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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 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 15, 1998 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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
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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
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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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