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Twins
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 11, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins, played on August 11, 1968 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 11, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 11, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dean Chance |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mel Stottlemyre |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 19,666 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 25 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Russ Goetz 1B: Hank Soar 2B: Nestor Chylak 3B: Johnny Stevens |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Cesar Tovar | Third Baseman |
| Rich Reese | First Baseman |
| Rod Carew | Second Baseman |
| Tony Oliva | Right Fielder |
| Ted Uhlaender | Center Fielder |
| John Roseboro | Catcher |
| Bob Allison | Left Fielder |
| Ron Clark | Shortstop |
| Dean Chance | Pitcher |
| Cal Ermer | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Horace Clarke | Second Baseman |
| Jake Gibbs | Catcher |
| Roy White | Left Fielder |
| Joe Pepitone | First Baseman |
| Tom Tresh | Shortstop |
| Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
| Bill Robinson | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Cox | Third Baseman |
| Mel Stottlemyre | Pitcher |
| Ralph Houk | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 11, 1968
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Stottlemyre
Tovar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Stottlemyre
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Stottlemyre
Carew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oliva vs. Stottlemyre
Oliva hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reese scores. Carew moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Uhlaender vs. Stottlemyre
Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Carew scores. Oliva moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Roseboro vs. Stottlemyre
Roseboro hits a fly ball into center field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Chance
Clarke bunts towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibbs vs. Chance
Gibbs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chance fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Chance
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese fields the ball and throws to Chance covering. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pepitone vs. Chance
Pepitone hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Stottlemyre
Allison takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Stottlemyre
Clark bunts towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. Allison moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chance vs. Stottlemyre
Chance hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stottlemyre fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tovar vs. Stottlemyre
Tovar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White who is chasing the ball. Tovar reaches third base with a triple. Allison scores. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Reese vs. Stottlemyre
Reese bunts towards the mound. Stottlemyre fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Tovar scores. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Stottlemyre
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oliva vs. Stottlemyre
Oliva hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. Stottlemyre
Uhlaender hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roseboro vs. Talbot
Fred Talbot now pitching.
Roseboro hits a line drive into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. Chance
Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Chance
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Chance
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tovar fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Talbot
Allison hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Talbot
Clark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chance vs. Talbot
Chance bunts towards first. Pepitone scoops it up and throws to first, with Clarke covering, for the out. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tovar vs. Talbot
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Chance
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Talbot vs. Chance
Talbot strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Chance
Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Talbot
Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Talbot
Carew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oliva vs. Talbot
Oliva hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Uhlaender vs. Talbot
Uhlaender takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to third. Carew moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Roseboro vs. Talbot
Roseboro hits a fly ball towards center. Robinson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Robinson. Reese tags and scores. Carew tags and moves to third. Uhlaender tags and moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Allison vs. Talbot
Allison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to home to get Carew. Uhlaender moves to third. Roseboro moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Clark vs. Talbot
Clark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Uhlaender scores. Roseboro scores. Allison moves to third. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Chance vs. Talbot
Chance is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 10 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibbs vs. Chance
Gibbs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Chance
White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gibbs moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pepitone vs. Chance
Pepitone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gibbs scores. White moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tresh vs. Chance
Tresh bunts towards the mound. Chance fields it and throws to first for the out. White moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Colavito vs. Chance
Colavito hits a popup towards first. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Talbot
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Talbot
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Talbot fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Talbot
Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Talbot
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Chance
Frank Quilici now playing third base. Cesar Tovar now playing left field.
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Chance
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Quilici fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Chance
Charley Smith pinch hits for Fred Talbot.
Smith strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. Tillatson
Thad Tillatson now pitching.
Uhlaender hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roseboro vs. Tillatson
Roseboro hits a popup towards short. Tresh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quilici vs. Tillatson
Quilici hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Chance
Jim Holt now playing right field.
Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibbs vs. Chance
Gibbs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gibbs for the out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Chance
White hits a popup towards third. Quilici settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Tillatson
Clark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chance vs. Tillatson
Chance bunts towards the mound. Tillatson fields it and throws to first for the out. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tovar vs. Tillatson
Tovar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reese vs. Tillatson
Reese hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carew vs. Tillatson
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pepitone vs. Chance
Pepitone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chance fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. Chance
Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tresh for the out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Chance
Colavito is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Chance
Robinson strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holt vs. Tillatson
Holt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Uhlaender vs. Tillatson
Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox juggles the ball. That's an error on Cox. Holt moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Roseboro vs. Tillatson
Roseboro takes first base on ball four. Holt moves to third. Uhlaender moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Quilici vs. Tillatson
Quilici hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Holt tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. Tillatson
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh fields it and throws to second for the out. Uhlaender moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Chance vs. Tillatson
Chance is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Chance
Cox is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howser vs. Chance
Dick Howser pinch hits for Thad Tillatson.
Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Quilici fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cox moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clarke vs. Chance
Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chance fields it and throws to first for the out. Cox moves to third. Howser moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gibbs vs. Chance
Gibbs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cox scores. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Chance
White hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Roseboro settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 11 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Womack
Dooley Womack now pitching.
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Womack
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Womack
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh misplays the ball. That's an error on Tresh. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Holt vs. Womack
Holt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carew moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Uhlaender vs. Womack
Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 11 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pepitone vs. Chance
Pepitone hits a fly ball into right field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. Chance
Tresh hits a popup towards third. Quilici settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Chance
Colavito is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/11/1968 -- Minnesota at New York (D)
Minnesota AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Tovar C, 3b-lf 5 1 2 1 Clarke H, 2b 4 0 0 0
Reese R, 1b 6 3 2 1 Gibbs J, c 4 1 1 1
Carew R, 2b 6 2 4 0 White R, lf 4 0 2 0
Oliva T, rf 4 1 2 4 Pepitone J, 1b 4 0 0 1
Holt J, rf 2 1 2 0 Tresh T, ss 4 0 0 0
Uhlaender T, cf 5 1 1 1 Colavito R, rf 3 0 0 0
Roseboro J, c 3 1 0 1 Robinson B, cf 3 0 0 0
Allison B, lf 2 1 0 0 Cox B, 3b 2 1 0 0
Quilici F, 3b 1 0 0 1 Stottlemyre M, p 0 0 0 0
Clark R, ss 4 0 3 2 Talbot F, p 1 0 0 0
Chance D, p 3 0 0 0 Smith C, ph 1 0 0 0
Tillatson T, p 0 0 0 0
Howser D, ph 1 0 1 0
Womack D, p 0 0 0 0
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41 11 16 11 31 2 4 2
Minnesota 250 300 010 -- 11
New York 000 100 010 -- 2
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Chance D (W) 9.0 4 2 2 0 4
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre M (L) 1.2 8 7 7 1 0
Talbot F 3.1 5 3 1 1 1
Tillatson T 3.0 2 1 0 2 1
Womack D 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Robinson B, Cox B, Tresh T
LOB -- Minnesota 12, New York 4
3B -- Tovar C
HR -- Oliva T
SH -- Clark R, Chance D 2
SF -- Roseboro J, Quilici F
HBP -- by Chance D (Colavito R), by Chance D (Cox B)
T -- 2:25
A -- 19666
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