CHC @ NYM, Monday, September 22, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago Cubs, 94-60, 1st, 10 up	SP: Jason Marquis (29, RHP, 10-9, 4.39) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-9) 160 162 81 78 65 87 14 4.39 2007 (12-9) 191.2 190 111 98 76 109 22 4.60 2006 (14-16) 194.1 221 136 130 75 96 35 6.02 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 42.2 37 17 17 20 23 1 3.59 52 2008-09-17 MIL L 5.1 6 3 3 5 3 0 99 42 2008-09-06 @CIN W 7.1 5 2 2 5 2 0 107 57 2008-09-01 HOU L 6 5 2 2 3 8 0 111 59 2008-08-27 @PIT W 7 5 0 0 0 3 0 95 70 2008-08-22 WSN ND 5.1 4 4 4 3 3 0 88 44 2008-08-13 @ATL W 5.1 6 2 2 2 1 0 93 47 2008-08-06 HOU W 6.1 6 4 4 2 3 1 107 46 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYM 2-2 32 33 19 18 13 11 4 5.06 45 2007-08-05 NYM L 5.1 9 5 5 3 1 0 98 28 2007-05-14 @NYM ND 5 5 4 4 3 1 1 88 39 2006-08-24 @NYM L 6 7 5 5 4 4 1 97 38 2006-05-18 NYM W 7.2 4 3 3 2 1 2 107 58 2005-09-09 NYM W 8 8 2 1 1 4 0 102 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 55-26 Road: 39-34 ExtrInn: 9-6 vsRHP: 65-46 vsLHP: 29-14 1-Run: 24-21 vsEast: 18-10 vsCntrl:47-31 vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 154 Sun, Sep 21 STL W 5-1 94-60 1st 10.0 up 153 Sat, Sep 20 STL W 5-4 93-60 1st 10.0 up 152 Fri, Sep 19 STL L 6-12 92-60 1st 9.0 up 151 Thu, Sep 18 MIL W 7-6 (12) 92-59 1st 9.0 up 150 Wed, Sep 17 MIL L 2-6 91-59 1st 8.0 up 149 Tue, Sep 16 MIL W 5-4 91-58 1st 9.0 up 148 Mon, Sep 15 @HOU W 6-1 90-58 1st 8.0 up 147 Sun, Sep 14 @HOU W 5-0 89-58 1st 7.5 up 146 Thu, Sep 11 @STL W 3-2 88-58 1st 5.5 up 145 Wed, Sep 10 @STL W 4-3 87-58 1st 4.5 up Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:18-12
New York Mets, 86-69, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1½ up in WC	SP: Jonathon Niese (21, LHP, 1-0, 4.09) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-0) 11 13 5 5 6 9 1 4.09 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-0 11 13 5 5 6 9 1 4.09 49 2008-09-13 ATL W 8 6 0 0 2 7 0 116 75 2008-09-02 @MIL ND 3 7 5 5 4 2 1 73 23 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 45-29 Road: 41-40 ExtrInn: 9-8 vsRHP: 53-49 vsLHP: 33-20 1-Run: 15-19 vsEast: 39-30 vsCntrl:18-18 vsWest: 20-15 IL: 9-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 155 Sun, Sep 21 @ATL L 6-7 86-69 2nd 1.5 gb 154 Sat, Sep 20 @ATL L 2-4 86-68 2nd 0.5 gb 153 Fri, Sep 19 @ATL W 9-5 86-67 1st 0.5 up 152 Thu, Sep 18 @WSN W 7-2 85-67 2nd 0.5 gb 151 Wed, Sep 17 @WSN W 9-7 84-67 2nd 0.5 gb 150 Tue, Sep 16 @WSN L 0-1 83-67 2nd 0.5 gb 149 Mon, Sep 15 @WSN L 2-7 83-66 1st 0.5 up 148 Sun, Sep 14 ATL L 4-7 83-65 1st 1.0 up 147 Sat, Sep 13 ATL W 5-0 83-64 1st 2.5 up 146 Sat, Sep 13 ATL L 2-3 82-64 1st 2.5 up Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Apr 22, 2008 CHC 8 NYM 1 W:Ted Lilly (1-3), L: Nelson Figueroa (1-1), S: none Mon, Apr 21, 2008 CHC 7 NYM 1 W:Carlos Zambrano (3-1), L: John Maine (1-2), S: none Sun, Aug 05, 2007 NYM 8 @CHC 3 W:Tom Glavine (10-6), L: Jason Marquis (8-7), S: none Sat, Aug 04, 2007 CHC 6 NYM 2 W:Ted Lilly (12-5), L: John Maine (12-6), S: none Fri, Aug 03, 2007 NYM 6 @CHC 2 W:Guillermo Mota (1-0), L: Ryan Dempster (2-4), S: none Thu, May 17, 2007 NYM 6 CHC 5 W:Ambiorix Burgos (1-0), L: Ryan Dempster (1-2), S: none Wed, May 16, 2007 NYM 8 CHC 1 W:Jorge Sosa (3-0), L: Rich Hill (4-3), S: none Tue, May 15, 2007 CHC 10 @NYM 1 W:Carlos Zambrano (4-3), L: John Maine (5-1), S: none Mon, May 14, 2007 NYM 5 CHC 4 W:Aaron Heilman (4-2), L: Michael Wuertz (0-2), S: none Wed, Jul 26, 2006 NYM 1 CHC 0 (10) W:Aaron Heilman (1-3), L: Glendon Rusch (3-8), S: none Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 2-0; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CHC leads 335-334

