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Giants
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
May 15, 1976
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants, played on May 15, 1976 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 15, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 15, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Caldwell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | John Denny |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 17,237 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Paul Pryor 1B: John McSherry 2B: Art Williams 3B: Jerry Crawford |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Von Joshua | Center Fielder |
| Derrel Thomas | Second Baseman |
| Bobby Murcer | Right Fielder |
| Gary Matthews | Left Fielder |
| Willie Montanez | First Baseman |
| Chris Speier | Shortstop |
| Ken Reitz | Third Baseman |
| Dave Rader | Catcher |
| Mike Caldwell | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mike Tyson | Second Baseman |
| Vic Harris | Center Fielder |
| Reggie Smith | First Baseman |
| Ted Simmons | Catcher |
| Mike Anderson | Left Fielder |
| Willie Crawford | Right Fielder |
| Hector Cruz | Third Baseman |
| Don Kessinger | Shortstop |
| John Denny | Pitcher |
| Red Schoendienst | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
May 15, 1976
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joshua vs. Denny
Joshua hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Denny
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Denny
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Denny
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Smith scoops it up and throws to first, with Denny covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. Caldwell
Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Caldwell
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Caldwell
Smith strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Denny
Montanez strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Denny
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reitz vs. Denny
Reitz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Speier moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rader vs. Denny
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards first. Smith fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Denny covering. It's a double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Caldwell
Simmons takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Anderson vs. Caldwell
Anderson hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crawford vs. Caldwell
Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caldwell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Caldwell
Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Crawford moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kessinger vs. Caldwell
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caldwell vs. Denny
Caldwell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Denny fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joshua vs. Denny
Joshua hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Denny
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Denny vs. Caldwell
Denny hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Matthews. Denny reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tyson vs. Caldwell
Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Caldwell
There goes Tyson. The throw from Rader and he is out, Thomas applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Caldwell
Harris strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Denny
Murcer hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Denny
Matthews hits a fly ball into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Denny
Montanez hits a fly ball into center field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Caldwell
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Caldwell
Simmons hits a line drive into center field. Joshua settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Caldwell
Anderson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Denny
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Denny
Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz juggles the ball. That's an error on Cruz. Reitz moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rader vs. Denny
Rader hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reitz moves to third. Rader moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Caldwell vs. Denny
Simmons fires to third and picks off Reitz. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Caldwell vs. Denny
Caldwell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Caldwell
Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops it up and throws to first, with Caldwell covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Caldwell
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Caldwell
Kessinger hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joshua vs. Denny
Joshua hits a fly ball into center field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Denny
Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Denny
Murcer hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Denny vs. Caldwell
Denny hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. Caldwell
Tyson hits a fly ball into center field. Joshua settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Caldwell
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Denny
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Denny
Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Denny
Speier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reitz vs. Denny
Reitz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Speier moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rader vs. Denny
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Caldwell
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Caldwell
Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Caldwell
Anderson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Denny
Steve Ontiveros pinch hits for Mike Caldwell.
Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joshua vs. Denny
Joshua hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Denny
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Denny
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Lavelle
Gary Lavelle now pitching.
Crawford hits a popup, foul, towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Lavelle
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Lavelle
Kessinger hits a popup, foul, towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Denny
Matthews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Montanez vs. Denny
Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Denny
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reitz vs. Denny
Reitz hits a fly ball into center field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melendez vs. Lavelle
Luis Melendez pinch hits for John Denny.
Melendez hits a fly ball into center field. Joshua settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. Lavelle
Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Lavelle
Harris strikes out. View Play
Top 10
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Hrabosky
Al Hrabosky now pitching. Larry Herndon pinch hits for Dave Rader.
Herndon strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lavelle vs. Hrabosky
Lavelle is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joshua vs. Hrabosky
Joshua is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 10
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Lavelle
Mike Sadek now catching. Larry Herndon now playing center field.
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Lavelle
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Lavelle
Anderson hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 11
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Hrabosky
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Hrabosky
Murcer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Hrabosky
Matthews hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Crawford. Matthews reaches second base with a double. Murcer moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Montanez vs. Hrabosky
There's a wild pitch. Murcer scores. Matthews scores. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Hrabosky
Montanez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Crawford. Montanez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Speier vs. Rasmussen
Eric Rasmussen now pitching.
Speier hits a fly ball into center field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Montanez moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Reitz vs. Rasmussen
Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 11
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Lavelle
Crawford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Lavelle
Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kessinger vs. Lavelle
Kessinger takes first base on ball four. Crawford moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brock vs. Lavelle
Lee Richard pinch runs for Don Kessinger. Lou Brock pinch hits for Eric Rasmussen.
Brock strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tyson vs. Lavelle
Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thomas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/15/1976 -- San Francisco at St.Louis (N)
San Francisco AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Joshua V, cf 5 0 1 0 Tyson M, 2b 5 0 0 0
Sadek M, c 0 0 0 0 Harris V, cf 4 0 0 0
Thomas D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Smith R, 1b 4 0 1 0
Murcer B, rf 5 1 1 0 Simmons T, c 3 0 0 0
Matthews G, lf 5 1 2 0 Anderson M, lf 4 0 0 0
Montanez W, 1b 5 0 1 0 Crawford W, rf 4 0 1 0
Speier C, ss 3 0 1 0 Cruz H, 3b 4 0 1 0
Reitz K, 3b 5 0 2 0 Kessinger D, ss 3 0 0 0
Rader D, c 3 0 1 0 Richard L, pr 0 0 0 0
Herndon L, ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Denny J, p 2 0 1 0
Caldwell M, p 2 0 0 0 Melendez L, ph 1 0 0 0
Ontiveros S, ph 1 0 0 0 Hrabosky A, p 0 0 0 0
Lavelle G, p 1 0 0 0 Rasmussen E, p 0 0 0 0
Brock L, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 2 9 0 35 0 4 0
San Francisco 000 000 000 02 -- 2
St.Louis 000 000 000 00 -- 0
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Caldwell M 7.0 2 0 0 1 2
Lavelle G (W) 4.0 2 0 0 1 2
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Denny J 9.0 6 0 0 3 2
Hrabosky A (L) 1.1 3 2 2 0 3
Rasmussen E 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Cruz H
DP -- San Francisco 1, St.Louis 2
LOB -- San Francisco 8, St.Louis 4
2B -- Denny J, Matthews G, Montanez W
CS -- Tyson M
WP -- Hrabosky A
T -- 2:31
A -- 17237
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