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Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 18, 1953
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 18, 1953 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 18, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 18, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Madison |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mel Parnell |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 6,591 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Summers 1B: Johnny Stevens 2B: Scotty Robb 3B: Grover Froese |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Hitchcock | Third Baseman |
| Harvey Kuenn | Shortstop |
| Don Lund | Right Fielder |
| Bob Nieman | Left Fielder |
| Walt Dropo | First Baseman |
| Jim Delsing | Center Fielder |
| Jerry Priddy | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Bucha | Catcher |
| Dave Madison | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Piersall | Right Fielder |
| Gene Stephens | Left Fielder |
| Floyd Baker | Third Baseman |
| Dick Gernert | First Baseman |
| Del Wilber | Catcher |
| Ted Lepcio | Second Baseman |
| Tom Umphlett | Center Fielder |
| Milt Bolling | Shortstop |
| Mel Parnell | Pitcher |
| Lou Boudreau | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 18, 1953
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hitchcock vs. Parnell
Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Parnell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Parnell
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hitchcock moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lund vs. Parnell
Lund hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hitchcock moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Nieman vs. Parnell
Nieman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Madison
Piersall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stephens vs. Madison
Stephens takes first base on ball four. Piersall moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baker vs. Madison
Baker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piersall scores. Stephens moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gernert vs. Madison
Gernert takes first base on ball four. Baker moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wilber vs. Herbert
Ray Herbert now pitching.
Wilber takes first base on ball four. Stephens scores. Baker moves to third. Gernert moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lepcio vs. Herbert
Lepcio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baker scores. Gernert scores. Wilber moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Umphlett vs. Herbert
Umphlett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wilber moves to third. Lepcio moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bolling vs. Wight
Bill Wight now pitching.
Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Delsing. Wilber scores. Lepcio scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parnell vs. Wight
Parnell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Umphlett moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Piersall vs. Wight
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dropo vs. Parnell
Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Delsing vs. Parnell
Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Priddy vs. Parnell
Priddy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephens vs. Wight
Stephens strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Wight
Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gernert vs. Wight
There goes Baker. The throw from Bucha and he is out, Priddy applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gernert vs. Wight
Gernert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilber vs. Wight
Wilber hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bucha vs. Parnell
Bucha hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling misplays the ball. That's an error on Bolling. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wight vs. Parnell
Wight strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hitchcock vs. Parnell
Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lepcio vs. Wight
Don Lund now playing center field. Bob Nieman now playing right field. Frank Carswell now playing left field.
Lepcio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Umphlett vs. Wight
Umphlett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolling vs. Wight
Bucha fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Bucha. Umphlett moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bolling vs. Wight
Bolling hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Umphlett scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parnell vs. Wight
Parnell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wight picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wight. Parnell moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Piersall vs. Wight
Piersall hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Parnell
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Parnell, and towards Lepcio, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lund vs. Parnell
Lund is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Parnell
Nieman hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephens vs. Wight
Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hitchcock fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Wight
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Priddy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gernert vs. Wight
Gernert takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilber vs. Wight
Wilber hits a fly ball into center field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dropo vs. Parnell
Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carswell vs. Parnell
Carswell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Priddy vs. Parnell
Priddy takes first base on ball four. Carswell moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bucha vs. Parnell
Bucha hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Umphlett. Bucha reaches second base with a double. Carswell scores. Priddy moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Batts vs. Parnell
Matt Batts pinch hits for Bill Wight.
Batts strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hitchcock vs. Parnell
Hitchcock hits a fly ball towards center. Umphlett settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Umphlett. Priddy scores. Bucha scores. Hitchcock moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kuenn vs. Parnell
Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lepcio vs. Marlowe
Dick Marlowe now pitching.
Lepcio strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Umphlett vs. Marlowe
Umphlett hits a fly ball into center field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Marlowe
Bolling hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lund vs. Parnell
Lund hits a fly ball into right field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Parnell
Nieman hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dropo vs. Parnell
Dropo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carswell vs. Parnell
Carswell hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parnell vs. Marlowe
Parnell hits a popup towards third. Hitchcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Marlowe
Piersall hits a fly ball into center field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephens vs. Marlowe
Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Marlowe covering, for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Priddy vs. Parnell
Priddy hits a popup towards short. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bucha vs. Parnell
Bucha takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Friend vs. Parnell
Owen Friend pinch hits for Dick Marlowe.
