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Red Sox
@ Rangers
Rangers Ballpark In Arlington
September 7, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Boston Red Sox, played on September 7, 2008 at Rangers Ballpark In Arlington.
Game Summary
| Date | September 7, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Texas Rangers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 7, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Texas Rangers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Paul Byrd |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Brandon McCarthy |
| Ballpark | Rangers Ballpark In Arlington |
| City | Arlington |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 28,644 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 9 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Sam Holbrook 1B: Mark Wegner 2B: Jeff Kellogg 3B: Chad Fairchild |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jacoby Ellsbury | Right Fielder |
| Dustin Pedroia | Second Baseman |
| David Ortiz | DH |
| Kevin Youkilis | Third Baseman |
| Jason Bay | Left Fielder |
| Sean Casey | First Baseman |
| Jason Varitek | Catcher |
| Alex Cora | Shortstop |
| Coco Crisp | Center Fielder |
| Terry Francona | Manager |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joaquin Arias | Second Baseman |
| Ramon Vazquez | Shortstop |
| Michael Young | DH |
| Josh Hamilton | Center Fielder |
| Marlon Byrd | Left Fielder |
| Hank Blalock | First Baseman |
| Nelson Cruz | Right Fielder |
| Chris Davis | Third Baseman |
| Taylor Teagarden | Catcher |
| Ron Washington | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Rangers
Rangers Ballpark In Arlington
September 7, 2008
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ellsbury vs. McCarthy
Ellsbury hits a fly ball into center field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pedroia vs. McCarthy
Pedroia hits a line drive towards third. Davis reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. McCarthy
Ortiz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Youkilis vs. McCarthy
Youkilis hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Arias vs. Byrd
Arias hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pedroia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Vazquez vs. Byrd
Vazquez hits a fly ball into right field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Byrd
Young strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bay vs. McCarthy
Bay hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Casey vs. McCarthy
Casey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arias scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Varitek vs. McCarthy
Varitek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Cora vs. McCarthy
Cora hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cruz who is chasing the ball. Cora reaches third base with a triple. Varitek goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Crisp vs. McCarthy
Crisp hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cora scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Ellsbury vs. McCarthy
Ellsbury takes first base on ball four. Crisp moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Pedroia vs. McCarthy
Pedroia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davis fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Ellsbury moves to second. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Byrd
Hamilton hits a line drive towards short. Cora reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Byrd
Byrd hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blalock vs. Byrd
Blalock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pedroia fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. McCarthy
Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vazquez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Youkilis vs. McCarthy
Youkilis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blalock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Youkilis for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bay vs. McCarthy
Bay hits a fly ball into center field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Byrd
Cruz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Byrd
Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Crisp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Teagarden vs. Byrd
Byrd fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Byrd. Cruz moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Teagarden vs. Byrd
Teagarden strikes out. There goes Cruz. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Arias vs. Byrd
Arias is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Vazquez vs. Byrd
Vazquez takes first base on ball four. Arias moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Young vs. Byrd
Young strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Casey vs. McCarthy
Casey hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Varitek vs. McCarthy
Varitek strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Cora vs. McCarthy
Cora hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vazquez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Byrd
Hamilton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Byrd vs. Byrd
Byrd hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Byrd fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Blalock vs. Byrd
Blalock hits a line drive into right field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Crisp vs. McCarthy
Crisp takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Ellsbury vs. McCarthy
There goes Crisp. The throw from Teagarden and he is safe. Crisp steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Ellsbury vs. McCarthy
Ellsbury hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Teagarden fields it and throws to first for the out. Crisp moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Pedroia vs. McCarthy
Pedroia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Ortiz vs. McCarthy
Ortiz hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Youkilis vs. McCarthy
Youkilis hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Byrd. Youkilis reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Bay vs. McCarthy
Bay hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Byrd
Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Crisp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Byrd
Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Bay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Teagarden vs. Byrd
Teagarden strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Casey vs. McCarthy
Casey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Varitek vs. McCarthy
Varitek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCarthy fields it and throws to first for the out. Casey moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Cora vs. McCarthy
Cora takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Crisp vs. Mendoza
Luis Mendoza now pitching.
Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arias fields it and throws to second for the out. Casey moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Ellsbury vs. Mendoza
Ellsbury hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Casey scores. Crisp moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Pedroia vs. Mendoza
Pedroia hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Crisp scores. Ellsbury moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Ortiz vs. Mendoza
Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blalock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ortiz for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 6 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arias vs. Byrd
Arias hits a fly ball into left field. Bay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Vazquez vs. Byrd
Vazquez hits a line drive into right field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Byrd
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cora scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 6 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Youkilis vs. Wright
Jamey Wright now pitching.
Youkilis strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bay vs. Wright
Bay hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Casey vs. Wright
Casey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wright fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Varitek vs. Wright
Varitek strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Byrd
Kevin Youkilis now playing first base. Jed Lowrie now playing third base.
Hamilton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Byrd vs. Byrd
Byrd hits a fly ball into left field. Bay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Blalock vs. Byrd
Blalock hits a fly ball into right field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Byrd
Cruz takes first base on ball four. Hamilton moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Davis vs. Lopez
Javier Lopez now pitching.
Davis strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cora vs. Benoit
Joaquin Benoit now pitching.
Cora hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benoit fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Crisp vs. Benoit
Crisp hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cruz. Crisp reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Ellsbury vs. Benoit
Ellsbury hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Teagarden settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Teagarden. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Ellsbury vs. Benoit
Ellsbury hits a fly ball into center field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Pedroia vs. Benoit
Pedroia takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Ortiz vs. Benoit
Ortiz hits a fly ball into left field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Teagarden vs. Delcarmen
Manny Delcarmen now pitching.
Teagarden hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Arias vs. Delcarmen
Arias strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Vazquez vs. Delcarmen
Vazquez hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Bay. Vazquez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Delcarmen
Young strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Hamilton vs. Delcarmen
Hamilton strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Youkilis vs. Francisco
Frank Francisco now pitching.
Youkilis hits a fly ball into center field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bay vs. Francisco
Bay hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Lowrie vs. Francisco
Lowrie strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Varitek vs. Francisco
Varitek strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Smith
Chris Smith now pitching.
Byrd takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Blalock vs. Smith
Blalock hits a fly ball into center field. Crisp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Papelbon
Jonathan Papelbon now pitching.
Cruz hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Byrd moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Davis vs. Papelbon
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Teagarden vs. Papelbon
Teagarden hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Byrd scores. Cruz moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Arias vs. Papelbon
The ball gets by Varitek for a passed ball. Teagarden moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Arias vs. Papelbon
Arias hits a popup, foul, towards first. Youkilis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/7/2008 -- Boston at Texas (D)
Boston AB R H RBI Texas AB R H RBI
Ellsbury J, rf 4 0 1 1 Arias J, 2b 4 0 0 0
Pedroia D, 2b 4 0 1 1 Vazquez R, ss 3 0 1 0
Ortiz D, dh 5 1 2 2 Young M, dh 4 0 0 0
Youkilis K, 3b-1b 5 0 1 0 Hamilton J, cf 3 0 1 0
Bay J, lf 5 1 2 1 Byrd M, lf 3 1 1 0
Casey S, 1b 4 1 1 0 Blalock H, 1b 4 0 0 0
Lowrie J, 3b 1 0 0 0 Cruz N, rf 3 0 2 0
Varitek J, c 5 1 1 0 Davis C, 3b 4 0 0 0
Cora A, ss 3 1 1 1 Teagarden T, c 4 1 2 2
Crisp C, cf 3 2 2 1
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39 7 12 7 32 2 7 2
Boston 020 022 100 -- 7
Texas 000 000 011 -- 2
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd P (W) 6.2 3 0 0 3 4
Lopez J 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Delcarmen M 1.0 2 1 1 0 3
Smith C 0.1 0 1 1 1 0
Papelbon J 0.2 2 0 0 0 1
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
McCarthy B (L) 5.1 7 6 6 3 1
Mendoza L 0.2 2 0 0 0 0
Wright J 1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Benoit J 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Francisco F 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
E -- Byrd P, Teagarden T
DP -- Boston 2
LOB -- Boston 9, Texas 8
2B -- Youkilis K, Crisp C, Vazquez R
3B -- Cora A
HR -- Ortiz D, Bay J, Teagarden T
SB -- Cruz N, Crisp C
HBP -- by Byrd P (Arias J)
PB -- Varitek J
T -- 3:09
A -- 28644
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