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Blue Jays
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 8, 2012
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on May 8, 2012 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 8, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 8, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ricky Romero |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jarrod Parker |
| Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 10,784 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 58 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Mark Carlson 1B: Ed Hickox 2B: Ed Rapuano 3B: Angel Hernandez |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Kelly Johnson | Second Baseman |
| Yunel Escobar | Shortstop |
| Jose Bautista | Right Fielder |
| Adam Lind | First Baseman |
| Edwin Encarnacion | DH |
| Eric Thames | Left Fielder |
| Brett Lawrie | Third Baseman |
| Colby Rasmus | Center Fielder |
| J.P. Arencibia | Catcher |
| John Farrell | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jemile Weeks | Second Baseman |
| Cliff Pennington | Shortstop |
| Josh Reddick | Center Fielder |
| Jonny Gomes | DH |
| Brandon Inge | Third Baseman |
| Seth Smith | Left Fielder |
| Kurt Suzuki | Catcher |
| Daric Barton | First Baseman |
| Michael Taylor | Right Fielder |
| Bob Melvin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Blue Jays
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 8, 2012
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Parker
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Parker
Escobar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Bautista vs. Parker
Parker fires to first and picks off Escobar. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bautista vs. Parker
Bautista takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Lind vs. Parker
Lind hits a ball on the ground towards first. Barton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lind for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weeks vs. Romero
Weeks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Pennington vs. Romero
Pennington bunts towards the mound. Romero fields it and throws to first for the out. Weeks moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Reddick vs. Romero
Romero spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Romero. Weeks moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Reddick vs. Romero
Reddick strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Gomes vs. Romero
Gomes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Inge vs. Romero
Inge hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Parker
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thames vs. Parker
Thames hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Weeks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lawrie vs. Parker
Lawrie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Weeks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Romero
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Romero
Suzuki takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Romero
Barton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Romero
Taylor strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Rasmus vs. Parker
Rasmus hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Weeks reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Arencibia vs. Parker
Arencibia hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Taylor. Arencibia reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Parker
Johnson hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Parker
Escobar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bautista vs. Parker
Bautista hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lind vs. Parker
Lind hits a fly ball into right field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weeks vs. Romero
Weeks hits a fly ball into center field. Rasmus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Pennington vs. Romero
Pennington hits a line drive into left field. Thames settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Reddick vs. Romero
Reddick hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Gomes vs. Romero
Gomes hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Reddick moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Inge vs. Romero
Inge strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Parker
Encarnacion hits a popup towards third. Inge settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thames vs. Parker
Thames strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lawrie vs. Parker
Lawrie hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Reddick. Lawrie reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Rasmus vs. Parker
Rasmus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Arencibia vs. Parker
Arencibia hits a fly ball into center field. Reddick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Romero
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Suzuki vs. Romero
Suzuki hits a fly ball into right field. Bautista settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Romero
Barton hits a ball on the ground towards second. Johnson throws to second for one, and Escobar throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Barton moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Taylor vs. Romero
Taylor strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Parker
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Reddick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Parker
Escobar hits a line drive into right field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bautista vs. Parker
Bautista hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Lind vs. Parker
Lind hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Weeks fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Weeks vs. Romero
Weeks takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Pennington vs. Romero
There goes Weeks. The throw from Arencibia and he is safe. Weeks steals second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Pennington vs. Romero
Pennington strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Reddick vs. Romero
Reddick hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gomes vs. Romero
Gomes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Inge vs. Romero
Inge strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Romero
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Thames settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Parker
Encarnacion hits a fly ball into center field. Reddick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thames vs. Parker
Thames strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lawrie vs. Parker
Lawrie hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Weeks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Romero
Suzuki hits a fly ball into right field. Bautista settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Romero
Barton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Romero
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Weeks vs. Romero
Weeks hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rasmus. Weeks reaches second base with a double. Barton moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Pennington vs. Romero
Pennington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lind scoops it up and throws to first, with Romero covering, for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rasmus vs. Parker
Rasmus strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arencibia vs. Parker
Arencibia hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Weeks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Parker
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Escobar vs. Parker
There goes Johnson. The throw from Suzuki and he is safe. Johnson steals second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Escobar vs. Parker
Escobar hits a fly ball into right field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Reddick vs. Frasor
Jason Frasor now pitching.
