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Red Sox
@ Rays
Tropicana Field
September 2, 2009
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox, played on September 2, 2009 at Tropicana Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 2, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Tampa Bay Rays
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 2, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Tampa Bay Rays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Josh Beckett |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Matt Garza |
| Ballpark | Tropicana Field |
| City | St. Petersburg |
| State | FL |
| Attendance | 19,148 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 34 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Joe West 1B: Ed Rapuano 2B: Paul Schrieber 3B: Paul Nauert |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jacoby Ellsbury | Center Fielder |
| Dustin Pedroia | Second Baseman |
| Victor Martinez | First Baseman |
| Kevin Youkilis | Third Baseman |
| David Ortiz | DH |
| Jason Bay | Left Fielder |
| J.D. Drew | Right Fielder |
| Jason Varitek | Catcher |
| Alex Gonzalez | Shortstop |
| Terry Francona | Manager |
Tampa Bay Rays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jason Bartlett | Shortstop |
| Carl Crawford | Left Fielder |
| Ben Zobrist | Right Fielder |
| Carlos Pena | First Baseman |
| Pat Burrell | DH |
| Evan Longoria | Third Baseman |
| Gregg Zaun | Catcher |
| Akinori Iwamura | Second Baseman |
| Melvin Upton | Center Fielder |
| Joe Maddon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Rays
Tropicana Field
September 2, 2009
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ellsbury vs. Garza
Ellsbury strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pedroia vs. Garza
Pedroia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iwamura scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Garza
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iwamura scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Beckett
Bartlett strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Beckett
Crawford hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Zobrist vs. Beckett
Zobrist strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Beckett
Pena strikes out. Varitek drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Pena out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Youkilis vs. Garza
Youkilis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Upton. Youkilis reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Ortiz vs. Garza
Ortiz hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Bay vs. Garza
Bay hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Upton who is chasing the ball. Bay reaches third base with a triple. Youkilis scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Drew vs. Garza
Drew hits a popup towards third. Longoria settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Varitek vs. Garza
Varitek strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Burrell vs. Beckett
Burrell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Beckett
Longoria hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zaun vs. Beckett
Zaun hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Longoria moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Iwamura vs. Beckett
Iwamura hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Longoria scores. Zaun moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Upton vs. Beckett
Upton bunts towards first. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Zaun scores. Iwamura moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bartlett vs. Beckett
Bartlett hits a fly ball into right field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Crawford vs. Beckett
Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Youkilis fields it and throws to first for the out. Iwamura moves to third. Upton moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Zobrist vs. Beckett
Zobrist hits a fly ball into left field. Bay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Garza
Gonzalez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Zaun settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellsbury vs. Garza
Ellsbury hits a popup, foul, towards third. Longoria settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pedroia vs. Garza
Pedroia hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Beckett
Pena strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Burrell vs. Beckett
Burrell strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Beckett
Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards third. Youkilis juggles the ball. That's an error on Youkilis. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Zaun vs. Beckett
Zaun hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Drew. Zaun reaches second base with a double. Longoria goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Iwamura vs. Beckett
Iwamura strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Garza
Martinez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Youkilis vs. Garza
Youkilis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Crawford. Youkilis reaches second base with a double. Martinez moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Ortiz vs. Garza
Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pena scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ortiz for the out. Martinez scores. Youkilis moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bay vs. Garza
Bay hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Zaun settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Drew vs. Garza
Drew hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Youkilis scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Varitek vs. Garza
Varitek takes first base on ball four. Drew moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gonzalez vs. Garza
Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Beckett
Upton hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Beckett
Bartlett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Crawford vs. Beckett
Crawford hits a fly ball into right field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zobrist vs. Beckett
Zobrist hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zobrist for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Ellsbury vs. Garza
Ellsbury is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Pedroia vs. Garza
Pedroia hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Garza
There goes Ellsbury. The throw from Zaun and he is safe. Ellsbury steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Martinez vs. Garza
Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Youkilis vs. Garza
Youkilis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ortiz vs. Garza
Ortiz hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Beckett
Pena strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Burrell vs. Beckett
Burrell strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Beckett
Longoria hits a fly ball into right field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bay vs. Garza
Bay strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Drew vs. Garza
Drew hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Varitek vs. Garza
Varitek hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Zaun vs. Beckett
Zaun strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Iwamura vs. Beckett
Iwamura hits a fly ball into center field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Beckett
Upton hits a line drive into center field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Garza
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Upton. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Ellsbury vs. Garza
Ellsbury hits a line drive into right field. Zobrist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Pedroia vs. Garza
Pedroia hits a fly ball into right field. Zobrist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gonzalez moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Martinez vs. Garza
Martinez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Gonzalez scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Youkilis vs. Bradford
Chad Bradford now pitching.
