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Twins
@ Blue Jays
Rogers Centre
April 3, 2011
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Minnesota Twins, played on April 3, 2011 at Rogers Centre.
Game Summary
| Date | April 3, 2011 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Home Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 3, 2011 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Nick Blackburn |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Brett Cecil |
| Ballpark | Rogers Centre |
| City | Toronto |
| State | ONT |
| Attendance | 35,505 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 58 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Paul Schrieber 1B: Chad Fairchild 2B: Joe West 3B: Angel Hernandez |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Denard Span | Center Fielder |
| Tsuyoshi Nishioka | Second Baseman |
| Delmon Young | Left Fielder |
| Justin Morneau | DH |
| Michael Cuddyer | First Baseman |
| Jason Kubel | Right Fielder |
| Danny Valencia | Third Baseman |
| Drew Butera | Catcher |
| Matt Tolbert | Shortstop |
| Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Yunel Escobar | Shortstop |
| Juan Rivera | DH |
| Jose Bautista | Right Fielder |
| Adam Lind | First Baseman |
| Aaron Hill | Second Baseman |
| Edwin Encarnacion | Third Baseman |
| Travis Snider | Left Fielder |
| J.P. Arencibia | Catcher |
| Mike McCoy | Center Fielder |
| John Farrell | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Blue Jays
Rogers Centre
April 3, 2011
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Cecil
Span strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Nishioka vs. Cecil
Nishioka strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Cecil
Young strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Blackburn
Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valencia fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Blackburn
Rivera hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Bautista vs. Blackburn
Bautista hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Rivera moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Lind vs. Blackburn
Lind hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tolbert fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Cecil
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cuddyer vs. Cecil
Cuddyer hits a line drive towards short. Escobar reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Cecil
Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Blackburn
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tolbert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Blackburn
Encarnacion hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Blackburn
Snider hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Arencibia vs. Blackburn
Arencibia hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Valencia vs. Cecil
Valencia hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Butera vs. Cecil
Butera hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Bautista settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Tolbert vs. Cecil
Tolbert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Span vs. Cecil
Span takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Nishioka vs. Cecil
Nishioka hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCoy vs. Blackburn
McCoy bunts towards the mound. Blackburn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Blackburn
Escobar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Rivera vs. Blackburn
Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nishioka fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Cecil
Young hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Cecil
Morneau hits a fly ball into center field. McCoy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Cuddyer vs. Cecil
Cuddyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Encarnacion fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Encarnacion. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Kubel vs. Cecil
There goes Cuddyer. The throw from Arencibia and he is out, Escobar applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bautista vs. Blackburn
Bautista strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lind vs. Blackburn
Lind hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Blackburn
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valencia fields it and throws to first for the out. Lind moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Encarnacion vs. Blackburn
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nishioka fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Nishioka. Lind scores. Encarnacion moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Snider vs. Blackburn
Snider strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Cecil
Kubel hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Valencia vs. Cecil
Valencia takes first base on ball four. Kubel moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Butera vs. Cecil
Butera bunts towards the mound. Cecil fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kubel moves to third. Valencia moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Tolbert vs. Cecil
Tolbert hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Kubel scores. There goes Valencia trying to get to home. Snider throws the ball in to Arencibia who tags Valencia, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Butera moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Span vs. Cecil
Span hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Butera moves to third. Tolbert moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Nishioka vs. Cecil
Nishioka hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Butera scores. Tolbert moves to third. Span moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Young vs. Cecil
Young hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Morneau vs. Cecil
Morneau hits a fly ball into left field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Arencibia vs. Blackburn
Arencibia hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
McCoy vs. Blackburn
McCoy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tolbert fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Escobar vs. Blackburn
Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valencia fields it and throws to first for the out. McCoy moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rivera vs. Blackburn
Rivera hits a popup towards short. Tolbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Cuddyer vs. Janssen
Casey Janssen now pitching.
Cuddyer hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Kubel vs. Janssen
Kubel hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Cuddyer moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Valencia vs. Janssen
Valencia strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Butera vs. Janssen
Butera hits a fly ball into right field. Bautista settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Tolbert vs. Janssen
Tolbert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Bautista vs. Blackburn
Bautista hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Lind vs. Blackburn
Lind hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cuddyer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lind for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Blackburn
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valencia fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Blackburn
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valencia juggles the ball. That's an error on Valencia. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Mijares
Jose Mijares now pitching.
