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Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 30, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, played on May 30, 1961 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 30, 1961 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 30, 1961 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ralph Terry |
Home Starting Pitcher | Gene Conley |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | 19,582 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 56 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bob Stewart 1B: Charlie Berry 2B: Joe Linsalata 3B: Frank Umont |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Clete Boyer | Third Baseman |
Tony Kubek | Shortstop |
Roger Maris | Right Fielder |
Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
Yogi Berra | Left Fielder |
Bill Skowron | First Baseman |
Johnny Blanchard | Catcher |
Bobby Richardson | Second Baseman |
Ralph Terry | Pitcher |
Ralph Houk | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Chuck Schilling | Second Baseman |
Gary Geiger | Center Fielder |
Vic Wertz | First Baseman |
Jackie Jensen | Right Fielder |
Frank Malzone | Third Baseman |
Jim Pagliaroni | Catcher |
Carroll Hardy | Left Fielder |
Don Buddin | Shortstop |
Gene Conley | Pitcher |
Pinky Higgins | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 30, 1961
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Conley
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kubek vs. Conley
Kubek strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Conley
Maris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Mantle vs. Conley
Mantle hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Conley
Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Conley
Skowron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Blanchard vs. Conley
Blanchard hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Terry
Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Terry
Geiger hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Terry
Wertz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Berra. Wertz reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Jensen vs. Terry
Jensen is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Conley
Richardson hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Conley
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Conley
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Terry
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pagliaroni vs. Terry
Pagliaroni hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Hardy vs. Terry
Hardy bunts towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Pagliaroni moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Buddin vs. Terry
Buddin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Conley vs. Terry
Conley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Conley
Kubek hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Conley
Maris hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Conley
Mantle strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Conley
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Terry
Schilling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Geiger vs. Terry
Geiger hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Berra. Geiger reaches second base with a double. Schilling moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Wertz vs. Terry
Wertz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Jensen vs. Terry
Jensen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Berra. Jensen reaches second base with a double. Schilling scores. Geiger scores. Wertz moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Malzone vs. Stafford
Bill Stafford now pitching.
Malzone hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wertz tags and scores. Jensen tags and moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Pagliaroni vs. Stafford
Pagliaroni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Hardy vs. Stafford
Hardy hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Conley
Skowron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Blanchard vs. Conley
Blanchard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Conley
Richardson hits a line drive into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Stafford vs. Conley
Stafford is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Stafford
Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Conley vs. Stafford
Conley hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Stafford
Schilling hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Conley
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kubek vs. Conley
Kubek hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Conley
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Conley
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Stafford
Geiger hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Stafford
Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Stafford
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Conley
Berra hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Hillman
Dave Hillman now pitching.
Skowron hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Blanchard vs. Hillman
Blanchard strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Hillman
Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Stafford vs. Hillman
Stafford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Richardson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Hillman
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Richardson moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Kubek vs. Hillman
Kubek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Richardson scores. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Maris vs. Hillman
Maris hits a fly ball into left field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 8 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Stafford
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pagliaroni vs. Stafford
Pagliaroni hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hardy vs. Stafford
Hardy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 8 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Hillman
Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Hillman
Berra hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Hillman
Skowron takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Blanchard vs. Hillman
Blanchard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hillman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 8 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Coates
Jim Coates now pitching.
Buddin hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Coates
Pete Runnels pinch hits for Dave Hillman.
Runnels strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Coates
Schilling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geiger vs. Coates
Geiger hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Blanchard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 8 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Fornieles
Mike Fornieles now pitching.
Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Coates vs. Fornieles
Coates is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Fornieles
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kubek vs. Fornieles
Kubek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Maris vs. Fornieles
Maris hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Fornieles
Mantle hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 12 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Fornieles
Berra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 12 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Skowron vs. Fornieles
Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 12 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Coates
Wertz hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 12 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Coates
Jensen is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Yankees, 12 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Malzone vs. Coates
Malzone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jensen moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 12 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Pagliaroni vs. Coates
Pagliaroni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 12 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Blanchard vs. Fornieles
Blanchard hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 12 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Fornieles
Richardson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 12 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Coates vs. Fornieles
Coates is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Yankees, 12 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Fornieles
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 12 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hardy vs. Coates
Jack Reed now playing center field.
Hardy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 12 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Buddin vs. Coates
Buddin is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 12 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Coates
Russ Nixon pinch hits for Mike Fornieles.
Nixon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Nixon reaches second base with a double. Hardy moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 12 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Schilling vs. Coates
Schilling strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 12 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Geiger vs. Coates
Geiger hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/30/1961 -- New York at Boston (D) New York AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI Boyer C, 3b 6 2 4 0 Schilling C, 2b 3 1 0 0 Kubek T, ss 5 1 2 1 Geiger G, cf 5 1 1 0 Maris R, rf 5 3 3 4 Wertz V, 1b 3 1 1 0 Mantle M, cf 5 2 2 4 Jensen J, rf 3 0 1 2 Reed J, cf 0 0 0 0 Malzone F, 3b 3 0 1 1 Berra Y, lf 5 1 2 1 Pagliaroni J, c 4 0 1 0 Skowron B, 1b 4 2 3 2 Hardy C, lf 4 0 2 0 Blanchard J, c 5 0 0 0 Buddin D, ss 4 0 0 0 Richardson B, 2b 5 1 1 0 Conley G, p 2 0 0 0 Terry R, p 1 0 0 0 Hillman D, p 0 0 0 0 Stafford B, p 2 0 0 0 Runnels P, ph 1 0 0 0 Coates J, p 1 0 0 0 Fornieles M, p 0 0 0 0 Nixon R, ph 1 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 44 12 17 12 33 3 8 3 New York 301 103 040 -- 12 Boston 003 000 000 -- 3 New York IP H R ER BB SO Terry R* 2.0 5 3 3 2 1 Stafford B (W) 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 Coates J (S) 3.0 3 0 0 1 3 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Conley G (L)+ 5.0 8 6 6 0 3 Hillman D 2.0 4 2 2 1 1 Fornieles M 2.0 5 4 4 0 1 * Pitched to 4 batters in 3rd + Pitched to 1 batter in 6th DP -- New York 1 LOB -- New York 7, Boston 8 2B -- Wertz V, Geiger G, Jensen J, Nixon R HR -- Mantle M 2, Maris R 2, Skowron B 2, Berra Y SF -- Malzone F HBP -- by Coates J (Jensen J), by Fornieles M (Coates J) T -- 2:56 A -- 19582
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