennington hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aviles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Davies
Davis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Sweeney vs. Davies
There goes Davis. The throw from Buck and he is safe. Davis steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Sweeney vs. Davies
Sweeney hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of German. Sweeney reaches second base with a double. Davis scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Suzuki vs. Davies
Suzuki takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Cust vs. Davies
Cust hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Meyer
Aviles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Meyer
Guillen hits a fly ball into left field. Cust settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Meyer
Butler hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sweeney. Butler reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Callaspo vs. Meyer
Callaspo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Butler scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Buck vs. Meyer
Buck takes first base on ball four. Callaspo moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pena vs. Meyer
Pena hits a fly ball into left field. Cust settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Davies
Barton hits a fly ball into left field. German settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hannahan vs. Davies
Hannahan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Patterson vs. Davies
Patterson hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bowen vs. Davies
Bowen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gathright vs. Meyer
Gathright hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Meyer
DeJesus hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Davis. DeJesus reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
German vs. Meyer
German hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cust who is chasing the ball. German reaches third base with a triple. DeJesus scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Aviles vs. Meyer
Aviles hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sweeney who is chasing the ball. Aviles reaches third base with a triple. German scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Guillen vs. Saarloos
Kirk Saarloos now pitching.
Guillen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aviles scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Butler vs. Saarloos
Butler hits a fly ball into right field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Callaspo vs. Saarloos
Callaspo hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Pennington vs. Davies
Pennington hits a popup towards short. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Davies
Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Davies
Sweeney hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gathright. Sweeney reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Suzuki vs. Davies
Suzuki hits a fly ball into right field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Saarloos
Buck hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Pena vs. Saarloos
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gathright vs. Saarloos
Gathright hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Saarloos
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Bale
John Bale now pitching.
Cust takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Bale
Barton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bale fields it and throws to first for the out. Cust moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Hannahan vs. Bale
Hannahan strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Patterson vs. Bale
Patterson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
German vs. Embree
Alan Embree now pitching.
German hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Aviles vs. Embree
Aviles hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. German moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Guillen vs. Embree
Jason Smith pinch runs for Mike Aviles.
Guillen hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. German scores. Smith moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Butler vs. Embree
Kila Ka'aihue pinch runs for Jose Guillen.
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Callaspo vs. Embree
Callaspo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bowen vs. Tejeda
Jason Smith now playing third base. Rob Tejeda now pitching.
Bowen strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pennington vs. Tejeda
Pennington hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of DeJesus. Pennington reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Tejeda
Davis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Sweeney vs. Tejeda
Sweeney hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gathright. Sweeney reaches second base with a double. Pennington scores. Davis goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Suzuki vs. Tejeda
Suzuki hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sweeney moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Cust vs. Mahay
Ron Mahay now pitching.
Cust takes first base on ball four. Suzuki moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 123
Barton vs. Mahay
Barton hits a fly ball into left field. German settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sweeney tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Hannahan vs. Mahay
Hannahan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 4 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Foulke
Keith Foulke now pitching.
Buck hits a popup towards third. Hannahan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Foulke
Pena hits a fly ball into right field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Gathright vs. Foulke
Gathright hits a fly ball into right field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 4 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Patterson vs. Nunez
Ross Gload now playing first base. Leo Nunez now pitching.
Patterson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Bowen vs. Nunez
Bowen hits a popup, foul, towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Pennington vs. Nunez
Pennington strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Nunez
Davis hits a fly ball into left field. German settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 4 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Blevins
Jerry Blevins now pitching.
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Patterson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
German vs. Blevins
German hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blevins fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Blevins
Smith strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 4 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Wells
Kip Wells now pitching.
Sweeney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Suzuki vs. Wells
Suzuki takes first base on ball four. Sweeney moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Cust vs. Wells
Cust hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of DeJesus. Cust reaches second base with a double. Sweeney scores. Suzuki moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Barton vs. Ramirez
Ramon Ramirez now pitching.
Barton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Suzuki scores. Cust moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Hannahan vs. Ramirez
Hannahan strikes out. Buck drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Hannahan out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Patterson vs. Ramirez
Patterson strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/4/2008, game 2 -- Oakland at Kansas City (N)
Oakland AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Davis R, cf 4 2 1 0 DeJesus D, rf 5 2 3 0
Sweeney R, rf 4 2 3 3 German E, lf 5 2 2 1
Suzuki K, dh 3 1 1 0 Aviles M, 3b 4 2 3 1
Cust J, lf 3 0 1 1 Smith J, pr-3b 1 0 0 0
Barton D, 1b 4 0 0 2 Guillen J, dh 4 1 2 3
Hannahan J, 3b 3 0 0 0 Ka'aihue K, pr 0 0 0 0
Patterson E, 2b 5 0 1 0 Butler B, 1b 4 2 2 1
Bowen R, c 4 0 0 0 Gload R, 1b 0 0 0 0
Pennington C, ss 4 1 1 0 Callaspo A, 2b 3 0 1 2
Buck J, c 2 0 1 1
Pena T, ss 4 0 0 0
Gathright J, cf 3 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 6 8 6 35 9 15 9
Oakland 001 000 302 -- 6
Kansas City 401 301 00x -- 9
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Meyer D (L) 3.1 9 8 7 2 1
Saarloos K 1.2 3 0 0 0 0
Embree A 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Foulke K 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Blevins J 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Davies K (W) 5.0 3 1 1 3 2
Bale J 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Tejeda R 0.1 3 3 3 1 1
Mahay R 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Nunez L 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Wells K* 0.0 1 2 2 2 0
Ramirez R (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
* Pitched to 3 batters in 9th
E -- Cust J, Patterson E
DP -- Oakland 3
LOB -- Oakland 10, Kansas City 6
2B -- Butler B 2, Sweeney R 3, DeJesus D, Pennington C, Cust J
3B -- German E, Aviles M
SB -- Davis R
SF -- Callaspo A, Buck J, Barton D
T -- 3:12
A -- 12791
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