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Dodgers
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
July 31, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on July 31, 1955 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
Date | July 31, 1955 |
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Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 31, 1955 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Don Newcombe |
Home Starting Pitcher | Luis Arroyo |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 27,220 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 38 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Augie Donatelli 1B: Jocko Conlan 2B: Hal Dixon 3B: Artie Gore |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Don Hoak | Third Baseman |
Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
Roy Campanella | Catcher |
Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
Jackie Robinson | Left Fielder |
Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
Don Zimmer | Second Baseman |
Don Newcombe | Pitcher |
Walter Alston | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bob Stephenson | Shortstop |
Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
Stan Musial | First Baseman |
Wally Moon | Left Fielder |
Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
Joe Frazier | Right Fielder |
Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
Nelson Burbrink | Catcher |
Luis Arroyo | Pitcher |
Harry Walker | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Dodgers
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
July 31, 1955
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Arroyo
Hoak takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Arroyo
Reese hits a line drive into right field. Frazier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Arroyo
Snider strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Arroyo
Campanella strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Stephenson vs. Newcombe
Stephenson strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Newcombe
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Newcombe
Musial hits a line drive into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Arroyo
Hodges hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Frazier. Hodges reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Arroyo
Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hodges moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Furillo vs. Arroyo
Furillo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Furillo reaches second base with a double. Hodges scores. Robinson moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Zimmer vs. Wooldridge
Floyd Wooldridge now pitching.
Zimmer hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Robinson tags and scores. Furillo tags and moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Newcombe vs. Wooldridge
Newcombe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Hoak vs. Wooldridge
Hoak strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Reese vs. Wooldridge
Reese hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Newcombe
Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Newcombe
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Frazier vs. Newcombe
Frazier hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Wooldridge
Snider hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Wooldridge
Campanella hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Wooldridge
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephenson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Wooldridge
Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Newcombe
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Burbrink vs. Newcombe
Burbrink hits a line drive into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Wooldridge vs. Newcombe
Wooldridge hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Wooldridge
Furillo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Zimmer vs. Wooldridge
Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephenson fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Stephenson. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Newcombe vs. Wooldridge
Newcombe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Furillo moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hoak vs. Wooldridge
Hoak hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Stephenson vs. Newcombe
Stephenson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Newcombe
Schoendienst hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Newcombe
Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Newcombe
Moon strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Newcombe
Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Frazier vs. Newcombe
Frazier hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Wooldridge
Reese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Wooldridge
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Wooldridge
Campanella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Wooldridge
Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Snider scores. Campanella moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Lawrence
Brooks Lawrence now pitching.
Robinson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Campanella scores. Hodges goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Furillo vs. Lawrence
Furillo strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Zimmer vs. Lawrence
Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Newcombe
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Burbrink vs. Newcombe
Burbrink hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newcombe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Newcombe
Harry Elliott pinch hits for Brooks Lawrence.
Elliott hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newcombe vs. Smith
Frank Smith now pitching.
Newcombe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Smith
Hoak hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Smith
Reese takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Smith
Snider takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Campanella vs. Wright
Mel Wright now pitching.
Campanella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reese scores. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Wright
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephenson vs. Newcombe
Stephenson hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Newcombe
Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Newcombe
Musial hits a popup towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Newcombe
Moon hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Wright
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephenson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Wright
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. Wright
Zimmer hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Newcombe
Jim Gilliam now playing left field.
Virdon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Frazier vs. Newcombe
Frazier hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Newcombe
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Newcombe vs. Wright
Newcombe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Wright
Hoak hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Frazier. Hoak reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Reese vs. Wright
Wright spins and fires to second, with Stephenson covering, and has Hoak trapped. There's the throw to Boyer who tags Hoak for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Wright
Reese hits a line drive into center field. Virdon picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Virdon. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Snider vs. Wright
Snider takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Campanella vs. Wright
Campanella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reese scores. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Wright
Hodges hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Frazier. Hodges reaches second base with a double. Snider scores. Campanella moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 9 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gilliam vs. Wright
Gilliam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Campanella scores. Hodges scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 11 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Wright
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephenson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 11 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Burbrink vs. Newcombe
Burbrink hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 11 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Newcombe
Harry Walker pinch hits for Mel Wright.
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newcombe fields it and throws to first for the out. Burbrink moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 11 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Hemus vs. Newcombe
Solly Hemus pinch hits for Bob Stephenson.
Hemus hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer catches it and throws to second with Reese covering, to double up Burbrink. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 11 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. LaPalme
Alex Grammas now playing shortstop. Paul LaPalme now pitching.
Zimmer hits a fly ball into right field. Frazier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 11 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Newcombe vs. LaPalme
Newcombe strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 11 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. LaPalme
Hoak hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 11 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Newcombe
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schoendienst for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 11 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Newcombe
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 11 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Newcombe
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/31/1955 -- Brooklyn at St.Louis (D) Brooklyn AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Hoak D, 3b 5 0 1 0 Stephenson B, ss 3 0 0 0 Reese P, ss 4 2 2 0 Hemus S, ph 1 0 0 0 Snider D, cf 3 2 0 0 Grammas A, ss 0 0 0 0 Campanella R, c 5 3 4 3 Schoendienst R, 2b 3 1 1 1 Hodges G, 1b 5 3 3 2 Musial S, 1b 4 1 1 1 Robinson J, lf 4 1 2 2 Moon W, lf 4 0 1 0 Gilliam J, lf 1 0 1 2 Virdon B, cf 3 0 1 0 Furillo C, rf 4 0 1 1 Frazier J, rf 3 0 0 0 Zimmer D, 2b 4 0 0 1 Boyer K, 3b 3 0 0 0 Newcombe D, p 4 0 0 0 Burbrink N, c 3 0 1 0 Arroyo L, p 0 0 0 0 Wooldridge F, p 1 0 0 0 Lawrence B, p 0 0 0 0 Elliott H, ph 1 0 0 0 Smith F, p 0 0 0 0 Wright M, p 0 0 0 0 Walker H, ph 1 0 0 0 LaPalme P, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 39 11 14 11 30 2 5 2 Brooklyn 021 031 040 -- 11 St.Louis 000 200 000 -- 2 Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO Newcombe D (W) 9.0 5 2 2 1 2 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Arroyo L (L)* 1.0 3 2 2 1 2 Wooldridge F 3.1 4 4 4 2 1 Lawrence B 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 Smith F 0.2 0 1 1 2 0 Wright M 2.1 6 4 4 1 0 LaPalme P 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 * Pitched to 3 batters in 2nd E -- Stephenson B, Virdon B DP -- Brooklyn 2, St.Louis 1 LOB -- Brooklyn 8, St.Louis 2 2B -- Hodges G 2, Furillo C, Robinson J, Hoak D HR -- Campanella R, Schoendienst R, Musial S SF -- Zimmer D T -- 2:38 A -- 27220
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