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White Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 7, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox, played on September 7, 1940 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 7, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 7, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | |
| Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Dietrich |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mel Harder |
| Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 7,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 3 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lou Kolls 1B: George Pipgras 2B: Bill Summers 3B: Joe Rue |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Skeeter Webb | Second Baseman |
| Mike Kreevich | Center Fielder |
| Joe Kuhel | First Baseman |
| Moose Solters | Left Fielder |
| Luke Appling | Shortstop |
| Taffy Wright | Right Fielder |
| Mike Tresh | Catcher |
| Bob Kennedy | Third Baseman |
| Bill Dietrich | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
| Roy Weatherly | Center Fielder |
| Ben Chapman | Right Fielder |
| Beau Bell | First Baseman |
| Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Ray Mack | Second Baseman |
| Rollie Hemsley | Catcher |
| Mel Harder | Pitcher |
| Ossie Vitt | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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White Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 7, 1940
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Webb vs. Harder
Webb hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kreevich vs. Harder
Kreevich hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harder fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhel vs. Harder
Kuhel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kuhel for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Dietrich
Boudreau hits a fly ball into right field. Wright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Dietrich
Weatherly hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Solters. Weatherly reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chapman vs. Dietrich
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Weatherly moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bell vs. Dietrich
Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Weatherly scores. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Dietrich
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kuhel scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Heath for the out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solters vs. Harder
Solters hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Chapman. Solters reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Appling vs. Harder
Appling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Solters scores. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wright vs. Harder
Wright hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Appling moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tresh vs. Harder
Tresh bunts towards the mound. Harder fields it and throws to first for the out. Appling moves to third. Wright moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kennedy vs. Harder
Kennedy is walked intentionally. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Dietrich vs. Harder
Dietrich bunts towards the mound. Harder fields it and throws to home to get Appling. Wright moves to third. Kennedy moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Webb vs. Harder
Webb hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Dietrich
Keltner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mack vs. Dietrich
There goes Keltner. The throw from Tresh and he is out, Webb applying the tag. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Dietrich
Mack hits a fly ball into left field. Solters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Dietrich
Hemsley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harder vs. Dietrich
Harder hits a popup towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kreevich vs. Harder
Kreevich hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Harder, and towards Boudreau, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhel vs. Harder
Kuhel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solters vs. Harder
Solters hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Dietrich
Boudreau hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weatherly vs. Dietrich
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Webb fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Dietrich
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Appling vs. Harder
Soup Campbell now playing center field.
Appling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wright vs. Harder
Wright hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Appling moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tresh vs. Harder
Tresh hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Appling scores. Wright moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kennedy vs. Harder
Kennedy hits a line drive into left field. Heath picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Heath. Wright scores. Tresh goes all the way around to score. Kennedy moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dietrich vs. Harder
Dietrich hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Webb vs. Harder
Soup Campbell now playing right field. Ben Chapman now playing center field.
Webbhits a dribbler in front of the plate. Hemsley interferes with Webb who is awarded first base. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kreevich vs. Harder
Kreevich hits a ball on the ground towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Kennedy scores. Webb moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kuhel vs. Eisenstat
Harry Eisenstat now pitching.
