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Astros
@ Pirates
PNC Park
September 20, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Houston Astros, played on September 20, 2008 at PNC Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 20, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 20, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Brian Moehler |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jimmy Barthmaier |
| Ballpark | PNC Park |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 36,621 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 49 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Brian Gorman 1B: Scott Barry 2B: Bruce Dreckman 3B: Rob Drake |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Kazuo Matsui | Second Baseman |
| Michael Bourn | Center Fielder |
| Miguel Tejada | Shortstop |
| Lance Berkman | First Baseman |
| Geoff Blum | Third Baseman |
| Hunter Pence | Right Fielder |
| Ty Wigginton | Left Fielder |
| Humberto Quintero | Catcher |
| Brian Moehler | Pitcher |
| Cecil Cooper | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Nyjer Morgan | Left Fielder |
| Freddy Sanchez | Second Baseman |
| Nate McLouth | Center Fielder |
| Ryan Doumit | Catcher |
| Adam LaRoche | First Baseman |
| Brandon Moss | Right Fielder |
| Andy LaRoche | Third Baseman |
| Luis Cruz | Shortstop |
| Jimmy Barthmaier | Pitcher |
| John Russell | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Astros
@ Pirates
PNC Park
September 20, 2008
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Barthmaier
Matsui hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Bourn vs. Barthmaier
Bourn hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Matsui moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Tejada vs. Barthmaier
Tejada hits a line drive towards short. Cruz reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Berkman vs. Barthmaier
Berkman strikes out. There goes Bourn. The throw from Doumit to Cruz, and Bourn is out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Moehler
Morgan hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Sanchez vs. Moehler
Sanchez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Morgan moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
McLouth vs. Moehler
McLouth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Morgan scores. Sanchez moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doumit vs. Moehler
Doumit hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Pence. Doumit reaches second base with a double. Sanchez scores. McLouth goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
LaRoche vs. Moehler
LaRoche hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Quintero settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Moss vs. Moehler
Moss hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pence who is chasing the ball. Moss reaches third base with a triple. Doumit scores. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
LaRoche vs. Moehler
LaRoche hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Moss tags and scores. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Moehler
Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Wigginton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Blum vs. Barthmaier
Blum takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Pence vs. Barthmaier
Pence takes first base on ball four. Blum moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Wigginton vs. Barthmaier
Wigginton hits a fly ball into left field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Quintero vs. Barthmaier
Quintero hits a line drive into right field. Moss settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Newhan vs. Barthmaier
David Newhan pinch hits for Brian Moehler.
Newhan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Barthmaier vs. Borkowski
Dave Borkowski now pitching.
Barthmaier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Borkowski
Morgan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pence. Morgan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Sanchez vs. Borkowski
Sanchez hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
McLouth vs. Borkowski
McLouth is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Doumit vs. Borkowski
Doumit hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wigginton. Doumit reaches second base with a double. Morgan scores. McLouth moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
LaRoche vs. Borkowski
LaRoche is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Moss vs. Borkowski
Moss hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Barthmaier
Matsui hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bourn vs. Barthmaier
Bourn hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Matsui moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Tejada vs. Barthmaier
Tejada hits a line drive beyond short. Cruz can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Matsui scores. Bourn moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Berkman vs. Barthmaier
Berkman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sanchez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Bourn scores. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Blum vs. Barthmaier
Blum hits a fly ball into center field. McLouth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
LaRoche vs. Borkowski
LaRoche hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Matsui misplays the ball. That's an error on Matsui. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Borkowski
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rivas vs. Borkowski
Luis Rivas pinch hits for Jimmy Barthmaier.
Rivas strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pence vs. Davis
Jason Davis now pitching.
Pence hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Wigginton vs. Davis
Wigginton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Quintero vs. Davis
Quintero hits a line drive into left field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Wright
Wesley Wright now pitching.
Morgan strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Wright
Sanchez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
McLouth vs. Wright
McLouth hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Quintero settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Doumit vs. Wright
Doumit hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Sanchez moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
LaRoche vs. Wright
LaRoche is hit by the pitch. Sanchez moves to third. Doumit moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Moss vs. Wright
Moss hits a popup, foul, towards first. Berkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Saccomanno vs. Davis
Mark Saccomanno pinch hits for Wesley Wright.
Saccomanno hits a ball on the ground towards third. LaRoche fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on LaRoche. Saccomanno moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Matsui vs. Davis
Matsui hits a fly ball into center field. McLouth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Bourn vs. Davis
Bourn strikes out. Doumit drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Bourn out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Tejada vs. Davis
Tejada is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Berkman vs. Davis
Berkman hits a popup towards short. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
LaRoche vs. Sampson
Chris Sampson now pitching.