Reddick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Gomes vs. Frasor
Gomes hits a fly ball into right field. Bautista settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Inge vs. Frasor
Inge hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lawrie fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bautista vs. Cook
Ryan Cook now pitching.
Bautista hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lind vs. Cook
Lind strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Cook
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Inge fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Oliver
Darren Oliver now pitching.
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Rasmus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Oliver
Suzuki hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Oliver
Barton strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thames vs. Balfour
Grant Balfour now pitching.
Thames hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Smith who is chasing the ball. Thames reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Lawrie vs. Balfour
Rajai Davis pinch runs for Eric Thames.
Lawrie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Weeks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Rasmus vs. Balfour
Rasmus is walked intentionally. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Vizquel vs. Balfour
Omar Vizquel pinch hits for J.P. Arencibia.
Vizquel bunts towards third. Inge settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Johnson vs. Balfour
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Davis scores. Rasmus moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Escobar vs. Balfour
Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Blue Jays, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Cordero
Rajai Davis now playing left field. Jeff Mathis now catching. Francisco Cordero now pitching.
Taylor hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Bautista. Taylor reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Weeks vs. Cordero
Weeks bunts towards third. Lawrie fields it and throws to first for the out. Taylor moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Pennington vs. Cordero
Pennington hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Taylor scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Reddick vs. Cordero
There goes Pennington. The throw from Mathis and he is safe. Pennington steals second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Reddick vs. Cordero
Reddick is walked intentionally. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Gomes vs. Cordero
The ball gets by Mathis for a passed ball. Pennington moves to third. Reddick moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Gomes vs. Cordero
Gomes is walked intentionally. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Inge vs. Cordero
Inge hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/8/2012 -- Toronto at Oakland (N)
Toronto AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
Johnson K, 2b 4 1 2 3 Weeks J, 2b 3 1 2 0
Escobar Y, ss 3 0 0 0 Pennington C, ss 4 1 1 1
Bautista J, rf 3 0 1 0 Reddick J, cf 3 2 1 2
Lind A, 1b 4 0 0 0 Gomes J, dh 2 1 1 0
Encarnacion E, dh 4 0 0 0 Inge B, 3b 5 1 1 4
Thames E, lf 4 0 1 0 Smith S, lf 4 0 1 0
Davis R, pr-lf 0 1 0 0 Suzuki K, c 3 0 0 0
Lawrie B, 3b 4 0 1 0 Barton D, 1b 3 0 0 0
Rasmus C, cf 2 0 0 0 Taylor M, rf 4 1 1 0
Arencibia J, c 3 1 1 0
Vizquel O, ph 1 0 0 0
Mathis J, c 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 3 6 3 31 7 8 7
Toronto 002 000 001 -- 3
Oakland 000 020 005 -- 7
1 out when winning run was scored.
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Romero R 6.0 5 2 2 5 7
Frasor J 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Oliver D 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Cordero F (L) 0.1 3 5 5 2 0
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Parker J 7.0 4 2 2 5 3
Cook R 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Balfour G (W) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
E -- Romero R, Lind A, Escobar Y
DP -- Toronto 1
LOB -- Toronto 8, Oakland 9
2B -- Arencibia J, Lawrie B, Weeks J, Taylor M
3B -- Thames E
HR -- Johnson K, Reddick J, Inge B
SB -- Weeks J, Johnson K, Pennington C
SH -- Pennington C, Weeks J
PB -- Mathis J
T -- 2:58
A -- 10784
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