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Astros
@ Reds
Riverfront Stadium
June 25, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Houston Astros, played on June 25, 1972 at Riverfront Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 25, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
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| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 25, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ken Forsch |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jim McGlothlin |
| Ballpark | Riverfront Stadium |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 30,019 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 33 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jerry Dale 1B: Shag Crawford 2B: Chris Pelekoudas 3B: Mel Steiner |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Roger Metzger | Shortstop |
| Cesar Cedeno | Center Fielder |
| Jim Wynn | Right Fielder |
| Lee May | First Baseman |
| Bob Watson | Left Fielder |
| Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
| Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
| Larry Howard | Catcher |
| Ken Forsch | Pitcher |
| Harry Walker | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Rose | Left Fielder |
| Joe Morgan | Second Baseman |
| Bobby Tolan | Center Fielder |
| Johnny Bench | Catcher |
| Tony Perez | First Baseman |
| Joe Hague | Right Fielder |
| Denis Menke | Third Baseman |
| Dave Concepcion | Shortstop |
| Jim McGlothlin | Pitcher |
| Sparky Anderson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Astros
@ Reds
Riverfront Stadium
June 25, 1972
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. McGlothlin
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. McGlothlin
Cedeno hits a popup, foul, towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. McGlothlin
Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Forsch
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Forsch
Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Forsch
Tolan strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. McGlothlin
May is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. McGlothlin
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. McGlothlin
Rader hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Helms vs. McGlothlin
Helms hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Forsch
Bench hits a fly ball towards left. Watson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Watson. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Forsch
Perez strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hague vs. Forsch
Hague hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Menke vs. Forsch
Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. McGlothlin
Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Forsch vs. McGlothlin
Forsch bunts towards first. Perez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. McGlothlin
Metzger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Forsch moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cedeno vs. McGlothlin
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Concepcion vs. Forsch
Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Forsch fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGlothlin vs. Forsch
McGlothlin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Watson. McGlothlin reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rose vs. Forsch
There's a wild pitch. McGlothlin moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rose vs. Forsch
Rose takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Morgan vs. Forsch
Morgan takes first base on ball four. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Tolan vs. Forsch
Tolan takes first base on ball four. McGlothlin scores. Rose moves to third. Morgan moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bench vs. Forsch
Bench is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Perez vs. Forsch
Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. McGlothlin
Wynn hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. McGlothlin
May is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. McGlothlin
Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. McGlothlin
Rader hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Watson moves to third. Rader moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Helms vs. McGlothlin
Helms hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. McGlothlin
Howard strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hague vs. Forsch
Hague hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hague for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Forsch
Menke hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Concepcion vs. Forsch
Concepcion strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGlothlin vs. Forsch
McGlothlin hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 3 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Forsch vs. McGlothlin
Forsch strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. McGlothlin
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with McGlothlin covering, for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. McGlothlin
Cedeno hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Tolan. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wynn vs. McGlothlin
Wynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cedeno scores. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. McGlothlin
There goes Wynn. The throw from Bench and he is out, Morgan applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Forsch
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Forsch
Morgan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tolan vs. Forsch
There goes Morgan. The throw from Howard and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Tolan vs. Forsch
Tolan hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bench vs. Forsch
Bench takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Perez vs. Forsch
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Hall
Tom Hall now pitching.
May strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Hall
Watson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Hall
Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Hague settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hague vs. Forsch
Hague hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Forsch
Menke hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Concepcion vs. Forsch
Concepcion takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Uhlaender vs. Forsch
Ted Uhlaender pinch hits for Tom Hall.
Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Borbon
Pedro Borbon now pitching.
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Borbon
Howard strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Forsch vs. Borbon
Forsch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Forsch
Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Ray
Jim Ray now pitching.
Morgan hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Ray
Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Ray
Bench hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Ray
Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Borbon
Metzger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. Borbon
Cedeno bunts towards the mound. Borbon fields it and throws to first for the out. Metzger moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wynn vs. Borbon
Wynn hits a fly ball into right field. Hague settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Metzger moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
May vs. Borbon
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hague vs. Ray
Hague hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Ray
Menke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Concepcion vs. Ray
Concepcion hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Ray
Hal McRae pinch hits for Pedro Borbon.
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Carroll
Clay Carroll now pitching. Cesar Geronimo now playing right field.
Watson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Carroll
Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Helms vs. Carroll
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Watson moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Howard vs. Carroll
Howard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Ray
Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Ray
Morgan bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tolan vs. Ray
Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 10
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Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Carroll
Jimmy Stewart pinch hits for Jim Ray.
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Carroll
There goes Stewart. The throw from Bench and he is out, Morgan applying the tag. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Carroll
Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Carroll
Cedeno takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wynn vs. Carroll
Wynn strikes out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Gladding
Fred Gladding now pitching.
Bench is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Gladding
Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geronimo vs. Gladding
Geronimo strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Menke vs. Gladding
Menke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Watson. Menke reaches second base with a double. Perez goes all the way around to score. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/25/1972 -- Houston at Cincinnati (D)
Houston AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Metzger R, ss 5 0 2 0 Rose P, lf 4 1 2 0
Cedeno C, cf 3 1 1 0 Morgan J, 2b 3 1 1 2
Wynn J, rf 5 0 1 1 Tolan B, cf 4 0 0 1
May L, 1b 4 0 0 0 Bench J, c 4 0 0 0
Watson B, lf 3 1 1 0 Perez T, 1b 5 1 1 0
Rader D, 3b 4 1 2 0 Hague J, rf 4 0 0 0
Helms T, 2b 4 1 1 3 Geronimo C, rf 1 0 0 0
Howard L, c 4 0 1 0 Menke D, 3b 5 1 3 2
Forsch K, p 3 0 0 0 Concepcion D, ss 3 0 0 0
Ray J, p 0 0 0 0 McGlothlin J, p 2 1 1 0
Stewart J, ph 1 0 1 0 Hall T, p 0 0 0 0
Gladding F, p 0 0 0 0 Uhlaender T, ph 1 0 0 0
Borbon P, p 0 0 0 0
McRae H, ph 1 0 0 0
Carroll C, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 4 10 4 37 5 8 5
Houston 000 310 000 0 -- 4
Cincinnati 001 100 200 1 -- 5
2 outs when winning run was scored.
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch K* 6.0 3 3 3 6 4
Ray J 3.0 3 1 1 0 0
Gladding F (L) 0.2 2 1 1 0 2
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothlin J 5.0 8 4 4 0 4
Hall T 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Borbon P 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Carroll C (W) 2.0 1 0 0 2 1
* Pitched to 1 batter in 7th
E -- Watson B, Howard L
DP -- Houston 1, Cincinnati 1
LOB -- Houston 5, Cincinnati 9
2B -- McGlothlin J, Cedeno C, Menke D
HR -- Helms T, Menke D, Morgan J
SB -- Morgan J
CS -- Wynn J, Stewart J
SH -- Cedeno C
WP -- Forsch K
T -- 2:33
A -- 30019
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