Friend hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stephens. Friend reaches second base with a double. Bucha moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hitchcock vs. Parnell
There's a wild pitch. Bucha scores. Friend moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hitchcock vs. Parnell
Hitchcock strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kuenn vs. Parnell
Kuenn hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Umphlett. Kuenn reaches second base with a double. Friend scores. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lund vs. Kinder
Ellis Kinder now pitching.
Lund hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert juggles the ball. That's an error on Gernert. Kuenn moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Nieman vs. Kinder
Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Houtteman
Art Houtteman now pitching.
Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gernert vs. Houtteman
Gernert hits a fly ball into left field. Carswell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Houtteman
Sammy White pinch hits for Del Wilber.
White hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lund. White reaches second base with a double. There goes Baker trying to get to home. Lund throws the ball in to Kuenn who relays the ball to Bucha, who tags Baker, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lepcio vs. Houtteman
Lepcio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. White scores. Lepcio moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Umphlett vs. Houtteman
Umphlett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Priddy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dropo vs. Kinder
Sammy White now catching.
Dropo hits a popup towards short. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carswell vs. Kinder
Carswell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Priddy vs. Kinder
Priddy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Houtteman
Bolling hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kinder vs. Houtteman
Kinder hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piersall vs. Houtteman
Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stephens vs. Houtteman
Stephens hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pesky vs. Kinder
Johnny Pesky pinch hits for Johnny Bucha.
Pesky hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatfield vs. Kinder
Fred Hatfield pinch hits for Art Houtteman.
Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kinder fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mullin vs. Kinder
Pat Mullin pinch hits for Billy Hitchcock.
Mullin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert scoops it up and throws to first, with Kinder covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/18/1953, game 2 -- Detroit at Boston (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Hitchcock B, 3b 4 0 1 0 Piersall J, rf 4 1 0 0
Mullin P, ph 1 0 0 0 Stephens G, lf 4 1 0 0
Kuenn H, ss 4 0 1 1 Baker F, 3b 4 1 3 1
Lund D, rf-cf 4 0 0 0 Gernert D, 1b 2 1 1 0
Nieman B, lf-rf 4 0 0 0 Wilber D, c 2 1 0 1
Dropo W, 1b 4 0 1 0 White S, ph-c 1 1 1 0
Delsing J, cf 1 0 0 0 Lepcio T, 2b 4 1 2 3
Carswell F, lf 2 1 0 0 Umphlett T, cf 4 1 2 0
Priddy J, 2b 3 1 0 0 Bolling M, ss 4 0 0 2
Bucha J, c 2 2 1 1 Parnell M, p 3 0 2 0
Pesky J, ph 1 0 0 0 Kinder E, p 1 0 1 0
Madison D, p 0 0 0 0
Herbert R, p 0 0 0 0
Wight B, p 1 0 0 0
Batts M, ph 1 0 0 0
Marlowe D, p 0 0 0 0
Friend O, ph 1 1 1 0
Houtteman A, p 0 0 0 0
Hatfield F, ph 1 0 0 0
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34 5 5 2 33 8 12 7
Detroit 000 030 200 -- 5
Boston 601 000 10x -- 8
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Madison D (L)* 0.0 1 4 4 3 0
Herbert R+ 0.0 2 2 2 1 0
Wight B 4.0 5 1 1 1 1
Marlowe D 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Houtteman A 2.0 4 1 1 0 0
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Parnell M (W) 6.2 5 5 3 3 5
Kinder E (S) 2.1 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 4 batters in 1st
+ Pitched to 3 batters in 1st
E -- Delsing J, Bolling M, Bucha J, Wight B, Umphlett T, Gernert D
DP -- Detroit 1, Boston 1
LOB -- Detroit 5, Boston 6
2B -- Bucha J, Friend O, Kuenn H, White S
CS -- Baker F
WP -- Parnell M
T -- 2:27
A -- 6591
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