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Braves
@ Rockies
Coors Field
April 18, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and the Atlanta Braves, played on April 18, 1997 at Coors Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 18, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Atlanta Braves
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| Home Team |
Colorado Rockies
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 18, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Atlanta Braves |
| Home Team | Colorado Rockies |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tom Glavine |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jamey Wright |
| Ballpark | Coors Field |
| City | Denver |
| State | CO |
| Attendance | 48,070 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 48 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Pulli 1B: Bob Davidson 2B: Eric Gregg 3B: Brian Gorman |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Kenny Lofton | Center Fielder |
| Michael Tucker | Right Fielder |
| Chipper Jones | Third Baseman |
| Fred McGriff | First Baseman |
| Ryan Klesko | Left Fielder |
| Javy Lopez | Catcher |
| Mark Lemke | Second Baseman |
| Jeff Blauser | Shortstop |
| Tom Glavine | Pitcher |
| Bobby Cox | Manager |
Colorado Rockies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eric Young | Second Baseman |
| Quinton McCracken | Center Fielder |
| Ellis Burks | Left Fielder |
| Larry Walker | First Baseman |
| Dante Bichette | Right Fielder |
| Vinny Castilla | Third Baseman |
| Kirt Manwaring | Catcher |
| Walt Weiss | Shortstop |
| Jamey Wright | Pitcher |
| Don Baylor | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Rockies
Coors Field
April 18, 1997
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lofton vs. Wright
Lofton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Tucker vs. Wright
Tucker strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Wright
Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lofton moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
McGriff vs. Wright
McGriff hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lofton scores. Jones moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Klesko vs. Wright
Klesko hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burks. Klesko reaches second base with a double. Jones scores. McGriff moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lopez vs. Wright
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Walker scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lopez for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Lemke vs. Wright
Lemke hits a line drive into left field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 2 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Glavine
Young hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
McCracken vs. Glavine
McCracken hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Burks vs. Glavine
Burks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 2 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Blauser vs. Wright
Blauser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Glavine vs. Wright
Glavine bunts towards the mound. Wright fields it and throws to first for the out. Blauser moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Lofton vs. Wright
Lofton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blauser moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Tucker vs. Wright
There goes Lofton. The throw from Manwaring and he is safe. Lofton steals second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Tucker vs. Wright
Tucker hits a popup beyond second. Young can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Blauser scores. Lofton scores. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Wright
Jones hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCracken. Jones reaches second base with a double. Tucker goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
McGriff vs. Wright
McGriff hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCracken. McGriff reaches second base with a double. Jones scores. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Klesko vs. Wright
Klesko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McGriff moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Lopez vs. Wright
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 6 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Glavine
Walker strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Bichette vs. Glavine
Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser misplays the ball. That's an error on Blauser. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Castilla vs. Glavine
Castilla hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bichette moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Manwaring vs. Glavine
Manwaring takes first base on ball four. Bichette moves to third. Castilla moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Weiss vs. Glavine
Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 6 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemke vs. Wright
Lemke hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Blauser vs. Wright
Blauser takes first base on ball four. Lemke moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Glavine vs. Munoz
Mike Munoz now pitching.
Glavine hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Munoz fields it and throws to third for the out. Blauser moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Lofton vs. Munoz
Lofton hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Blauser scores. Glavine moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Tucker vs. Munoz
Tucker hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Glavine scores. Lofton moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Jones vs. Munoz
Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lofton scores. Tucker moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 9 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
McGriff vs. Munoz
Mike Mordecai pinch runs for Chipper Jones.
McGriff hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tucker scores. Mordecai moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 10 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Klesko vs. Munoz
Klesko strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 10 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Munoz
Lopez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 10 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Munoz vs. Glavine
Mike Mordecai now playing third base.
Munoz strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 10 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Glavine
Young hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 10 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCracken vs. Glavine
McCracken hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lemke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 10 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemke vs. Munoz
Lemke hits a fly ball into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 10 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Blauser vs. Munoz
Blauser hits a popup, foul, towards first. Walker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 10 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glavine vs. Munoz
Glavine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 10 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Glavine
Burks hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 10 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Glavine
Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Klesko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 10 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Bichette vs. Glavine
Bichette hits a line drive into right field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 10 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Lofton vs. Munoz
Lofton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 11 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Munoz
Tucker hits a fly ball into left field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 11 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Mordecai vs. Munoz
Mordecai hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 11 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
McGriff vs. Munoz
McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 11 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Glavine
Castilla hits a popup into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 11 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Manwaring vs. Glavine
Manwaring hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Castilla moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 11 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Weiss vs. Glavine
Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Castilla moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 11 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Coles vs. Glavine
Darnell Coles pinch hits for Mike Munoz.
