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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
September 15, 1998
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on September 15, 1998 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 15, 1998 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 15, 1998 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jon Lieber |
Home Starting Pitcher | Donovan Osborne |
Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 55 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Angel Hernandez 1B: Charlie Reliford 2B: Randy Marsh 3B: Bill Hohn |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Adrian Brown | Center Fielder |
Kevin Polcovich | Second Baseman |
Jason Kendall | Catcher |
Kevin Young | First Baseman |
Jose Guillen | Right Fielder |
Manny Martinez | Left Fielder |
Freddy Garcia | Third Baseman |
Lou Collier | Shortstop |
Jon Lieber | Pitcher |
Gene Lamont | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Delino DeShields | Second Baseman |
J.D. Drew | Right Fielder |
Ron Gant | Left Fielder |
Ray Lankford | Center Fielder |
Fernando Tatis | Third Baseman |
John Mabry | First Baseman |
Luis Ordaz | Shortstop |
Donovan Osborne | Pitcher |
Tom Lampkin | Catcher |
Tony LaRussa | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
September 15, 1998
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Osborne
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Polcovich vs. Osborne
Polcovich hits a popup towards short. Ordaz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Osborne
Kendall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Osborne
Young strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
DeShields vs. Lieber
DeShields hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Drew vs. Lieber
Drew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gant vs. Lieber
Gant strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Osborne
Guillen hits a popup into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Osborne
Martinez hits a fly ball into right center field, beyond the reach of Lankford who is chasing the ball. Martinez reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Garcia vs. Osborne
Garcia takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Collier vs. Osborne
Collier hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Drew who is chasing the ball. Collier reaches third base with a triple. Martinez scores. Garcia goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Lieber vs. Osborne
Lieber strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Brown vs. Osborne
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lankford vs. Lieber
Lankford hits a ball on the ground for a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Tatis vs. Lieber
Tatis hits a popup towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Mabry vs. Lieber
Mabry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polcovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lankford scores. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ordaz vs. Lieber
Ordaz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Osborne vs. Lieber
Osborne takes first base on ball four. Ordaz moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Lampkin vs. Lieber
Lampkin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Polcovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Polcovich vs. Osborne
Polcovich hits a popup towards first. Mabry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Osborne
Kendall hits a popup into right field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Osborne
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Osborne
Guillen hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Osborne
Martinez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Osborne
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
DeShields vs. Lieber
DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Drew vs. Lieber
Drew hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gant vs. Lieber
Gant hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Lankford vs. Lieber
Lankford hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Tatis vs. Lieber
Tatis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kendall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mabry vs. Lieber
Mabry hits a line drive towards first. Young reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Collier vs. Osborne
Collier strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Laker vs. Osborne
Tim Laker pinch hits for Jon Lieber.
Laker strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Osborne
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Ordaz vs. Tabaka
Jeff Tabaka now pitching.
Ordaz hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Osborne vs. Tabaka
Osborne strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Lampkin vs. Tabaka
Lampkin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
DeShields vs. Lawrence
Sean Lawrence now pitching.
DeShields hits a popup into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Polcovich vs. Osborne
Polcovich hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kendall vs. Osborne
Kendall is hit by the pitch. Polcovich moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Osborne
Young hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. King
Curtis King now pitching.
Guillen strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. King
Martinez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. DeShields settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. King
Garcia strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Drew vs. Lawrence
Drew hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gant vs. Lawrence
Gant hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kendall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lankford vs. Lawrence
Lankford hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Tatis vs. Lawrence
Tatis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garcia fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collier vs. King
Collier hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. DeShields reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lawrence vs. King
Lawrence strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. King
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mabry scoops it up and throws to first, with King covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mabry vs. Lawrence
Mabry strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Ordaz vs. Lawrence
Ordaz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polcovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
King vs. Lawrence
King hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Polcovich vs. King
Polcovich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. King
Kendall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. King
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Jordan vs. Lawrence
Brian Jordan pinch hits for Tom Lampkin.
Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
DeShields vs. Lawrence
DeShields takes first base on ball four. Jordan moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Drew vs. Rincon
Ricardo Rincon now pitching.
