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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
April 25, 1952
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on April 25, 1952 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 25, 1952 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 25, 1952 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gerry Staley |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Muir |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 1,945 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lon Warneke 1B: Babe Pinelli 2B: (none) 3B: Dusty Boggess |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Solly Hemus | Shortstop |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
| Wally Westlake | Center Fielder |
| Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
| Steve Bilko | First Baseman |
| Billy Johnson | Third Baseman |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Gerry Staley | Pitcher |
| Eddie Stanky | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick Smith | Third Baseman |
| Ted Beard | Right Fielder |
| George Metkovich | First Baseman |
| Ralph Kiner | Left Fielder |
| Bill Howerton | Center Fielder |
| Joe Garagiola | Catcher |
| Jack Merson | Second Baseman |
| Clem Koshorek | Shortstop |
| Joe Muir | Pitcher |
| Billy Meyer | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
April 25, 1952
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Muir
Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koshorek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Muir
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koshorek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Muir
Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Howerton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Staley
Smith is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beard vs. Staley
Beard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Beard for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Staley
Metkovich takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kiner vs. Staley
Staley fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Staley. Metkovich moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kiner vs. Staley
Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Muir
Westlake hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Muir
There goes Westlake. The throw from Garagiola and he is out, Koshorek applying the tag. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Muir
Slaughter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bilko vs. Muir
Bilko is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Muir
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howerton vs. Staley
Howerton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops it up and throws to first, with Staley covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garagiola vs. Staley
Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops it up and throws to first, with Staley covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merson vs. Staley
Merson hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Muir
Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Howerton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staley vs. Muir
Staley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Muir
Hemus hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Muir scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hemus for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koshorek vs. Staley
Koshorek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Muir vs. Staley
Muir hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Staley
Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Smith reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Beard vs. Staley
Beard hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Muir
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Muir
Musial bunts towards the mound. Muir fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westlake vs. Muir
Westlake hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Beard. Westlake reaches second base with a double. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Slaughter vs. Muir
Slaughter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial scores. Westlake scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bilko vs. Muir
Bilko hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Beard. Bilko reaches second base with a double. Slaughter goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Muir
Johnson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Metkovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rice vs. Muir
Rice is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Staley vs. Muir
Staley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Staley
Metkovich hits a fly ball into center field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Staley
Kiner strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howerton vs. Staley
Howerton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Staley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Muir
Hemus hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Muir
Schoendienst strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Muir
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koshorek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westlake vs. Muir
Westlake hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Slaughter vs. Muir
Slaughter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial scores. Westlake moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bilko vs. Muir
Bilko hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Bilko reaches second base with a double. Westlake scores. Slaughter goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Werle
Bill Werle now pitching.
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Howerton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garagiola vs. Staley
Garagiola hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merson vs. Staley
Merson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Koshorek vs. Staley
Koshorek bunts towards the mound. Staley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Merson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mangan vs. Staley
Jim Mangan pinch hits for Bill Werle.
Mangan is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Staley
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Kline
Ron Kline now pitching.
Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Staley vs. Kline
Staley hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Garagiola settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemus vs. Kline
Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beard vs. Staley
Beard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko fields the ball and throws to Staley covering. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metkovich vs. Staley
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops it up and throws to first, with Staley covering, for the out. Beard moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kiner vs. Staley
Kiner is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Howerton vs. Staley
Howerton hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garagiola vs. Staley
Garagiola hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Beard scores. Kiner moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Merson vs. Staley
Merson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Kline
Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Kline
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Kline
Westlake hits a popup, foul, towards first. Metkovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koshorek vs. Staley
Koshorek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Staley
Bobby Del Greco pinch hits for Ron Kline.
Del Greco hits a popup towards short. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Staley
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Wolfe
Ed Wolfe now pitching.
Slaughter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bilko vs. Wolfe
Bilko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Slaughter moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Johnson vs. Wolfe
Johnson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rice vs. Wolfe
Rice takes first base on ball four. Bilko moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Staley vs. Wolfe
Staley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beard vs. Staley
Beard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metkovich vs. Staley
Metkovich takes first base on ball four. Beard moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kiner vs. Staley
Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out. Beard moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Howerton vs. Staley
Howerton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Beard scores. Kiner moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garagiola vs. Brazle
Al Brazle now pitching.
Garagiola hits a line drive into right field. Slaughter catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Slaughter. Kiner scores. Howerton moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Merson vs. Brazle
Merson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Merson reaches second base with a double. Howerton scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dusak vs. Brazle
Erv Dusak pinch hits for Clem Koshorek.
Dusak hits a popup towards short. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Wilks
George Strickland now playing shortstop. Ted Wilks now pitching.
Hemus hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Garagiola settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Wilks
Schoendienst hits a popup towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Wilks
Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westlake vs. Wilks
Westlake takes first base on ball four. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Slaughter vs. Wilks
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilks fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Brazle
Strickland hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bilko settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Brazle
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Brazle
Lee Walls pinch hits for Ted Beard.
Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/25/1952 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Hemus S, ss 5 0 0 0 Smith D, 3b 5 0 1 0
Schoendienst R, 2b 4 0 0 0 Beard T, rf 4 2 2 0
Musial S, lf 5 2 3 0 Walls L, ph 1 0 0 0
Westlake W, cf 4 2 3 0 Metkovich G, 1b 2 0 0 0
Slaughter E, rf 3 2 2 3 Kiner R, lf 3 1 0 0
Bilko S, 1b 4 0 3 3 Howerton B, cf 4 1 1 1
Johnson B, 3b 4 0 0 0 Garagiola J, c 4 0 2 1
Rice D, c 2 0 1 0 Merson J, 2b 4 0 1 1
Staley G, p 4 0 0 0 Koshorek C, ss 3 0 1 0
Brazle A, p 0 0 0 0 Dusak E, ph 1 0 0 0
Wilks T, p 0 0 0 0
Muir J, p 1 0 0 0
Werle B, p 0 0 0 0
Mangan J, ph 1 0 0 0
Kline R, p 0 0 0 0
Del Greco B, ph 1 0 0 0
Wolfe E, p 0 0 0 0
Strickland G, ss 1 0 0 0
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35 6 12 6 35 4 8 3
St.Louis 000 330 000 -- 6
Pittsburgh 000 001 030 -- 4
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Staley G (W) 7.1 7 4 3 2 3
Brazle A (S) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Muir J (L) 4.2 9 6 6 2 2
Werle B 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Kline R 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Wolfe E 1.0 1 0 0 2 1
Wilks T 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
E -- Staley G, Slaughter E
DP -- Pittsburgh 3
LOB -- St.Louis 8, Pittsburgh 7
2B -- Smith D, Westlake W, Bilko S 2, Merson J
CS -- Westlake W
HBP -- by Staley G (Kiner R)
T -- 2:20
A -- 1945
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