LaRoche hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Sampson
Cruz hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Matsui reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Sampson
Jack Wilson pinch hits for Jason Davis.
Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blum vs. Beam
T.J. Beam now pitching.
Blum hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Moss. Blum reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Pence vs. Beam
Pence hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Doumit settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Wigginton vs. Beam
Wigginton strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Quintero vs. Beam
Quintero hits a popup towards short. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Sampson
Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Sampson
Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Matsui scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
McLouth vs. Sampson
McLouth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sampson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Erstad vs. Burnett
Darin Erstad pinch hits for Chris Sampson. Sean Burnett now pitching.
Erstad strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Burnett
Matsui hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Sanchez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bourn vs. Burnett
Bourn bunts towards the mound. Burnett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Doumit vs. Byrdak
Tim Byrdak now pitching.
Doumit hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
LaRoche vs. Byrdak
LaRoche strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Moss vs. Byrdak
Moss strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Yates
Tyler Yates now pitching.
Tejada strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berkman vs. Yates
Berkman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Yates fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Blum vs. Yates
Blum takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Pence vs. Yates
Pence hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Yates fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Blum moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wigginton vs. Yates
Wigginton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blum scores. Pence moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Loretta vs. Yates
Mark Loretta pinch hits for Humberto Quintero.
Loretta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pence scores. Wigginton moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Castillo vs. Grabow
Jose Castillo pinch hits for Tim Byrdak. John Grabow now pitching. Edwin Maysonet pinch runs for Mark Loretta.
Castillo hits a fly ball into right field. Moss settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 4 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
LaRoche vs. Brocail
Brad Ausmus now catching. Doug Brocail now pitching.
LaRoche hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Brocail
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Mientkiewicz vs. Brocail
Doug Mientkiewicz pinch hits for John Grabow.
Mientkiewicz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman scoops it up and throws to first, with Brocail covering, for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 4 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Capps
Matt Capps now pitching.
Matsui hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bourn vs. Capps
Bourn hits a popup, foul, towards third. LaRoche settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Tejada vs. Capps
Tejada hits a fly ball into right field. Moss settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Berkman vs. Capps
Berkman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Matsui moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Blum vs. Capps
Blum hits a fly ball into left field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/20/2008 -- Houston at Pittsburgh (N)
Houston AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Matsui K, 2b 5 1 3 0 Morgan N, lf 4 2 2 0
Bourn M, cf 5 1 2 0 Sanchez F, 2b 3 1 1 0
Tejada M, ss 4 0 1 1 McLouth N, cf 3 1 1 1
Berkman L, 1b 5 0 1 0 Doumit R, c 4 1 3 3
Blum G, 3b 3 1 1 0 LaRoche A, 1b 2 0 0 0
Pence H, rf 3 1 1 0 Moss B, rf 4 1 1 1
Wigginton T, lf 4 0 1 1 LaRoche A, 3b 3 0 0 1
Quintero H, c 3 0 0 0 Cruz L, ss 4 0 0 0
Loretta M, ph 1 0 1 1 Barthmaier J, p 1 0 0 0
Maysonet E, pr 0 0 0 0 Rivas L, ph 1 0 0 0
Ausmus B, c 0 0 0 0 Davis J, p 0 0 0 0
Moehler B, p 0 0 0 0 Wilson J, ph 1 0 0 0
Newhan D, ph 1 0 0 0 Beam T, p 0 0 0 0
Borkowski D, p 0 0 0 0 Burnett S, p 0 0 0 0
Wright W, p 0 0 0 0 Yates T, p 0 0 0 0
Saccomanno M, ph 1 0 0 0 Grabow J, p 0 0 0 0
Sampson C, p 0 0 0 0 Mientkiewicz D, ph 1 0 0 0
Erstad D, ph 1 0 0 0 Capps M, p 0 0 0 0
Byrdak T, p 0 0 0 0
Castillo J, ph 1 0 0 0
Brocail D, p 0 0 0 0
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37 4 11 3 31 6 8 6
Houston 002 000 020 -- 4
Pittsburgh 510 000 00x -- 6
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler B (L) 1.0 5 5 5 0 0
Borkowski D 2.0 2 1 1 2 1
Wright W 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Sampson C 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Byrdak T 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Brocail D 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Barthmaier J 3.0 5 2 2 2 2
Davis J (W) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Beam T 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Burnett S 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Yates T 0.2 3 2 2 1 1
Grabow J 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Capps M (S) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
E -- Matsui K, LaRoche A
DP -- Houston 1, Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- Houston 10, Pittsburgh 6
2B -- Doumit R 2, Morgan N, Blum G
3B -- Moss B
CS -- Bourn M
SF -- LaRoche A
HBP -- by Wright W (LaRoche A), by Davis J (Tejada M)
T -- 2:49
A -- 36621
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