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Twins
@ Angels
Wrigley Field
August 20, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Minnesota Twins, played on August 20, 1961 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 20, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Home Team |
Los Angeles Angels
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 20, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Los Angeles Angels |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jack Kralick |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Donohue |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Los Angeles |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 3,977 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 10 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Nestor Chylak 1B: Al Smith 2B: Hank Soar 3B: Bill McKinley |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lenny Green | Center Fielder |
| Billy Martin | Second Baseman |
| Harmon Killebrew | First Baseman |
| Joe Altobelli | Left Fielder |
| Bob Allison | Right Fielder |
| Earl Battey | Catcher |
| Bill Tuttle | Third Baseman |
| Zoilo Versalles | Shortstop |
| Jack Kralick | Pitcher |
| Sam Mele | Manager |
Los Angeles Angels Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joe Koppe | Shortstop |
| Albie Pearson | Right Fielder |
| Ken Hunt | Center Fielder |
| Steve Bilko | First Baseman |
| Earl Averill | Catcher |
| George Thomas | Left Fielder |
| Eddie Yost | Third Baseman |
| Billy Moran | Second Baseman |
| Jim Donohue | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Angels
Wrigley Field
August 20, 1961
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Donohue
Green hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Donohue
Martin strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Donohue
Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altobelli vs. Donohue
Altobelli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops it up and throws to first, with Donohue covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 1 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koppe vs. Kralick
Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pearson vs. Kralick
Pearson strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Kralick
Hunt hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 1 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Donohue
Allison strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Donohue
Battey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tuttle vs. Donohue
Tuttle strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Versalles vs. Donohue
Versalles is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 1 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bilko vs. Kralick
Bilko takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Kralick
Averill hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Altobelli. Averill reaches second base with a double. Bilko moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Thomas vs. Kralick
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bilko scores. Averill moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Yost vs. Kralick
Yost hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Averill scores. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Angels, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moran vs. Kralick
Moran hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Angels, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Donohue vs. Kralick
Donohue strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Angels, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Koppe vs. Kralick
There goes Yost. The throw from Battey to Martin and they have Yost trapped. The throw over to Killebrew, who applies the tag for the out. Thomas scores. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 1 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kralick vs. Donohue
Kralick hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Donohue
Green hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Donohue
Martin strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Donohue
Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Altobelli vs. Donohue
Altobelli hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Angels, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allison vs. Donohue
Allison takes first base on ball four. Killebrew moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Angels, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Battey vs. Donohue
Battey is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 3 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koppe vs. Kralick
Koppe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pearson vs. Kralick
Pearson strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunt vs. Kralick
Hunt hits a popup towards third. Tuttle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Angels, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bilko vs. Kralick
Bilko hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 3 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Donohue
Tuttle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Versalles vs. Donohue
Versalles hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Versalles reaches second base with a double. Tuttle moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kralick vs. Morgan
Tom Morgan now pitching.
Kralick hits a popup, foul, towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Green vs. Morgan
Green is walked intentionally. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Angels, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Martin vs. Morgan
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tuttle scores. Versalles moves to third. Green moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Angels, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Killebrew vs. Morgan
Killebrew hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pearson. Killebrew reaches second base with a double. Versalles scores. Green scores. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Angels, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Altobelli vs. Morgan
Altobelli hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 6 - Angels, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Kralick
Averill hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Kralick
Thomas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Kralick
Yost takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moran vs. Kralick
Moran hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yost moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Morgan vs. Kralick
Morgan bunts in front of the plate. Battey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Koppe vs. Kralick
Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields it and throws to second for the out. Yost moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pearson vs. Kralick
Pearson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yost scores. Koppe moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hunt vs. Schroll
Al Schroll now pitching.
Hunt hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Battey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 6 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Morgan
Allison hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Battey vs. Morgan
Averill fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Averill. Allison moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Battey vs. Morgan
Battey hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Allison tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Angels, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Morgan
Tuttle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Moran settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Morgan
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schroll vs. Morgan
Schroll hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 7 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bilko vs. Schroll
Bilko hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Green. Bilko reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Averill vs. Schroll
Averill is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Angels, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Schroll
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Yost vs. Schroll
Yost hits a fly ball into left field. Altobelli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 7 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Morgan
Green hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Moran reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Angels, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Morgan
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Morgan
Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 7 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moran vs. Schroll
Moran hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Angels, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Schroll
Ted Kluszewski pinch hits for Tom Morgan.
