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Royals
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 20, 1973
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals, played on May 20, 1973 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 20, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 20, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Paul Splittorff |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Blue Moon Odom |
| Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 8,249 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Deegan 1B: Frank Umont 2B: Don Denkinger 3B: Merle Anthony |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Steve Hovley | Right Fielder |
| Kurt Bevacqua | Second Baseman |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | Left Fielder |
| Lou Piniella | DH |
| Paul Schaal | Third Baseman |
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Fran Healy | Catcher |
| Jack McKeon | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bert Campaneris | Shortstop |
| Joe Rudi | Left Fielder |
| Gene Tenace | First Baseman |
| Reggie Jackson | Right Fielder |
| Deron Johnson | DH |
| Sal Bando | Third Baseman |
| Ray Fosse | Catcher |
| Dick Green | Second Baseman |
| Angel Mangual | Center Fielder |
| Dick Williams | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 20, 1973
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hovley vs. Odom
Hovley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bevacqua vs. Odom
The umpire calls a balk on Odom Hovley moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bevacqua vs. Odom
Bevacqua hits a fly ball into center field. Mangual settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayberry vs. Odom
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Tenace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mayberry for the out. Hovley moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Otis vs. Odom
Otis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fosse settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Splittorff
Campaneris hits a line drive into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudi vs. Splittorff
Rudi hits a fly ball into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tenace vs. Splittorff
Tenace hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Odom
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Odom
Piniella hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kirkpatrick moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schaal vs. Odom
Schaal hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kirkpatrick scores. Piniella moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Patek vs. Odom
Patek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Piniella scores. Schaal moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Healy vs. Odom
Healy is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hovley vs. Odom
Hovley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Splittorff
Jackson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Splittorff
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bando vs. Splittorff
Bando hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Bando reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fosse vs. Splittorff
Fosse hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bevacqua vs. Odom
Bevacqua takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Odom
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bevacqua moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Otis vs. Odom
Otis hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Gardner
Rob Gardner now pitching.
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Gardner
Piniella hits a line drive into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Gardner
Schaal hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Splittorff
Green hits a fly ball into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mangual vs. Splittorff
Mangual hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bevacqua scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Splittorff
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rudi vs. Splittorff
Rudi hits a fly ball into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Gardner
Patek hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mangual. Patek reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Healy vs. Gardner
Healy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hovley vs. Gardner
Hovley strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bevacqua vs. Gardner
Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tenace vs. Splittorff
Tenace hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Splittorff
Jackson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Splittorff
Johnson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Mayberry. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Splittorff
Johnson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bando vs. Splittorff
Bando hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Gardner
Mayberry hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Gardner
Otis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkpatrick vs. Gardner
Kirkpatrick hits a line drive towards first. Tenace catches it and steps on first to double up Otis. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Splittorff
Fosse hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Fosse reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Green vs. Splittorff
Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Green for the out. Fosse moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mangual vs. Splittorff
Mangual hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bevacqua scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fosse scores. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Splittorff
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Gardner
Piniella hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schaal vs. Gardner
Schaal hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Gardner
Patek bunts towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out. Piniella moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Healy vs. Gardner
Healy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Piniella scores. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hovley vs. Gardner
Hovley hits a fly ball into center field. Mangual settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudi vs. Splittorff
Rudi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tenace vs. Splittorff
Tenace hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Splittorff
Jackson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Splittorff
Johnson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Jackson moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bando vs. Splittorff
Bando hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bevacqua vs. Gardner
Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Gardner
Mayberry hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Gardner
Otis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkpatrick vs. Lindblad
Paul Lindblad now pitching.
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Otis moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Piniella vs. Lindblad
There's a wild pitch. Kirkpatrick moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Piniella vs. Lindblad
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Schaal vs. Lindblad
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Patek vs. Lindblad
Patek hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bando settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Splittorff
Bobby Floyd now playing second base.
Fosse hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKinney vs. Splittorff
Rich McKinney pinch hits for Dick Green.
McKinney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mangual vs. Splittorff
Mangual is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Lindblad
Rich McKinney now playing second base.
Healy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris misplays the ball. That's an error on Campaneris. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hovley vs. Lindblad
Hovley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Healy moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Floyd vs. Lindblad
Floyd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Healy moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mayberry vs. Lindblad
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Tenace scoops it up and throws to first, with Lindblad covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Splittorff
Campaneris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rudi vs. Splittorff
Rudi hits a fly ball into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tenace vs. Splittorff
Tenace takes first base on ball four. Campaneris moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jackson vs. Splittorff
Jackson hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Splittorff
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal juggles the ball. That's an error on Schaal. Campaneris moves to third. Tenace moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bando vs. Splittorff
Bando hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Pina
Dal Maxvill now playing shortstop. Ted Kubiak now playing second base. Mike Hegan now playing first base. Gonzalo Marquez now playing right field.
Otis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkpatrick vs. Pina
Kirkpatrick strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Pina
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kubiak fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Splittorff
Fosse hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKinney vs. Splittorff
McKinney hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mangual vs. Splittorff
Mangual hits a fly ball into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hosley vs. Splittorff
Tim Hosley pinch hits for Dal Maxvill.
Hosley is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/20/1973 -- Kansas City at Oakland (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
Hovley S, rf 5 0 2 0 Campaneris B, ss 3 0 1 0
Bevacqua K, 2b 3 2 1 0 Maxvill D, ss 0 0 0 0
Floyd B, 2b 1 0 0 0 Hosley T, ph 1 0 0 0
Mayberry J, 1b 5 2 2 2 Rudi J, lf 4 0 0 0
Otis A, cf 4 1 3 3 Kubiak T, 2b 0 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick E, lf 5 1 2 0 Tenace G, 1b 3 0 1 0
Piniella L, dh 5 2 2 0 Hegan M, 1b 0 0 0 0
Schaal P, 3b 4 0 1 1 Jackson R, rf 4 0 1 0
Patek F, ss 3 0 2 1 Marquez G, rf 0 0 0 0
Healy F, c 3 0 1 1 Johnson D, dh 4 0 1 0
Bando S, 3b 4 0 1 0
Fosse R, c 4 1 2 0
Green D, 2b 2 0 0 0
McKinney R, ph-2b-lf 2 1 1 1
Mangual A, cf 4 0 0 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 8 16 8 35 2 8 2
Kansas City 023 001 200 -- 8
Oakland 000 010 001 -- 2
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff P (W) 9.0 8 2 2 2 4
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Odom J (L)* 2.0 7 5 5 1 1
Gardner R+ 4.0 7 3 3 1 1
Lindblad P 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Pina H 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
* Pitched to 3 batters in 3rd
+ Pitched to 3 batters in 7th
E -- Mayberry J, Campaneris B, Schaal P
DP -- Kansas City 1, Oakland 5
LOB -- Kansas City 7, Oakland 8
2B -- Bando S, Patek F, Fosse R, Johnson D
HR -- Otis A, Mayberry J, McKinney R
SH -- Patek F
WP -- Lindblad P
Balk -- Odom J
T -- 2:21
A -- 8249
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