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2008 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.50

ATL 4.63

WSN 3.96

RA/G

TOR 3.82

SDP 4.63

TEX 6.04

R. Furcal .366

R. Vazquez .292

J. Towles .139

OBP

C. Jones .467

A. Ethier .368

T. Pena .179

SLG

A. Pujols .633

N. Markakis .489

T. Pena .204

OPS

A. Pujols 1.086

B. Abreu .849

T. Pena .383

ERA

C. Lee 2.41

A. Cook 3.96

N. Robertson 6.15

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.14

J. Shields 6.61

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Chicago Cubs Batters (5.32 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Niese*
G/S/vB 56.Ayala
G/S/vB 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB 27.Figueroa
G/S/vB 48.Heilman
G/S/vB 44.Knight
G/S/vB 32.Muniz
G/S/vB 39.Parnell
G/S/vB 73.Rincon*
G/S/vB 50.Sanchez
G/S/vB 60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB 35.Smith
G/S/vB 43.Stokes
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Blanco G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 10/.650 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 115/62 .280/.319/.393/.711 .831/.613 .615 16/.400 0/0 3/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 5/1.100 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 214/105 .284/.347/.371/.719 .677/.763 .625 34/.812 4/1 2/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 3/.666 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.800 1/2.000 ··· 582/420 .281/.372/.471/.843 .849/.841 .765 87/.741 6/0 20/

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 12/1.833 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 391/341 .236/.344/.477/.821 .459/.878 .821 53/.936 2/1 19/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 269/247 .288/.383/.507/.890 .770/.900 .942 43/.927 2/0 9/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 570/425 .260/.361/.378/.739 .720/.745 .652 58/.616 11/4 9/

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/10 .200/.200/.300/.500 2.000/.333 1.250 11/.500 0/0 0/

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/58 .315/.383/.444/.828 .000/.858 .767 21/.569 1/0 0/

9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.650 ··· 3/1.334 354/198 .298/.352/.422/.775 .845/.720 .806 47/.444 5/6 6/

25.Lee G/S/vP ··· 7/.143 4/1.167 13/.154 14/1.015 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/2.600 ··· 1/.000 ··· 675/516 .293/.361/.462/.823 .981/.777 .809 102/.800 8/2 19/

27.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/8 .222/.200/.222/.422 .000/.536 .000 10/.422 0/0 0/

20.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 83/71 .243/.313/.338/.651 .350/.699 .653 13/1.098 2/0 1/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 6/1.166 ··· 10/1.250 7/.762 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/5.000 2/1.000 ··· 627/482 .286/.376/.512/.888 .715/.942 .724 96/.816 2/2 26/

12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 11/1.000 2/.000 ··· 480/347 .289/.352/.551/.903 1.188/.794 .880 105/.982 19/3 29/

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 558/418 .286/.364/.504/.868 .906/.855 .858 80/.858 0/1 23/

2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 636/479 .298/.375/.351/.726 .744/.720 .719 92/.499 21/13 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· 5/.733 1/.000 5/.200 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 110/100 .223/.327/.394/.721 .522/.742 .652 17/.669 0/0 3/

IP 11.0 71.0 52.2 43.1 74.1 12.0 23.1 1.2 3.0 56.2 55.1 60.2 30.0 TOTAL .278/.354/.443/.797 .812/.793 .755 .743 84/33 175/95

ERA-K/9

4.09/7.4

5.45/5.8

4.10/8.4

4.57/6.9

5.33/9.7

5.25/7.5

5.40/6.2

0.00/5.3

3.00/9.0

4.45/6.7

3.25/5.2

3.71/7.6

3.30/6.9

4.03/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (10-10-3)
Hill (1-0-0)
Soto (69-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 51/.295 312/.281 231/.273 203/.267 348/.262 57/.298 100/.267 5/.000 11/.200 247/.236 236/.257 259/.224 120/.266 .253 Soriano
Fukudome
Johnson
Pie
Edmonds
Ward
Hoffpauir
Cedeno
DeRosa 103/0/0/10
0/12/132/6
24/73/6/3
0/36/0/1
0/101/0/1
5/0/3/0
6/0/3/0
1/1/0/0
27/0/36/0