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koppe vs. Schroll
Koppe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 7 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altobelli vs. Fowler
Art Fowler now pitching.
Altobelli hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Altobelli reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Allison vs. Fowler
Allison hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Angels, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Battey vs. Fowler
Battey is walked intentionally. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Angels, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tuttle vs. Fowler
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko throws to second for one, and Koppe throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Altobelli scores. Tuttle moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Versalles vs. Fowler
Versalles hits a fly ball into right field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 8 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pearson vs. Schroll
Pearson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunt vs. Schroll
Hunt hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Angels, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bilko vs. Schroll
Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 8 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schroll vs. Fowler
Schroll hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Fowler
Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops it up and throws to first, with Fowler covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Angels, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Fowler
Martin hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bilko settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Fowler
Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 9 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Schroll
Averill hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Angels, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Schroll
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Angels, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Schroll
Lee Thomas pinch hits for Eddie Yost.
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Angels, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Schroll
Leon Wagner pinch hits for Billy Moran.
Wagner hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Angels, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Schroll
Del Rice pinch hits for Art Fowler.
Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Altobelli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 9 - Angels, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altobelli vs. Duren
Ryne Duren now pitching. Rocky Bridges now playing second base. Lee Thomas now playing left field. George Thomas now playing third base.
Altobelli strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Angels, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Duren
Allison strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Angels, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Duren
Battey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pearson. Battey reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Angels, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tuttle vs. Duren
Tuttle is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 9 - Angels, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koppe vs. Moore
Ray Moore now pitching. Ted Lepcio now playing third base. Bill Tuttle now playing center field. Lenny Green now playing left field.
Koppe is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Angels, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pearson vs. Moore
Pearson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Angels, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunt vs. Moore
Hunt strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Angels, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bilko vs. Moore
Bilko hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/20/1961 -- Minnesota at Los Angeles (D)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Los Angeles AB R H RBI
Green L, cf-lf 4 3 2 2 Koppe J, ss 5 0 1 0
Martin B, 2b 5 0 0 1 Pearson A, rf 3 0 1 1
Killebrew H, 1b 5 0 2 2 Hunt K, cf 5 0 0 0
Altobelli J, lf 5 1 1 0 Bilko S, 1b 4 1 1 0
Moore R, p 0 0 0 0 Averill E, c 4 3 3 2
Allison B, rf 4 1 1 0 Thomas G, lf-3b 4 2 3 2
Battey E, c 3 0 2 1 Yost E, 3b 2 1 1 1
Tuttle B, 3b-cf 4 1 0 0 Thomas L, ph-lf 1 0 0 0
Versalles Z, ss 4 1 2 0 Moran B, 2b 3 0 1 0
Kralick J, p 2 1 1 1 Wagner L, ph 1 0 0 0
Schroll A, p 2 1 1 1 Bridges R, 2b 0 0 0 0
Lepcio T, 3b 0 0 0 0 Donohue J, p 1 0 0 0
Morgan T, p 1 0 0 0
Kluszewski T, ph 1 0 0 0
Fowler A, p 0 0 0 0
Rice D, ph 1 0 0 0
Duren R, p 0 0 0 0
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38 9 12 8 36 7 11 6
Minnesota 102 310 110 -- 9
Los Angeles 030 300 010 -- 7
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Kralick J 3.2 8 6 6 2 3
Schroll A (W) 4.1 3 1 1 1 1
Moore R (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO
Donohue J* 3.0 6 5 5 2 6
Morgan T (L) 3.0 3 2 1 1 0
Fowler A 2.0 2 2 1 1 0
Duren R 1.0 1 0 0 0 3
* Pitched to 2 batters in 4th
E -- Averill E, Koppe J
DP -- Minnesota 1
LOB -- Minnesota 7, Los Angeles 6
2B -- Averill E, Versalles Z, Killebrew H, Bilko S, Altobelli J, Battey E
HR -- Green L 2, Kralick J, Averill E 2, Thomas G, Schroll A
SF -- Battey E
T -- 3:10
A -- 3977
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