Youkilis hits a fly ball into right field. Zobrist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Ramirez
Ramon Ramirez now pitching.
Bartlett hits a popup, foul, towards first. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Ramirez
Crawford strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Zobrist vs. Ramirez
Zobrist hits a popup, foul, towards third. Youkilis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Choate
Randy Choate now pitching.
Ortiz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Bay vs. Springer
Joey Gathright pinch runs for David Ortiz. Russ Springer now pitching.
Bay strikes out. There goes Gathright. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Drew vs. Balfour
Grant Balfour now pitching.
Drew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Kotchman vs. Balfour
Casey Kotchman pinch hits for Jason Varitek.
Kotchman takes first base on ball four. Gathright moves to third. Drew moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Gonzalez vs. Howell
J.P. Howell now pitching. Nick Green pinch runs for Casey Kotchman.
There's a wild pitch. Gathright scores. Drew moves to third. Green moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Gonzalez vs. Howell
Gonzalez strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Ellsbury vs. Howell
Ellsbury strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 5 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Ramirez
George Kottaras now catching.
Pena hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ellsbury. Pena reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Burrell vs. Ramirez
Burrell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pena scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Rays, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Longoria vs. Delcarmen
Manny Delcarmen now pitching. Fernando Perez pinch runs for Pat Burrell.
Longoria hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Zaun vs. Delcarmen
Zaun hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Ellsbury. Zaun reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Iwamura vs. Delcarmen
Iwamura strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Upton vs. Saito
Takashi Saito now pitching.
Upton hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Bay. Upton reaches second base with a double. There goes Zaun trying to get to home. Bay throws the ball in to Gonzalez who relays the ball to Kottaras who tags Zaun who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Bartlett vs. Saito
There goes Upton. The throw from Kottaras and he is out, Youkilis applying the tag. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 5 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Pedroia vs. Howell
Ben Zobrist now playing second base. Gabe Gross now playing right field.
Pedroia hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Howell
Martinez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Youkilis vs. Wheeler
Dan Wheeler now pitching.
Youkilis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wheeler fields it and throws to first for the out. Martinez moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lowell vs. Wheeler
Mike Lowell pinch hits for Joey Gathright.
Lowell hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford 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 9/2/2009 -- Boston at Tampa Bay (N)
Boston AB R H RBI Tampa Bay AB R H RBI
Ellsbury J, cf 4 0 0 0 Bartlett J, ss 4 0 1 0
Pedroia D, 2b 5 0 0 0 Crawford C, lf 4 1 1 1
Martinez V, 1b 3 1 1 1 Zobrist B, rf-2b 4 0 0 0
Youkilis K, 3b 4 2 2 0 Pena C, 1b 4 1 1 0
Ortiz D, dh 3 0 0 1 Burrell P, dh 4 1 2 2
Gathright J, pr 0 1 0 0 Perez F, pr 0 1 0 0
Lowell M, ph 1 0 0 0 Longoria E, 3b 4 3 2 2
Bay J, lf 4 0 1 1 Zaun G, c 4 1 3 1
Drew J, rf 3 0 1 1 Iwamura A, 2b 4 0 1 1
Varitek J, c 2 0 0 0 Gross G, rf 0 0 0 0
Kotchman C, ph 0 0 0 0 Upton M, cf 3 0 1 1
Green N, pr 0 0 0 0
Kottaras G, c 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez A, ss 4 1 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 5 6 4 35 8 12 8
Boston 010 200 110 -- 5
Tampa Bay 131 000 03x -- 8
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Beckett J 6.0 7 5 4 0 9
Ramirez R (L)* 1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Delcarmen M 0.1 2 1 1 0 1
Saito T 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO
Garza M 6.2 6 4 4 3 3
Bradford C 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Choate R+ 0.0 0 1 1 1 0
Springer R 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Balfour G# 0.0 0 0 0 2 0
Howell J (W) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Wheeler D (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
+ Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
# Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
E -- Youkilis K
LOB -- Boston 9, Tampa Bay 4
2B -- Youkilis K 2, Zaun G 2, Gonzalez A, Pena C, Upton M
3B -- Bay J
HR -- Crawford C, Burrell P, Longoria E
SB -- Ellsbury J, Gathright J
SH -- Upton M
HBP -- by Garza M (Ellsbury J)
WP -- Howell J
T -- 3:34
A -- 19148
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