Drew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. Jordan moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Gant vs. Rincon
Gant takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Lankford vs. Rincon
Lankford strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Brantley
Brian Jordan now playing center field. Jeff Brantley now pitching. Eli Marrero now catching.
Guillen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Brantley
Martinez bunts towards first. Mabry scoops it up and throws to first, with DeShields covering, for the out. Guillen moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Garcia vs. Brantley
Garcia is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Ward vs. Brantley
Turner Ward pinch hits for Lou Collier.
Ward takes first base on ball four. Guillen moves to third. Garcia moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Strange vs. Brantley
Doug Strange pinch hits for Ricardo Rincon.
Strange hits a fly ball into right field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Guillen tags and scores. Garcia tags and moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Brown vs. Brantley
Brown strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Tatis vs. Williams
Mike Williams now pitching. Abraham Nunez now playing shortstop.
Tatis strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mabry vs. Williams
Mabry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polcovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ordaz vs. Williams
Ordaz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Martinez. Ordaz reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Marrero vs. Williams
Marrero strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Polcovich vs. Brantley
Polcovich hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Marrero settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Brantley
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Brantley
There goes Kendall. The throw from Marrero and he is safe. Kendall steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Brantley
Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mabry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Young for the out. Kendall moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Guillen vs. Brantley
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Jordan vs. Williams
Jordan hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Christiansen
Jason Christiansen now pitching. Mark McGwire pinch hits for Delino DeShields.
McGwire hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Drew vs. Christiansen
Drew hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gant vs. Loiselle
Tony Womack now playing second base. Rich Loiselle now pitching.
Gant is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/15/1998, game 1 -- Pittsburgh at St. Louis (N) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI St. Louis AB R H RBI Brown A, cf 5 0 0 0 DeShields D, 2b 3 0 1 0 Polcovich K, 2b 5 1 1 0 McGwire M, ph 1 1 1 1 Loiselle R, p 0 0 0 0 Drew J, rf 5 2 2 2 Kendall J, c 4 1 3 0 Gant R, lf 4 1 1 0 Young K, 1b 4 2 1 3 Lankford R, cf 4 2 2 2 Guillen J, rf 5 2 2 2 Brantley J, p 0 0 0 0 Martinez M, lf 2 1 1 0 Tatis F, 3b 4 0 0 0 Garcia F, 3b 2 1 0 0 Mabry J, 1b 4 0 0 1 Collier L, ss 3 0 1 2 Ordaz L, ss 3 0 1 0 Ward T, ph 0 0 0 0 Osborne D, p 1 0 0 0 Nunez A, ss 0 0 0 0 King C, p 1 0 0 0 Lieber J, p 1 0 0 0 Marrero E, c 1 0 0 0 Laker T, ph 1 0 0 0 Lampkin T, c 1 0 0 0 Tabaka J, p 0 0 0 0 Jordan B, ph-cf 2 0 1 0 Lawrence S, p 1 0 0 0 Rincon R, p 0 0 0 0 Strange D, ph 0 0 0 1 Williams M, p 0 0 0 0 Christiansen J, p 0 0 0 0 Womack T, 2b 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 8 9 8 34 6 9 6 Pittsburgh 022 030 010 -- 8 St. Louis 013 010 001 -- 6 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Lieber J 3.0 5 4 4 2 1 Tabaka J 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 Lawrence S (W)* 2.1 2 1 1 1 1 Rincon R 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Williams M 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 Christiansen J 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 Loiselle R (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO Osborne D (L)+ 4.0 6 7 7 3 4 King C 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 Brantley J 2.0 2 1 1 2 1 * Pitched to 2 batters in 7th + Pitched to 3 batters in 5th DP -- Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 1 LOB -- Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 6 2B -- Ordaz L 3B -- Martinez M, Collier L, Lankford R HR -- Guillen J, Drew J 2, Lankford R, Young K, McGwire M SB -- Kendall J SH -- Martinez M SF -- Strange D HBP -- by Osborne D (Kendall J) T -- 2:55 A -- 0
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