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Red Sox
@ Rays
Tropicana Field
September 20, 2012
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox, played on September 20, 2012 at Tropicana Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 20, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Tampa Bay Rays
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 20, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Tampa Bay Rays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Clay Buchholz |
| Home Starting Pitcher | David Price |
| Ballpark | Tropicana Field |
| City | St. Petersburg |
| State | FL |
| Attendance | 12,963 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 12 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Marvin Hudson 1B: Tim McClelland 2B: D.J. Reyburn 3B: Ted Barrett |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pedro Ciriaco | Center Fielder |
| Dustin Pedroia | Second Baseman |
| Cody Ross | DH |
| Ryan Lavarnway | Catcher |
| Mauro Gomez | First Baseman |
| Mike Aviles | Third Baseman |
| Daniel Nava | Right Fielder |
| Scott Podsednik | Left Fielder |
| Jose Iglesias | Shortstop |
| Bobby Valentine | Manager |
Tampa Bay Rays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Desmond Jennings | Left Fielder |
| Melvin Upton | Center Fielder |
| Ben Zobrist | Shortstop |
| Evan Longoria | Third Baseman |
| Matt Joyce | Right Fielder |
| Jeff Keppinger | Second Baseman |
| Luke Scott | DH |
| Carlos Pena | First Baseman |
| Jose Molina | Catcher |
| Joe Maddon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Rays
Tropicana Field
September 20, 2012
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ciriaco vs. Price
Ciriaco hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Keppinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Pedroia vs. Price
Pedroia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Keppinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ross vs. Price
Ross hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Price juggles the ball. That's an error on Price. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Lavarnway vs. Price
Lavarnway strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jennings vs. Buchholz
Jennings hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aviles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Buchholz
Upton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Iglesias scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Zobrist vs. Buchholz
Zobrist hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gomez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zobrist for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Price
Gomez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Keppinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Price
Aviles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Keppinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Nava vs. Price
Nava strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Buchholz
Longoria hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Ciriaco. Longoria reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Joyce vs. Buchholz
Joyce hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aviles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Keppinger vs. Buchholz
Keppinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Iglesias scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Longoria moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Scott vs. Buchholz
Scott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Pena vs. Buchholz
There goes Scott. The throw from Lavarnway and he is safe. Scott steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Pena vs. Buchholz
Pena strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Podsednik vs. Price
Podsednik hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Iglesias vs. Price
Iglesias hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Ciriaco vs. Price
Ciriaco strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Pedroia vs. Price
Pedroia hits a fly ball into right field. Joyce settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Molina vs. Buchholz
Molina hits a fly ball into center field. Ciriaco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Jennings vs. Buchholz
Jennings strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Buchholz
Upton hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Ciriaco. Upton reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Zobrist vs. Buchholz
Zobrist hits a popup towards short. Iglesias settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Ross vs. Price
Ross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Keppinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lavarnway vs. Price
Lavarnway hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Price fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Price
Gomez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Buchholz
Jacoby Ellsbury now playing center field.
Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards short. Iglesias scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Joyce vs. Buchholz
Joyce hits a popup towards short. Iglesias settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keppinger vs. Buchholz
Keppinger hits a popup towards short. Iglesias settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Price
Aviles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Nava vs. Price
Nava strikes out. There goes Aviles. The throw from Molina to Zobrist, and Aviles is out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Podsednik vs. Price
Podsednik hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Keppinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Buchholz
Scott hits a line drive into center field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Buchholz
Pena takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Molina vs. Buchholz
Molina hits a fly ball into center field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Jennings vs. Buchholz
Jennings hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pena moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Upton vs. Buchholz
Upton hits a fly ball into right field. Nava settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Iglesias vs. Price
Iglesias hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zobrist fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Ellsbury vs. Price
Ellsbury strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Pedroia vs. Price
Pedroia hits a fly ball into right field. Joyce settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Ross vs. Price
There's a wild pitch. Iglesias moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Ross vs. Price
Ross hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Upton. Ross reaches second base with a double. Iglesias scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lavarnway vs. Price
Lavarnway hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zobrist fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ross scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Price
Gomez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Lavarnway moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Aviles vs. Price
There's a wild pitch. Lavarnway moves to third. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Aviles vs. Price
Aviles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Nava vs. Price
Nava hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Zobrist vs. Buchholz
Zobrist hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aviles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Buchholz
Longoria strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Joyce vs. Buchholz
Joyce hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pedroia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Podsednik vs. Price
Podsednik hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Price fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Iglesias vs. Price
Iglesias hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zobrist scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Podsednik moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ellsbury vs. Price
Ellsbury hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zobrist scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Podsednik moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Pedroia vs. Price
Pedroia hits a popup towards short. Zobrist settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Keppinger vs. Buchholz
Keppinger strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Buchholz
Scott hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ellsbury. Scott reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Pena vs. Buchholz
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards short. Iglesias scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Scott moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
Roberts vs. Buchholz
Ryan Roberts pinch hits for Jose Molina.