Kuhel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack fields it and throws to second for the out. Webb moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Solters vs. Eisenstat
Solters hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Dietrich
Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Webb settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Dietrich
Heath hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Dietrich
Keltner hits a popup towards first. Kuhel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Dietrich
Mack hits a fly ball into right field. Wright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Appling vs. Eisenstat
Appling hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bell scoops it up and throws to first, with Eisenstat covering, for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wright vs. Eisenstat
Wright takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tresh vs. Eisenstat
Tresh hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Eisenstat
Kennedy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wright moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dietrich vs. Eisenstat
Dietrich is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Dietrich
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kennedy. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Eisenstat vs. Dietrich
Eisenstat hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hemsley moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boudreau vs. Dietrich
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Webb fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Hemsley moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Campbell vs. Dietrich
Campbell hits a popup towards short. Appling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Webb vs. Eisenstat
Webb hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kreevich vs. Eisenstat
Kreevich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhel vs. Eisenstat
Kuhel hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Dietrich
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Dietrich
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Dietrich
Heath is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solters vs. Eisenstat
Solters hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Appling vs. Eisenstat
Appling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wright vs. Eisenstat
Wright hits a popup, foul, towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Dietrich
Keltner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Webb settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Dietrich
Mack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemsley vs. Dietrich
Hemsley takes first base on ball four. Mack moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Eisenstat vs. Dietrich
There's a wild pitch. Mack moves to third. Hemsley moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hale vs. Dietrich
Odell Hale pinch hits for Harry Eisenstat.
Hale takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Boudreau vs. Brown
Oscar Grimes pinch runs for Odell Hale. Clint Brown now pitching.
Boudreau hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Solters. Boudreau reaches second base with a double. Mack scores. Hemsley scores. Grimes moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Campbell vs. Brown
Campbell is walked intentionally. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Chapman vs. Brown
Chapman is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bell vs. Brown
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Webb scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. Dobson
Joe Dobson now pitching.
Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Dobson
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Dobson
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Brown
Heath hits a fly ball into left field. Solters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Brown
Keltner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kreevich. Keltner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mack vs. Brown
Mack hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kuhel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hemsley vs. Brown
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Webb scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Webb vs. Dobson
Webb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kreevich vs. Dobson
Kreevich bunts towards the mound. Dobson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Webb moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kuhel vs. Dobson
Kuhel bunts towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. Webb moves to third. Kreevich moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Solters vs. Dobson
Solters takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Appling vs. Dobson
Appling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dobson fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pytlak vs. Brown
Frankie Pytlak pinch hits for Joe Dobson.
Pytlak hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Brown
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Brown
Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Webb scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/7/1940 -- Chicago at Cleveland
Chicago AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Webb S, 2b 4 0 1 0 Boudreau L, ss 5 0 2 2
Kreevich M, cf 5 0 1 1 Weatherly R, cf 2 1 1 0
Kuhel J, 1b 4 0 0 0 Campbell S, cf-rf 2 0 0 0
Solters M, lf 4 1 1 0 Chapman B, rf-cf 4 0 0 0
Appling L, ss 5 1 2 1 Bell B, 1b 4 0 1 1
Wright T, rf 3 1 2 0 Heath J, lf 4 1 1 1
Tresh M, c 3 1 1 1 Keltner K, 3b 4 0 2 0
Kennedy B, 3b 3 1 2 1 Mack R, 2b 4 1 1 0
Dietrich B, p 3 0 0 0 Hemsley R, c 3 1 1 0
Brown C, p 1 0 0 0 Harder M, p 1 0 0 0
Eisenstat H, p 1 0 1 0
Hale O, ph 0 0 0 0
Grimes O, pr 0 0 0 0
Dobson J, p 0 0 0 0
Pytlak F, ph 1 0 0 0
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35 5 10 4 35 4 10 4
Chicago 010 400 000 -- 5
Cleveland 100 100 200 -- 4
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Dietrich B (W) 6.1 8 4 4 2 1
Brown C (S) 2.2 2 0 0 1 1
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Harder M (L) 3.1 7 5 3 1 0
Eisenstat H 3.2 1 0 0 1 1
Dobson J 2.0 2 0 0 1 0
E -- Heath J, Hemsley R, Kennedy B
DP -- Chicago 2, Cleveland 1
LOB -- Chicago 9, Cleveland 7
2B -- Weatherly R, Solters M, Boudreau L, Keltner K
HR -- Heath J
CS -- Keltner K
SH -- Tresh M, Kuhel J
WP -- Dietrich B
T -- 2:03
A -- 7000
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