Coles hits a line drive towards short. Blauser reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 11 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Klesko vs. Burke
John Burke now pitching.
Klesko hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 11 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Burke
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 11 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Lemke vs. Burke
Lemke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 11 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Blauser vs. Burke
Tony Graffanino pinch runs for Mark Lemke.
Blauser is hit by the pitch. Graffanino moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 11 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Glavine vs. Burke
Rafael Belliard pinch runs for Jeff Blauser.
Glavine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Graffanino scores. There goes Belliard trying to get to third. Burks throws the ball in to Castilla, who tags Belliard for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Glavine
Rafael Belliard now playing shortstop. Tony Graffanino now playing second base.
Young hits a fly ball into left field. Klesko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Glavine
McCracken hits a popup towards first. McGriff settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Glavine
Burks strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lofton vs. Burke
Lofton hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Burke
Tucker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Mordecai vs. Burke
Mordecai takes first base on ball four. Tucker moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
McGriff vs. Burke
McGriff hits a fly ball into left field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Klesko vs. Burke
Klesko strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Glavine
Andruw Jones now playing right field.
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Graffanino fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Bichette vs. Glavine
Bichette strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Castilla vs. Glavine
Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belliard fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Leskanic
Curt Leskanic now pitching.
Lopez strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Graffanino vs. Leskanic
Graffanino hits a fly ball into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belliard vs. Leskanic
Belliard hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Glavine vs. Leskanic
Glavine hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manwaring vs. Glavine
Manwaring hits a line drive towards the mound. Glavine reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Glavine
Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mordecai fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Leskanic vs. Glavine
Jason Bates pinch runs for Walt Weiss.
Leskanic strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Glavine
Young hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Lofton vs. Leskanic
Jason Bates now playing shortstop.
Lofton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Leskanic
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 12 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mordecai vs. Leskanic
Mordecai hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bichette. Mordecai reaches second base with a double. Jones goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Braves, 13 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McGriff vs. Leskanic
McGriff hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mordecai scores. View Play -
Braves, 14 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Klesko vs. Leskanic
Klesko hits a ball on the ground towards first. Walker fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Leskanic covering. It's a double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Braves, 14 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Glavine
McCracken hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 14 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Burks vs. Glavine
Burks strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 14 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Glavine
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belliard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McCracken moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 14 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bichette vs. Glavine
Bichette hits a line drive towards the mound. Glavine reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/18/1997 -- Atlanta at Colorado (N)
Atlanta AB R H RBI Colorado AB R H RBI
Lofton K, cf 6 4 5 2 Young E, 2b 4 0 2 0
Tucker M, rf 5 2 3 3 McCracken Q, cf 4 0 1 0
Jones A, rf 1 1 0 0 Burks E, lf 4 0 0 0
Jones C, 3b 3 2 3 2 Walker L, 1b 4 0 1 0
Mordecai M, pr-3b 2 1 2 1 Bichette D, rf 4 0 0 0
McGriff F, 1b 6 0 4 4 Castilla V, 3b 3 0 2 0
Klesko R, lf 6 0 1 1 Manwaring K, c 2 0 1 0
Lopez J, c 5 0 1 0 Weiss W, ss 3 0 1 0
Lemke M, 2b 4 0 1 0 Bates J, pr-ss 0 0 0 0
Graffanino T, pr-2b 1 1 0 0 Wright J, p 0 0 0 0
Blauser J, ss 2 2 1 0 Munoz M, p 1 0 0 0
Belliard R, pr-ss 1 0 1 0 Coles D, ph 1 0 0 0
Glavine T, p 4 1 1 1 Burke J, p 0 0 0 0
Leskanic C, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
46 14 23 14 31 0 8 0
Atlanta 244 011 002 -- 14
Colorado 000 000 000 -- 0
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO
Glavine T (W) 9.0 8 0 0 1 6
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO
Wright J (L)* 2.0 10 8 8 1 1
Munoz M 3.0 6 3 3 0 2
Burke J 2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Leskanic C 2.0 4 2 2 0 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 3rd
E -- Blauser J
DP -- Atlanta 5, Colorado 2
LOB -- Atlanta 9, Colorado 5
2B -- Klesko R, Jones C, McGriff F, Mordecai M
HR -- Lofton K
SB -- Lofton K
SH -- Glavine T
HBP -- by Burke J (Blauser J)
T -- 2:48
A -- 48070
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