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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
July 31, 1917
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants, played on July 31, 1917 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | July 31, 1917 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 31, 1917 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ferdie Schupp |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Burleigh Grimes |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 3,500 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 4 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Klem 1B: Bob Emslie 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Burns | Left Fielder |
| Buck Herzog | Second Baseman |
| Benny Kauff | Center Fielder |
| Heinie Zimmerman | Third Baseman |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Joe Wilhoit | Right Fielder |
| Walter Holke | First Baseman |
| Bill Rariden | Catcher |
| Ferdie Schupp | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carson Bigbee | Left Fielder |
| Max Carey | Center Fielder |
| Lee King | Right Fielder |
| Tony Boeckel | Third Baseman |
| Honus Wagner | First Baseman |
| Chuck Ward | Second Baseman |
| Adam DeBus | Shortstop |
| Walter Schmidt | Catcher |
| Burleigh Grimes | Pitcher |
| Hugo Bezdek | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
July 31, 1917
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Grimes
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeBus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herzog vs. Grimes
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Ward fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kauff vs. Grimes
Kauff hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeBus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Herzog moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Zimmerman vs. Grimes
Zimmerman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bigbee. Zimmerman reaches second base with a double. Herzog scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fletcher vs. Grimes
Fletcher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carey throws the ball in to DeBus who tags Fletcher trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Zimmerman scores. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Schupp
Bigbee is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carey vs. Schupp
Carey hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Bigbee moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
King vs. Schupp
There goes Carey. The throw from Rariden and he is safe. Carey steals second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
King vs. Schupp
King hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herzog scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bigbee scores. Carey moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boeckel vs. Schupp
Boeckel hits a fly ball into right field. Wilhoit settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wagner vs. Schupp
Wagner hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilhoit vs. Grimes
Wilhoit takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Holke vs. Grimes
Holke hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rariden vs. Grimes
Grimes has Wilhoit trapped. He fires to second, with DeBus covering, who tags Wilhoit for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rariden vs. Grimes
Rariden hits a popup, foul, towards first. Wagner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Schupp
Ward hits a popup towards third. Zimmerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeBus vs. Schupp
DeBus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Schupp
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schupp vs. Grimes
Schupp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Grimes
Burns strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Grimes
Herzog hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kauff vs. Grimes
Kauff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grimes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Schupp
Grimes hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Grimes reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bigbee vs. Schupp
Bigbee bunts towards third. Zimmerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Grimes moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Carey vs. Schupp
Carey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grimes scores. Bigbee moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
King vs. Schupp
King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and tags Bigbee, for the out. Carey moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boeckel vs. Schupp
Schupp fires to first and picks off King. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boeckel vs. Schupp
Boeckel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Grimes
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boeckel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Grimes
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeBus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilhoit vs. Grimes
Wilhoit hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Carey who is chasing the ball. Wilhoit reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Holke vs. Grimes
Holke bunts in front of the plate. Schmidt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wilhoit scores. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rariden vs. Grimes
Holke is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Holke moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rariden vs. Grimes
Rariden takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schupp vs. Grimes
Schupp hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boeckel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Schupp
Wagner strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Schupp
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeBus vs. Schupp
DeBus hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Grimes
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grimes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Grimes
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Grimes
Kauff hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Carey. Kauff reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Zimmerman vs. Grimes
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boeckel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Schupp
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Schupp
Grimes strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Schupp
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schupp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Grimes
Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilhoit vs. Grimes
Wilhoit hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Holke vs. Grimes
Holke hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wagner picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Wagner. Fletcher scores. Wilhoit moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rariden vs. Grimes
Rariden hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grimes fields it and throws to first for the out. Holke moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Schupp vs. Grimes
Schupp hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilhoit scores. Holke moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Burns vs. Grimes
Burns hits a line drive towards the mound. Grimes catches it and throws to first to double up Schupp. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Schupp
Carey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
King vs. Schupp
King hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boeckel vs. Schupp
Boeckel strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Schupp
Wagner hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Grimes
Wilbur Cooper now playing right field. Jake Pitler now playing left field.
