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Astros
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
May 17, 1991
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros, played on May 17, 1991 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 17, 1991 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 17, 1991 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Deshaies |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jose DeLeon |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 40,231 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 54 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Hohn 1B: Ed Rapuano 2B: Terry Tata 3B: Steve Rippley |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Steve Finley | Center Fielder |
| Craig Biggio | Catcher |
| Luis Gonzalez | Left Fielder |
| Ken Caminiti | Third Baseman |
| Jeff Bagwell | First Baseman |
| Tuffy Rhodes | Right Fielder |
| Casey Candaele | Second Baseman |
| Eric Yelding | Shortstop |
| Jim Deshaies | Pitcher |
| Art Howe | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Geronimo Pena | Second Baseman |
| Ozzie Smith | Shortstop |
| Bernard Gilkey | Left Fielder |
| Pedro Guerrero | First Baseman |
| Felix Jose | Right Fielder |
| Todd Zeile | Third Baseman |
| Rex Hudler | Center Fielder |
| Tom Pagnozzi | Catcher |
| Jose DeLeon | Pitcher |
| Joe Torre | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Astros
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
May 17, 1991
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Finley vs. DeLeon
Finley hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. DeLeon
Biggio strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. DeLeon
Gonzalez strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Caminiti vs. DeLeon
Caminiti takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Bagwell vs. DeLeon
Bagwell takes first base on ball four. Caminiti moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Rhodes vs. DeLeon
Rhodes hits a fly ball into center field. Hudler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Deshaies
Pena takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Deshaies
There goes Pena. The throw from Biggio and he is safe. Pena steals second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Deshaies
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Gilkey vs. Deshaies
There goes Pena. The throw from Biggio and he is safe. Pena steals third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Gilkey vs. Deshaies
Gilkey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Guerrero vs. Deshaies
There goes Gilkey. The throw from Biggio and he is safe. Gilkey steals second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Guerrero vs. Deshaies
Guerrero hits a line drive for a single. Pena scores. Gilkey moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Jose vs. Deshaies
Jose hits a popup beyond first. Bagwell can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Gilkey scores. Guerrero moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Zeile vs. Deshaies
Zeile strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Hudler vs. Deshaies
Hudler hits a fly ball into center field. Finley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Candaele vs. DeLeon
Candaele hits a fly ball into center field. Hudler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Yelding vs. DeLeon
Yelding hits a popup beyond short. Smith can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Deshaies vs. DeLeon
Deshaies bunts towards the mound. DeLeon fields it and throws to first for the out. Yelding moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Finley vs. DeLeon
Finley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Pagnozzi vs. Deshaies
Pagnozzi hits a line drive into center field. Finley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
DeLeon vs. Deshaies
DeLeon strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Deshaies
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Candaele scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. DeLeon
Biggio hits a line drive for a single. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. DeLeon
Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Caminiti vs. DeLeon
Caminiti hits a line drive for a single. Biggio moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Bagwell vs. DeLeon
Bagwell hits a line drive for a single. Biggio scores. Caminiti moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Rhodes vs. DeLeon
Rhodes hits a fly ball into center field. Hudler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Candaele vs. DeLeon
Candaele hits a popup, foul, towards third. Zeile settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Deshaies
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Gilkey vs. Deshaies
Gilkey hits a popup into right field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Deshaies
Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Yelding scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Yelding vs. DeLeon
Yelding hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zeile fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Deshaies vs. DeLeon
Deshaies hits a line drive beyond short. Smith can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Finley vs. DeLeon
Finley hits a popup into right field. Jose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Biggio vs. DeLeon
Biggio strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jose vs. Deshaies
Jose strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zeile vs. Deshaies
Zeile hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Zeile reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Hudler vs. Deshaies
Hudler hits a line drive into left center field for a base hit. Finley throws the ball in to Candaele who tags Hudler trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Zeile scores. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pagnozzi vs. Deshaies
Pagnozzi hits a popup into right field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. DeLeon
Gonzalez hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Caminiti vs. DeLeon
Caminiti takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bagwell vs. DeLeon
Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. DeLeon
Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Guerrero scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rhodes for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeLeon vs. Deshaies
DeLeon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Deshaies
Pena strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Deshaies
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Candaele vs. DeLeon
Candaele hits a popup, foul, towards first. Guerrero settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Yelding vs. DeLeon
Yelding hits a popup towards short. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Deshaies vs. DeLeon
Deshaies hits a fly ball into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gilkey vs. Deshaies
Gilkey hits a fly ball into center field. Finley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Deshaies
Guerrero hits a fly ball into center field. Finley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Jose vs. Deshaies
Jose takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Zeile vs. Deshaies
There goes Jose. The throw from Biggio and he is safe. Jose steals second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Zeile vs. Deshaies
Zeile takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Hudler vs. Deshaies
Hudler hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Jose scores. Zeile moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pagnozzi vs. Deshaies
Pagnozzi hits a line drive towards the mound. Deshaies reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Finley vs. Agosto
Juan Agosto now pitching. Ray Lankford now playing center field.