Snider strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Frasor
Jason Frasor now pitching.
Span hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Nishioka vs. Frasor
Nishioka strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Frasor
Young hits a fly ball into right field. Bautista settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Arencibia vs. Mijares
Arencibia takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
McCoy vs. Mijares
McCoy takes first base on ball four. Arencibia moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Escobar vs. Capps
Matt Capps now pitching.
Escobar bunts towards the mound. Capps fields it and throws to first for the out. Arencibia moves to third. McCoy moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Rivera vs. Capps
Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Capps fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Bautista vs. Capps
Bautista hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Rzepczynski
Marc Rzepczynski now pitching.
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards third. Encarnacion fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Cuddyer vs. Rzepczynski
Alexi Casilla pinch runs for Justin Morneau.
Cuddyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Rzepczynski
Kubel is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valencia vs. Camp
Jason Repko pinch runs for Jason Kubel. Shawn Camp now pitching.
Valencia hits a line drive towards third. Encarnacion juggles the ball. That's an error on Encarnacion. Repko moves to third. Valencia moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Butera vs. Camp
Butera strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lind vs. Perkins
Jason Repko now playing right field. Glen Perkins now pitching.
Lind hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Perkins
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tolbert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Perkins
Encarnacion strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Tolbert vs. Rauch
Jon Rauch now pitching.
Tolbert hits a popup, foul, towards third. Encarnacion settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Span vs. Rauch
Span hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Nishioka vs. Rauch
Nishioka takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Rauch
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Nathan
Joe Nathan now pitching.
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nishioka fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Arencibia vs. Nathan
Arencibia hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
McCoy vs. Nathan
McCoy hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Repko. McCoy reaches second base with a double. Snider moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -23
Escobar vs. Nathan
Escobar hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Snider tags and scores. McCoy tags and moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Rivera vs. Nathan
Rivera takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Bautista vs. Nathan
Jayson Nix pinch runs for Juan Rivera.
Bautista takes first base on ball four. Nix moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lind vs. Nathan
Lind hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cuddyer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lind for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/3/2011 -- Minnesota at Toronto (D)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Toronto AB R H RBI
Span D, cf 4 1 2 1 Escobar Y, ss 2 0 0 1
Nishioka T, 2b 4 0 1 1 Rivera J, dh 4 0 1 0
Young D, lf 5 0 0 0 Nix J, pr 0 0 0 0
Morneau J, dh 4 0 1 0 Bautista J, rf 4 1 2 1
Casilla A, pr 0 0 0 0 Lind A, 1b 5 1 1 0
Cuddyer M, 1b 4 0 1 0 Hill A, 2b 4 0 0 0
Kubel J, rf 3 1 2 0 Encarnacion E, 3b 4 0 0 0
Repko J, pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Snider T, lf 4 1 2 0
Valencia D, 3b 3 1 1 1 Arencibia J, c 3 0 0 0
Butera D, c 4 1 1 0 McCoy M, cf 3 0 2 0
Tolbert M, ss 4 0 1 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 4 10 4 33 3 8 2
Minnesota 001 020 001 -- 4
Toronto 000 101 001 -- 3
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Blackburn N (W) 5.2 6 2 1 1 2
Mijares J* 0.1 0 0 0 2 1
Capps M 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Perkins G 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Nathan J (S) 1.0 2 1 1 2 0
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Cecil B (L) 5.0 6 3 3 2 3
Janssen C 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Frasor J 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Rzepczynski M 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Camp S 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Rauch J 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
E -- Encarnacion E 2, Nishioka T, Valencia D
DP -- Minnesota 2, Toronto 2
LOB -- Minnesota 8, Toronto 10
2B -- McCoy M
HR -- Valencia D, Bautista J, Span D
SH -- Escobar Y
SF -- Escobar Y
HBP -- by Rzepczynski M (Kubel J)
T -- 2:58
A -- 35505
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