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grimes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Grimes
Kauff hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lobert vs. Grimes
Hans Lobert pinch hits for Heinie Zimmerman.
Lobert strikes out. There goes Kauff. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fletcher vs. Grimes
Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Pitler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Schupp
Hans Lobert now playing third base.
Ward hits a line drive towards first. Holke reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeBus vs. Schupp
DeBus hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Schupp
Schmidt is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilhoit vs. Grimes
Wilhoit takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Holke vs. Grimes
Holke hits a popup, foul, towards first. Wagner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rariden vs. Grimes
Rariden hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wilhoit moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schupp vs. Grimes
Grimes spins and fires to second, with DeBus covering, and Wilhoit is picked off. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Schupp
Grimes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herzog scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pitler vs. Schupp
Pitler hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Schupp
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lobert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schupp vs. Grimes
Schupp hits a fly ball towards right. Cooper settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Cooper. Schupp moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burns vs. Grimes
Burns hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schupp scores. Burns moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Herzog vs. Grimes
Herzog hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kauff vs. Grimes
Grimes spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Grimes. Burns scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Grimes
Kauff hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lobert vs. Grimes
Lobert takes first base on ball four. Kauff moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fletcher vs. Grimes
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground for an out. Kauff scores. Fletcher moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wilhoit vs. Grimes
Wilhoit hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fletcher scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Holke vs. Evans
Bill Evans now pitching.
Holke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wilhoit moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rariden vs. Evans
There goes Holke. The throw from Schmidt and he is safe. Holke steals second. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rariden vs. Evans
Rariden hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Schupp
Red Murray now playing left field.
Cooper hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kauff who is chasing the ball. Cooper reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boeckel vs. Schupp
Boeckel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herzog scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wagner vs. Schupp
Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herzog scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cooper scores. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Schupp
Ward hits a popup towards third. Lobert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 7/31/1917, game 2 -- New York at PIT (D)
New York AB R H RBI PIT AB R H RBI
Burns G, lf 5 1 2 1 Carson Bigbee, lf 2 1 1 0
Murray R, lf 0 0 0 0 Jake Pitler, lf 1 0 0 0
Herzog B, 2b 5 1 1 0 Max Carey, cf 3 0 2 1
Kauff B, cf 5 1 3 0 Lee King, rf 3 0 0 1
Zimmerman H, 3b 3 1 1 1 Wilbur Cooper, rf 1 1 1 0
Lobert H, ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Tony Boeckel, 3b 4 0 0 0
Fletcher A, ss 5 2 2 1 Honus Wagner, 1b 4 0 0 1
Wilhoit J, rf 3 2 3 1 Chuck Ward, 2b 4 0 0 0
Holke W, 1b 5 0 3 1 Adam Debus, ss 3 0 0 0
Rariden B, c 4 0 0 0 Walter Schmidt, c 3 0 0 0
Schupp F, p 4 1 1 1 Burleigh Grimes, p 3 1 1 0
Bill Evans, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 9 16 6 31 3 5 3
New York 200 102 004 -- 9
PIT 101 000 001 -- 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Schupp F (W) 9.0 5 3 3 1 4
PIT IP H R ER BB SO
Burleigh Grimes (L) 8.2 15 9 5 4 2
Bill Evans 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Adam Debus, Honus Wagner 2, Wilbur Cooper, Burleigh Grimes
DP -- PIT 1
LOB -- New York 8, PIT 3
2B -- Zimmerman H, Burleigh Grimes, Kauff B
3B -- Wilhoit J, Wilbur Cooper
SB -- Max Carey, Kauff B, Holke W
HBP -- by Schupp F (Carson Bigbee)
T -- 2:04
A -- 3500
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