Finley hits a fly ball into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Agosto
Biggio hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Agosto
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lankford vs. Deshaies
Lankford hits a popup towards short. Yelding settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Deshaies
Pena hits a fly ball into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Deshaies
Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Candaele settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caminiti vs. Agosto
Caminiti hits a fly ball into right field. Jose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bagwell vs. Agosto
Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zeile fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Davidson vs. Agosto
Mark Davidson pinch hits for Tuffy Rhodes.
Davidson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Candaele vs. Smith
Lee Smith now pitching. Jose Oquendo now playing second base. Gerald Young pinch runs for Mark Davidson.
There goes Young. The throw from Pagnozzi and he is safe. Young steals second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Candaele vs. Smith
Candaele hits a line drive beyond second. Oquendo can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Young scores. Candaele moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Yelding vs. Smith
Yelding hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Candaele scores. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oberkfell vs. Smith
Ken Oberkfell pinch hits for Jim Deshaies.
There goes Yelding. The throw from Pagnozzi and he is safe. Yelding steals second. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Oberkfell vs. Smith
Oberkfell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gilkey vs. Corsi
Jim Corsi now pitching. Steve Finley now playing right field. Gerald Young now playing center field.
Gilkey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Guerrero vs. Corsi
Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jose vs. Corsi
Jose hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Finley. Jose reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Zeile vs. Corsi
Zeile hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jose moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Perry vs. Osuna
Gerald Perry pinch hits for Jose Oquendo. Al Osuna now pitching.
Perry strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Finley vs. Sherrill
Tim Sherrill now pitching. Tim Jones now playing second base.
Finley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first, with Sherrill covering, for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Sherrill
Biggio strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Sherrill
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pagnozzi vs. Osuna
Pagnozzi takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lankford vs. Osuna
Lankford bunts towards the mound. Osuna fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Osuna
Craig Wilson pinch hits for Tim Sherrill.
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Yelding fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/17/1991 -- Houston at St.Louis (N)
Houston AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Finley S, cf-rf 5 1 1 1 Pena G, 2b 3 1 0 0
Biggio C, c 5 1 2 0 Smith L, p 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez L, lf 5 1 1 1 Sherrill T, p 0 0 0 0
Caminiti K, 3b 2 0 1 0 Wilson C, ph 1 0 0 0
Bagwell J, 1b 3 0 1 1 Smith O, ss 4 0 0 0
Rhodes T, rf 3 0 0 0 Gilkey B, lf 2 1 0 0
Davidson M, ph 0 0 0 0 Guerrero P, 1b 4 0 1 1
Young G, pr-cf 0 1 0 0 Jose F, rf 3 1 2 1
Candaele C, 2b 4 1 1 1 Zeile T, 3b 3 1 2 0
Yelding E, ss 4 0 2 1 Hudler R, cf 3 0 2 2
Deshaies J, p 2 0 1 0 Agosto J, p 0 0 0 0
Oberkfell K, ph 1 0 0 0 Oquendo J, 2b 0 0 0 0
Corsi J, p 0 0 0 0 Perry G, ph 1 0 0 0
Osuna A, p 0 0 0 0 Jones T, 2b 0 0 0 0
Pagnozzi T, c 3 0 0 0
DeLeon J, p 2 0 0 0
Lankford R, cf 2 0 0 0
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34 5 10 5 31 4 7 4
Houston 101 010 020 -- 5
St.Louis 200 101 000 -- 4
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies J (W) 7.0 5 4 4 4 5
Corsi J 0.2 2 0 0 1 0
Osuna A (S) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon J 6.0 7 3 3 3 3
Agosto J 1.2 1 1 1 1 0
Smith L (L) 0.1 2 1 1 0 1
Sherrill T 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
DP -- Houston 2, St.Louis 2
LOB -- Houston 7, St.Louis 6
2B -- Zeile T, Jose F
HR -- Finley S, Gonzalez L
SB -- Pena G 2, Gilkey B, Jose F, Young G, Yelding E
SH -- Deshaies J
T -- 2:54
A -- 40231
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