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Astros
@ Reds
Riverfront Stadium
April 11, 1976
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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 April 11, 1976 at Riverfront Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 11, 1976 |
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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 | April 11, 1976 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Joe Niekro |
Home Starting Pitcher | Pat Darcy |
Ballpark | Riverfront Stadium |
City | Cincinnati |
State | OH |
Attendance | 53,390 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 45 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Paul Runge 1B: Ed Montague 2B: Lee Weyer 3B: Nick Colosi |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Wilbur Howard | Left Fielder |
Enos Cabell | Third Baseman |
Cesar Cedeno | Center Fielder |
Bob Watson | First Baseman |
Cliff Johnson | Catcher |
Greg Gross | Right Fielder |
Larry Milbourne | Second Baseman |
Roger Metzger | Shortstop |
Joe Niekro | Pitcher |
Bill Virdon | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
Name | Position |
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Pete Rose | Third Baseman |
Ken Griffey | Right Fielder |
Joe Morgan | Second Baseman |
Johnny Bench | Catcher |
Tony Perez | First Baseman |
George Foster | Left Fielder |
Dave Concepcion | Shortstop |
Cesar Geronimo | Center Fielder |
Pat Darcy | Pitcher |
Sparky Anderson | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Astros
@ Reds
Riverfront Stadium
April 11, 1976
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Darcy
Howard 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: ---
Cabell vs. Darcy
Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Darcy
Cedeno hits a popup towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Niekro
Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffey vs. Niekro
Griffey takes first base on ball four. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Morgan vs. Niekro
Morgan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gross. Morgan reaches second base with a double. Rose scores. Griffey moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bench vs. Niekro
Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Perez vs. Niekro
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Griffey scores. Morgan moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Foster vs. Niekro
Foster takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Concepcion vs. Niekro
There goes Foster. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. Foster steals second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Concepcion vs. Niekro
Concepcion takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Geronimo vs. Niekro
Geronimo hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Darcy
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, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Darcy
Johnson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Darcy
Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darcy vs. Niekro
Darcy strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Niekro
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. Niekro
Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milbourne vs. Darcy
Milbourne hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Darcy
Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Niekro vs. Darcy
Niekro strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Niekro
Morgan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bench vs. Niekro
There goes Morgan. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. Morgan steals second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bench vs. Niekro
Bench strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. Niekro
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foster vs. Niekro
Foster takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Concepcion vs. Niekro
Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Darcy
Howard strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cabell vs. Darcy
Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Darcy
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Niekro
Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Geronimo for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darcy vs. Niekro
Darcy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rose vs. Niekro
Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Darcy moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Griffey vs. Niekro
Griffey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Darcy scores. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Morgan vs. Niekro
Niekro spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Niekro. Rose moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Morgan vs. Niekro
Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rose scores. Griffey moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bench vs. Andujar
Joaquin Andujar now pitching.
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Griffey scores. Morgan moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. Andujar
Perez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gross. Perez reaches second base with a double. Morgan scores. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foster vs. Andujar
Foster strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Darcy
Watson strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Darcy
Johnson hits a line drive towards short. Concepcion reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Darcy
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gross for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Concepcion vs. Andujar
Skip Jutze now catching.
Concepcion is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Andujar
Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Andujar covering, for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darcy vs. Andujar
Darcy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rose vs. Andujar
Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Darcy moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Griffey vs. Andujar
Griffey takes first base on ball four. Darcy moves to third. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Morgan vs. Andujar
Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milbourne vs. Darcy
Milbourne takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Darcy
Metzger takes first base on ball four. Milbourne moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boswell vs. Darcy
Ken Boswell pinch hits for Joaquin Andujar.
Boswell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Milbourne moves to third. Metzger moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Howard vs. Darcy
There's a wild pitch. Milbourne scores. Metzger moves to third. Boswell moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Howard vs. Darcy
Howard is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cabell vs. Darcy
Cabell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Metzger scores. Boswell scores. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. Zachry
Pat Zachry now pitching.
Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cabell moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Watson vs. Zachry
Watson hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jutze vs. Zachry
Jutze hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Morgan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 3 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Sosa
Jose Sosa now pitching.
Bench takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Sosa
Perez strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foster vs. Sosa
Foster hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Jutze settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Concepcion vs. Sosa
Concepcion 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, 3 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Zachry
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Milbourne vs. Zachry
Milbourne is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Zachry
Metzger hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Zachry
Jose Cruz pinch hits for Jose Sosa.
Cruz takes first base on ball four. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Howard vs. Zachry
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 3 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Barlow
Mike Barlow now pitching.
Geronimo hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zachry vs. Barlow
Zachry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rose vs. Barlow
There's a wild pitch. Zachry moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rose vs. Barlow
Rose hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gross. Rose reaches second base with a double. Zachry scores. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Griffey vs. Barlow
Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barlow fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Morgan vs. Barlow
Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cabell vs. Zachry
Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. Zachry
Cedeno strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Zachry
Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cabell moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jutze vs. Zachry
Jutze strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gross vs. Zachry
Gross strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Barlow
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne misplays the ball. That's an error on Milbourne. Bench moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. Barlow
Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foster vs. Barlow
Foster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bench scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Concepcion vs. Barlow
Concepcion takes first base on ball four. Foster moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Geronimo vs. Barlow
Geronimo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gross. Geronimo reaches second base with a double. Foster scores. Concepcion moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lum vs. Hardy
Larry Hardy now pitching. Mike Lum pinch hits for Pat Zachry.
Lum hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rose vs. Hardy
Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 3 - Reds, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milbourne vs. McEnaney
Bill Plummer now catching. Will McEnaney now pitching.
Milbourne is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. McEnaney
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Reds, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. McEnaney
Leon Roberts pinch hits for Larry Hardy.
Roberts strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/11/1976 -- Houston at Cincinnati (D) Houston AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI Howard W, lf 4 0 0 0 Rose P, 3b 6 2 4 1 Cabell E, 3b 4 0 2 1 Griffey K, rf 3 2 1 1 Cedeno C, cf 4 0 1 0 Morgan J, 2b 4 1 2 2 Watson B, 1b 4 0 1 0 Bench J, c 4 1 0 1 Johnson C, c 2 0 0 0 Plummer B, c 0 0 0 0 Jutze S, c 2 0 0 0 Perez T, 1b 5 0 1 2 Gross G, rf 3 0 0 0 Foster G, lf 3 1 1 1 Milbourne L, 2b 2 1 0 0 Concepcion D, ss 3 0 0 0 Metzger R, ss 3 1 0 0 Geronimo C, cf 5 0 1 1 Niekro J, p 1 0 0 0 Darcy P, p 3 1 2 0 Andujar J, p 0 0 0 0 Zachry P, p 1 1 1 0 Boswell K, ph 1 1 1 0 Lum M, ph 1 0 0 0 Sosa J, p 0 0 0 0 McEnaney W, p 0 0 0 0 Cruz J, ph 0 0 0 0 Barlow M, p 0 0 0 0 Hardy L, p 0 0 0 0 Roberts L, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 3 5 1 38 9 13 9 Houston 000 003 000 -- 3 Cincinnati 200 400 12x -- 9 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Niekro J (L) 3.1 6 6 6 5 2 Andujar J 1.2 3 0 0 1 2 Sosa J 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Barlow M 1.1 4 3 2 1 0 Hardy L 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO Darcy P (W) 5.1 2 3 3 2 4 Zachry P 2.2 3 0 0 2 4 McEnaney W 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 E -- Niekro J, Milbourne L DP -- Cincinnati 1 LOB -- Houston 6, Cincinnati 13 2B -- Morgan J, Perez T, Rose P, Geronimo C SB -- Foster G, Morgan J HBP -- by McEnaney W (Milbourne L) WP -- Darcy P, Barlow M T -- 2:45 A -- 53390
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