Roberts hits a fly ball into center field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ross vs. Price
Jose Lobaton now catching.
Ross strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lavarnway vs. Price
Lavarnway hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Joyce. Lavarnway reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Gomez vs. Davis
Wade Davis now pitching.
Gomez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Upton who is chasing the ball. Gomez reaches third base with a triple. Lavarnway scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Aviles vs. Davis
Aviles strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Nava vs. Davis
Nava hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zobrist scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Jennings vs. Tazawa
James Loney now playing first base. Junichi Tazawa now pitching.
Jennings hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Podsednik. Jennings reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Upton vs. Tazawa
Upton hits a fly ball into right field. Nava settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jennings moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Zobrist vs. Tazawa
Zobrist hits a line drive into left field. Podsednik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jennings tags and scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Tazawa
Longoria hits a fly ball into right field. Nava settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Podsednik vs. Howell
J.P. Howell now pitching.
Podsednik hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Keppinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Iglesias vs. Howell
Iglesias hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ellsbury vs. Howell
Ellsbury hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Keppinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pedroia vs. Badenhop
Burke Badenhop now pitching.
Pedroia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Joyce vs. Bailey
Andrew Bailey now pitching.
Joyce hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Keppinger vs. Bailey
Keppinger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Joyce moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Scott vs. Bailey
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards first. Loney scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Scott for the out. Joyce moves to third. Keppinger moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Pena vs. Bailey
Pena hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Joyce scores. Keppinger moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1-3
Vogt vs. Bailey
Rich Thompson pinch runs for Carlos Pena. Stephen Vogt pinch hits for Jose Lobaton.
There goes Thompson. The throw from Lavarnway and he is safe. Thompson steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Vogt vs. Bailey
Vogt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jennings vs. Bailey
Elliot Johnson pinch runs for Stephen Vogt.
Jennings hits a line drive into center field. Ellsbury picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ellsbury. Keppinger scores. Thompson scores. Johnson moves to third. Jennings moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Upton vs. Padilla
Vicente Padilla now pitching.
Upton hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/20/2012 -- Boston at Tampa Bay (N)
Boston AB R H RBI Tampa Bay AB R H RBI
Ciriaco P, cf 2 0 0 0 Jennings D, lf 5 2 3 2
Ellsbury J, cf 3 0 0 0 Upton M, cf 5 1 2 3
Pedroia D, 2b 5 0 0 0 Zobrist B, ss 3 0 0 1
Ross C, dh 4 1 1 1 Longoria E, 3b 4 0 1 0
Lavarnway R, c 4 1 2 1 Joyce M, rf 4 1 1 0
Gomez M, 1b 4 0 2 1 Keppinger J, 2b 4 1 1 0
Loney J, 1b 0 0 0 0 Scott L, dh 3 0 1 0
Aviles M, 3b 3 0 1 0 Pena C, 1b 3 0 1 1
Nava D, rf 4 0 0 0 Thompson R, pr 0 1 0 0
Podsednik S, lf 4 0 1 0 Molina J, c 2 0 0 0
Iglesias J, ss 4 2 3 1 Roberts R, ph 1 0 0 0
Lobaton J, c 0 0 0 0
Vogt S, ph 0 0 0 0
Johnson E, pr 0 1 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 4 10 4 34 7 10 7
Boston 000 002 011 -- 4
Tampa Bay 000 000 016 -- 7
1 out when winning run was scored.
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Buchholz C 7.0 4 0 0 2 4
Tazawa J 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Bailey A (L) 0.1 4 5 5 1 0
Padilla V 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO
Price D 7.1 8 3 3 1 7
Davis W 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Howell J 0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Badenhop B (W) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Price D, Ellsbury J
DP -- Tampa Bay 1
LOB -- Boston 7, Tampa Bay 6
2B -- Longoria E, Upton M, Ross C, Scott L, Lavarnway R, Jennings D
3B -- Gomez M
HR -- Iglesias J, Upton M
SB -- Scott L, Thompson R
CS -- Aviles M
SF -- Zobrist B
WP -- Price D 2
T -- 3:12
A -- 12963
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