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Browns
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
August 26, 1938
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the St. Louis Browns, played on August 26, 1938 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 26, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Browns
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| Home Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 26, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Browns |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Les Tietje |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Lynn Nelson |
| Ballpark | Shibe Park |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 12 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Steve Basil 1B: George Pipgras 2B: (none) 3B: John Quinn |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mel Almada | Center Fielder |
| George McQuinn | First Baseman |
| Buster Mills | Left Fielder |
| Harlond Clift | Third Baseman |
| Beau Bell | Right Fielder |
| Red Kress | Shortstop |
| Tommy Heath | Catcher |
| Don Heffner | Second Baseman |
| Les Tietje | Pitcher |
| Gabby Street | Manager |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
| Lou Finney | Left Fielder |
| Stan Sperry | Second Baseman |
| Dick Siebert | First Baseman |
| Bob Johnson | Center Fielder |
| Billy Werber | Third Baseman |
| Hal Wagner | Catcher |
| Wayne Ambler | Shortstop |
| Lynn Nelson | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Browns
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
August 26, 1938
Top 1
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almada vs. Nelson
Almada hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McQuinn vs. Nelson
McQuinn hits a popup, foul, towards first. Siebert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mills vs. Nelson
Mills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Tietje
Moses hits a fly ball into left field. Mills settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Tietje
Finney hits a fly ball into center field. Almada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sperry vs. Tietje
Sperry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Siebert vs. Tietje
Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Nelson
Clift strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Nelson
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Nelson
Kress hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Wagner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Tietje
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Werber vs. Tietje
Werber hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wagner vs. Tietje
Wagner bunts towards the mound. Tietje fields it and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to third. Werber moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ambler vs. Tietje
Ambler hits a line drive into right field. Bell picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bell. Johnson scores. Werber scores. Ambler moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nelson vs. Tietje
Nelson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Heffner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moses vs. Tietje
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Nelson
Heath hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heffner vs. Nelson
Heffner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tietje vs. Nelson
Tietje strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Tietje
Finney hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sperry vs. Tietje
Sperry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Tietje
Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almada vs. Nelson
Almada hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McQuinn vs. Nelson
McQuinn hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mills vs. Nelson
Mills strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clift vs. Nelson
There goes Almada. The throw from Wagner and he is safe. Almada steals second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Clift vs. Nelson
Clift takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Nelson
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nelson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Almada moves to third. Clift moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kress vs. Nelson
Kress hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sperry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Tietje
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Werber vs. Tietje
Werber hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wagner vs. Tietje
Wagner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Werber moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ambler vs. Linke
Ed Linke now pitching.
There goes Werber. The throw from Heath and he is safe. Werber steals third. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ambler vs. Linke
Linke fires to first and picks off Wagner. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ambler vs. Linke
Ambler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Werber scores. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nelson vs. Linke
Nelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ambler moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moses vs. Linke
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress can't make a play. That's a base hit. Ambler moves to third. Nelson moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Finney vs. Linke
Finney hits a fly ball into left field. Mills settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sperry vs. Linke
Sperry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ambler scores. Nelson scores. Moses moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Siebert vs. Linke
Siebert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moses scores. Sperry moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Johnson vs. Linke
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Almada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Nelson
Heath hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wagner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heffner vs. Nelson
Heffner hits a line drive towards short. Ambler reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Linke vs. Nelson
Linke strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Linke
Werber takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Linke
Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Linke juggles the ball. That's an error on Linke. Werber moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ambler vs. Linke
Ambler bunts towards the mound. Linke fields it and throws to first for the out. Werber moves to third. Wagner moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Nelson vs. Linke
Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Werber scores. Wagner moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Moses vs. Linke
Moses hits a popup, foul, towards first. McQuinn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almada vs. Nelson
Almada hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sperry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuinn vs. Nelson
McQuinn is called out on strikes. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mills vs. Nelson
Mills hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Linke
Finney hits a fly ball into left field. Mills settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sperry vs. Linke
Sperry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Siebert vs. Linke
Siebert hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Linke
Johnson takes first base on ball four. Sperry moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Werber vs. Linke
Werber hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sperry scores. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wagner vs. Linke
Wagner hits a fly ball into left field. Mills settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Nelson
Clift hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Nelson
Bell takes first base on ball four. Clift moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kress vs. Nelson
Kress takes first base on ball four. Clift moves to third. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Heath vs. Smith
Eddie Smith now pitching.
