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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 19, 1927
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on August 19, 1927 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 19, 1927 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 19, 1927 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Lee Meadows |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Larry Benton |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 18 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Cy Pfirman 1B: Ernie Quigley 2B: (none) 3B: Frank Wilson |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lloyd Waner | Center Fielder |
| George Grantham | Second Baseman |
| Paul Waner | Right Fielder |
| Clyde Barnhart | Left Fielder |
| Pie Traynor | Third Baseman |
| Glenn Wright | Shortstop |
| Joe Harris | First Baseman |
| Johnny Gooch | Catcher |
| Lee Meadows | Pitcher |
| Donie Bush | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Andy Reese | Third Baseman |
| Freddie Lindstrom | Left Fielder |
| Edd Roush | Center Fielder |
| Rogers Hornsby | Second Baseman |
| Bill Terry | First Baseman |
| Travis Jackson | Shortstop |
| George Harper | Right Fielder |
| Zack Taylor | Catcher |
| Larry Benton | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 19, 1927
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Benton
Waner hits a fly ball into right field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grantham vs. Benton
Grantham strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Benton
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Meadows
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindstrom vs. Meadows
Lindstrom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roush vs. Meadows
Roush bunts towards the mound. Meadows fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hornsby vs. Meadows
Roush is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnhart vs. Benton
Barnhart is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Traynor vs. Benton
Traynor hits a fly ball into left field. Lindstrom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wright vs. Benton
Wright takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Benton
Taylor fires to first and picks off Wright. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Meadows
Hornsby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. Meadows
Terry hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Meadows
Jackson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Traynor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harper vs. Meadows
Harper takes first base on ball four. Hornsby moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Taylor vs. Meadows
Taylor hits a fly ball into left field. Barnhart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Benton
Harris hits a line drive towards third. Reese reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gooch vs. Benton
Gooch hits a fly ball into right field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meadows vs. Benton
Meadows hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benton vs. Meadows
Benton strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Meadows
Reese bunts towards first. Harris juggles the ball. That's an error on Harris. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindstrom vs. Meadows
Lindstrom hits a popup towards short. Wright settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roush vs. Meadows
Roush hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Benton
Waner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grantham vs. Benton
Grantham hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Waner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Waner vs. Benton
Waner hits a fly ball into right field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Waner tags and moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Barnhart vs. Benton
Barnhart hits a line drive into right field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Waner tags and scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Traynor vs. Benton
Traynor hits a fly ball into left field. Lindstrom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Meadows
Hornsby hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Meadows
Terry hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Waner. Terry reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jackson vs. Meadows
Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harper vs. Meadows
Harper hits a line drive into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Taylor vs. Meadows
Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wright vs. Benton
Wright hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Benton
Harris hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lindstrom who is chasing the ball. Harris reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gooch vs. Benton
Gooch hits a line drive towards third. Reese reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Meadows vs. Benton
Meadows is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benton vs. Meadows
Benton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Meadows
Reese hits a line drive into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindstrom vs. Meadows
Lindstrom hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Benton moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Roush vs. Meadows
Roush hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grantham fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Benton
Waner hits a line drive into left field. Lindstrom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grantham vs. Benton
Grantham hits a ball on the ground towards first. Terry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grantham for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Benton
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reese fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Meadows
Hornsby takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. Meadows
Terry hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Meadows
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Meadows
Harper hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grantham settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Meadows
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnhart vs. Benton
Barnhart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Traynor vs. Benton
Traynor hits a line drive into left field. Lindstrom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wright vs. Benton
Wright hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Barnhart moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harris vs. Benton
Harris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Barnhart scores. Wright moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gooch vs. Benton
Gooch hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Wright scores. Harris moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Meadows vs. Benton
Meadows hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton can't make a play. That's a base hit. Harris moves to third. Gooch moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Waner vs. Benton
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson can't make a play. That's a base hit. Harris scores. Gooch moves to third. Meadows moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cuyler vs. Henry
Dutch Henry now pitching. Kiki Cuyler pinch hits for George Grantham.
Cuyler hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Roush who is chasing the ball. Cuyler reaches third base with a triple. Gooch scores. Meadows scores. Waner goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Waner vs. Henry
Waner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cuyler scores. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barnhart vs. Henry
Barnhart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Waner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Traynor vs. Henry
Traynor hits a line drive into center field. Roush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wright vs. Henry
Wright hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Waner scores. Barnhart moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Harris vs. Cantwell
Ben Cantwell now pitching.
Harris hits a fly ball into center field. Roush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cantwell vs. Meadows
Kiki Cuyler now playing left field. Hal Rhyne now playing second base.
Cantwell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Meadows, and towards Wright, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Meadows
Reese is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindstrom vs. Meadows
Lindstrom hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roush vs. Meadows
Roush is hit by the pitch. Lindstrom moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hornsby vs. Meadows
Hornsby hits a popup, foul, towards first. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gooch vs. Cantwell
Gooch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meadows vs. Cantwell
Meadows hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Cantwell
Waner hits a line drive into center field. Roush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cuyler vs. Cantwell
Cuyler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Meadows
Terry hits a popup towards short. Wright settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Meadows
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jackson for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Meadows
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rhyne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Cantwell
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Terry scoops it up and throws to first, with Cantwell covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhyne vs. Cantwell
Rhyne hits a line drive into right field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Traynor vs. Cantwell
Traynor hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Harper. Traynor reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wright vs. Cantwell
Wright hits a fly ball into right field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Meadows
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Meadows
Mel Ott pinch hits for Ben Cantwell.
Ott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Meadows
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Reese vs. Meadows
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Ott moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Reese vs. Meadows
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Traynor. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lindstrom vs. Meadows
Lindstrom hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Rhyne reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Roush vs. Meadows
Roush hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/19/1927, game 1 -- Pittsburgh at New York (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Waner L, cf 5 2 2 1 Reese A, 3b 5 0 0 0
Grantham G, 2b 3 0 1 0 Lindstrom F, lf 5 0 2 0
Cuyler K, ph-lf 2 1 1 3 Roush E, cf 4 0 1 0
Waner P, rf 4 1 1 1 Hornsby R, 2b 3 2 2 1
Barnhart C, lf 3 1 2 1 Terry B, 1b 4 1 2 2
Rhyne H, 2b 1 0 0 0 Jackson T, ss 4 0 0 0
Traynor P, 3b 5 0 1 0 Harper G, rf 3 0 0 0
Wright G, ss 4 1 2 1 Taylor Z, c 4 0 0 0
Harris J, 1b 4 1 2 1 Benton L, p 2 0 1 0
Gooch J, c 4 1 1 1 Henry D, p 0 0 0 0
Meadows L, p 4 1 2 0 Cantwell B, p 1 0 0 0
Ott M, ph 1 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 9 15 9 36 3 9 3
Pittsburgh 000 100 800 -- 9
New York 000 102 000 -- 3
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Meadows L (W) 9.0 9 3 3 2 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Benton L (L) 6.1 9 7 7 1 3
Henry D 0.1 4 2 2 0 0
Cantwell B 2.1 2 0 0 0 0
E -- Harris J, Traynor P
DP -- Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 6, New York 9
2B -- Terry B, Wright G, Traynor P
3B -- Harris J, Cuyler K
HR -- Hornsby R, Terry B
CS -- Roush E
SF -- Waner P, Barnhart C
HBP -- by Meadows L (Roush E)
T -- 2:18
A -- 0
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