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Cubs
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 10, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs, played on May 10, 1959 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 10, 1959 |
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Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 10, 1959 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | John Buzhardt |
Home Starting Pitcher | Ernie Broglio |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 19,438 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 43 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Augie Donatelli 1B: Ken Burkhart 2B: (none) 3B: Tony Venzon |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tony Taylor | Second Baseman |
Lee Walls | Right Fielder |
Jim Marshall | First Baseman |
Ernie Banks | Shortstop |
Walt Moryn | Left Fielder |
Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
Randy Jackson | Third Baseman |
Earl Averill | Catcher |
John Buzhardt | Pitcher |
Bob Scheffing | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
Gino Cimoli | Center Fielder |
George Crowe | First Baseman |
Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
Bill White | Left Fielder |
Joe Cunningham | Right Fielder |
Gene Green | Catcher |
Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
Ernie Broglio | Pitcher |
Solly Hemus | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cubs
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 10, 1959
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Broglio
Taylor takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Broglio
Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Broglio
Marshall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Banks vs. Broglio
Banks hits a popup, foul, towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Buzhardt
Blasingame hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moryn throws the ball in to Banks who tags Blasingame trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Buzhardt
Cimoli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crowe vs. Buzhardt
Crowe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cimoli moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boyer vs. Buzhardt
Boyer takes first base on ball four. Crowe moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
White vs. Buzhardt
White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cunningham vs. Buzhardt
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buzhardt juggles the ball. That's an error on Buzhardt. Cimoli scores. Crowe scores. Boyer moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Green vs. Buzhardt
Green is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Broglio
Moryn strikes out. Green drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Moryn out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Broglio
Thomson strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Broglio
Jackson is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Buzhardt
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Broglio vs. Buzhardt
Broglio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Buzhardt
Blasingame hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Broglio
Averill hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Averill reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Buzhardt vs. Broglio
Buzhardt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Averill moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Taylor vs. Broglio
Taylor is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Walls vs. Broglio
Walls strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Buzhardt
Cimoli is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crowe vs. Buzhardt
Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor misplays the ball. That's an error on Taylor. Cimoli moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Buzhardt
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Cimoli moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
White vs. Buzhardt
White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Buzhardt
Cunningham hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Buzhardt
Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Broglio
Marshall strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Broglio
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Broglio
Moryn strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Buzhardt
Grammas hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Broglio vs. Buzhardt
Broglio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Buzhardt
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Broglio
Thomson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Broglio
Jackson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Broglio
Averill hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buzhardt vs. Broglio
Buzhardt strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Broglio
Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Buzhardt
Cimoli hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Buzhardt
Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Buzhardt
Boyer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Broglio
Walls hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Broglio
Marshall hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Broglio
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Buzhardt
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Buzhardt
Cunningham hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Buzhardt
Green hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Buzhardt
Grammas is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Broglio
Moryn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Broglio
Thomson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moryn moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Jackson vs. Broglio
Jackson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Broglio
Averill takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buzhardt vs. Brosnan
Jim Brosnan now pitching.
Buzhardt is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Brosnan
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Averill moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Walls vs. Brosnan
Walls takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marshall vs. Brosnan
Marshall hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Buzhardt
Dale Long now playing first base. Solly Hemus pinch hits for Jim Brosnan.
Hemus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Buzhardt
Bobby Smith pinch runs for Solly Hemus.
Blasingame bunts towards the mound. Buzhardt fields it and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cimoli vs. Buzhardt
Cimoli hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Cimoli reaches second base with a double. Smith scores. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crowe vs. Buzhardt
Crowe hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Buzhardt
Boyer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Boyer reaches second base with a double. Cimoli scores. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Singleton
Elmer Singleton now pitching.
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Kellner
Bobby Smith now playing left field. Alex Kellner now pitching. Curt Flood now playing center field. Gino Cimoli now playing right field. Joe Cunn
Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Kellner
Moryn hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Kellner
Thomson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Kellner
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Kellner
Averill strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Singleton
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cunningham for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Singleton
Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Singleton
Stan Musial pinch hits for Alex Grammas.
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Singleton vs. Kellner
Lee Tate now playing shortstop.
Singleton strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Kellner
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tate fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Kellner
Walls takes first base on ball four. Taylor moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Long vs. Kellner
Long hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taylor scores. Walls moves to third. Long moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Banks vs. Kellner
Banks is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Moryn vs. Kellner
Moryn strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thomson vs. McDaniel
Lindy McDaniel now pitching.
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 7 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Singleton
George Altman now playing center field. Bobby Thomson now playing left field. Ray Jablonski pinch hits for Bobby Smith.
Jablonski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Averill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Singleton
Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Singleton
Cimoli hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomson. Cimoli reaches second base with a double. Blasingame goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Flood vs. Anderson
Bob Anderson now pitching.
Flood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cimoli scores. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/10/1959, game 2 -- Chicago at St.Louis (D) Chicago AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Taylor T, 2b 4 1 1 0 Blasingame D, 2b 4 1 2 0 Walls L, rf 3 0 0 0 Cimoli G, cf-rf 4 4 3 2 Marshall J, 1b 3 0 0 0 Crowe G, 1b 4 1 1 0 Long D, 1b 1 0 1 1 Flood C, cf 1 0 1 1 Banks E, ss 4 0 0 0 Boyer K, 3b 3 0 1 1 Moryn W, lf 5 2 2 1 White B, lf 4 1 1 2 Altman G, cf 0 0 0 0 Kellner A, p 0 0 0 0 Thomson B, cf-lf 4 1 1 0 McDaniel L, p 0 0 0 0 Jackson R, 3b 3 2 1 3 Cunningham J, rf-1b 4 0 1 0 Averill E, c 3 1 2 2 Green G, c 4 0 1 0 Buzhardt J, p 3 0 0 0 Grammas A, ss 3 0 0 0 Singleton E, p 1 0 0 0 Musial S, ph 1 0 0 0 Anderson B, p 0 0 0 0 Tate L, ss 0 0 0 0 Broglio E, p 2 0 0 0 Brosnan J, p 0 0 0 0 Hemus S, ph 0 0 0 0 Smith B, pr-lf 0 1 0 0 Jablonski R, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 7 8 7 35 8 11 6 Chicago 000 020 311 -- 7 St.Louis 202 000 202 -- 8 1 out when winning run was scored. Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Buzhardt J 6.2 8 6 4 2 2 Singleton E (L) 1.2 2 2 2 0 0 Anderson B 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Broglio E* 6.0 5 5 5 4 9 Brosnan J 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Kellner A 1.2 3 2 2 3 3 McDaniel L (W) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 * Pitched to 4 batters in 7th E -- Buzhardt J, Taylor T DP -- Chicago 1, St.Louis 1 LOB -- Chicago 8, St.Louis 6 2B -- Averill E, Cimoli G 2, Boyer K HR -- White B, Averill E, Jackson R, Moryn W SH -- Blasingame D HBP -- by Buzhardt J (Cimoli G) T -- 2:43 A -- 19438
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