Heath hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Clift scores. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Athletics, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heffner vs. Smith
Heffner takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to third. Kress moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Athletics, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Linke vs. Smith
Linke hits a line drive to right field. Moses throws towards third. Werber fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Werber. Bell scores. Kress scores. Heffner goes all the way around to score. Linke moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Almada vs. Smith
Almada hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sperry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Linke moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McQuinn vs. Smith
McQuinn hits a fly ball into left field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Browns, 4 - Athletics, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ambler vs. Linke
Ambler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Linke
Smith bunts towards the mound. Linke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with Heffner covering - double play. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Linke
Moses hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell who is chasing the ball. Moses reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Finney vs. Linke
Finney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moses scores. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sperry vs. Linke
Sperry hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Heffner fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Browns, 4 - Athletics, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mills vs. Smith
Mills hits a line drive into center field. Johnson picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Johnson. Mills moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Clift vs. Smith
Clift hits a popup towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Smith
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler misplays the ball. That's an error on Ambler. Mills scores. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kress vs. Smith
Kress hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Heath vs. Smith
Heath takes first base on ball four. Kress moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Heffner vs. Potter
Nels Potter now pitching. Frankie Hayes now catching.
Heffner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. Bell scores. Kress moves to third. Heath moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Athletics, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mazzera vs. Potter
Mel Mazzera pinch hits for Ed Linke.
Mazzera strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Browns, 6 - Athletics, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Cox
Bill Cox now pitching.
Siebert hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Athletics, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Cox
Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Athletics, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Cox
Werber hits a line drive towards third. Clift reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Athletics, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Cox
Hayes hits a line drive towards third. Clift reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Browns, 6 - Athletics, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almada vs. Potter
Almada hits a line drive towards the mound. Potter reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Athletics, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuinn vs. Potter
McQuinn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Athletics, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mills vs. Potter
Mills hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Athletics, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clift vs. Potter
Clift hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/26/1938, game 1 -- St.Louis at Philadelphia (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
Almada M, cf 5 0 2 0 Moses W, rf 5 2 2 0
McQuinn G, 1b 5 0 1 0 Finney L, lf 5 0 1 1
Mills B, lf 5 1 1 0 Sperry S, 2b 4 1 2 2
Clift H, 3b 4 1 1 0 Siebert D, 1b 5 0 1 1
Bell B, rf 3 2 1 0 Johnson B, cf 4 3 3 1
Kress R, ss 3 1 1 0 Werber B, 3b 4 3 3 1
Heath T, c 3 0 0 1 Wagner H, c 3 0 1 1
Heffner D, 2b 3 1 0 1 Hayes F, c 1 0 0 0
Tietje L, p 1 0 0 0 Ambler W, ss 3 1 3 2
Linke E, p 2 0 1 2 Nelson L, p 3 1 1 1
Mazzera M, ph 1 0 0 0 Smith E, p 1 0 0 0
Cox B, p 0 0 0 0 Potter N, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 6 8 4 38 11 17 10
St.Louis 000 000 420 -- 6
Philadelphia 020 511 11x -- 11
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Tietje L (L)* 3.0 6 4 3 1 0
Linke E 4.0 10 6 5 2 0
Cox B 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson L (W)+ 6.0 4 3 3 3 5
Smith E 1.1 3 3 1 2 0
Potter N (S) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 3 batters in 4th
+ Pitched to 3 batters in 7th
E -- Bell B, Linke E, Werber B, Johnson B, Ambler W
DP -- St.Louis 1, Philadelphia 1
LOB -- St.Louis 7, Philadelphia 8
3B -- Moses W
HR -- Johnson B
SB -- Almada M, Werber B
SH -- Wagner H, Ambler W
T -- 2:12
A -- 0
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