OPS .835 .762 .777 .729 .800 .723 .786 .000 .473 .684 .736 .667 .728 .726

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 16/.800 146/.796 114/.553 83/.980 147/.995 28/1.014 39/1.002 3/.000 7/.143 110/.640 110/.516 57/.946 58/.942 .778

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 35/.848 166/.732 117/1.005 120/.556 201/.660 29/.443 61/.652 2/.000 4/1.000 137/.719 126/.930 202/.590 62/.537 .691

Home 31/.534 177/.689 115/.735 126/.636 173/.738 34/.668 42/.613 / 2/.000 125/.714 106/.603 126/.624 49/.782 .671

Last 28d days 51/.835 42/.857 25/.733 22/.859 34/1.154 31/.695 / 5/.000 11/.473 24/.792 32/.920 39/.547 66/.688

HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 7/1/1 7/0/0 2/3/0 10/2/0 0/0/0 4/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 6/4/0 6/2/2 4/6/2 5/1/0 154/61/28

Usage ········ ····o··o o·ooo··X ··o····· X·o·o··· ····X··· ········ ·o····o· o·o·X·o· ······X· oo·oo··o o··Xoo·o o·X·X··o

New York Mets Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 21.Marquis
G/S/vB 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB 57.Gaudin
G/S/vB 37.Guzman
G/S/vB 22.Hart
G/S/vB 62.Howry
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 36.Wells
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB 43.Wuertz
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Anderson* G/S/vP 13/.616 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 3/.666 4/.833 4/.000 ··· ··· 9/.222 3/.000 146/144 .216/.257/.284/.541 .000/.548 .477 9/.347 2/1 1/

15.Beltran# G/S/vP 19/.505 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· ··· 16/.945 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.229 3/1.167 675/477 .281/.372/.502/.874 1.001/.822 .908 107/1.085 21/3 26/

40.Cancel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/24 .222/.255/.311/.566 1.097/.083 .605 17/.450 1/2 1/

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 26/.935 3/.666 7/.762 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 24/.707 ··· 348/255 .252/.358/.314/.672 .681/.677 .696 54/.543 17/2 3/

11.Castro G/S/vP 12/1.591 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 146/81 .248/.315/.459/.774 .798/.753 .840 8/.625 0/0 7/

10.Chavez* G/S/vP 18/.599 ··· ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 294/254 .270/.309/.333/.642 .506/.663 .717 6/.367 6/1 1/

19.Church* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 330/220 .278/.343/.451/.794 .755/.814 .846 91/.567 2/2 12/

21.Delgado* G/S/vP 12/1.667 5/.800 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 11/.091 2/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 6/.000 2/.500 655/445 .271/.351/.520/.871 .812/.900 .881 107/1.111 1/1 37/

3.Easley G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 17/1.221 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/1.067 5/.000 343/224 .272/.323/.374/.696 .707/.691 .609 41/1.009 0/0 6/

6.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 113/39 .269/.310/.423/.733 .936/.348 .602 19/1.074 0/0 2/

22.Martinez G/S/vP 19/.343 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

29.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/6 .143/.250/.143/.393 .000/.533 .393 / 0/0 0/

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/113 .343/.424/.509/.933 1.278/.901 .979 62/.860 0/2 2/

4.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 117/93 .217/.259/.245/.504 .348/.546 .434 18/.118 2/0 1/

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 25/.612 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 3/1.334 729/506 .298/.359/.479/.839 .830/.846 .829 117/.843 52/15 16/

23.Schneider* G/S/vP 18/.170 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 3/.333 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/.500 2/.000 375/288 .261/.345/.374/.719 .491/.788 .740 65/.811 0/0 9/

17.Tatis G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.500 ··· 306/184 .297/.369/.484/.853 .809/.880 .954 49/.896 3/0 11/

5.Wright G/S/vP 21/.736 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 6/.167 3/.333 704/512 .297/.384/.533/.917 1.181/.825 1.052 111/.953 15/5 32/

IP 160.0 32.1 87.0 5.2 23.1 68.1 85.1 59.2 25.0 5.1 64.0 42.1 TOTAL .267/.340/.424/.764 .794/.751 .788 .823 130/35 169/80

ERA-K/9

4.39/4.9

4.18/10.6

3.83/7.3

9.53/4.7

7.33/7.3

5.27/7.1

2.64/11.9

3.62/7.5

2.16/8.3

0.00/1.7

3.38/11.4

3.83/5.7

3.83/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cancel (1-0-1)
Castro (16-5-1)
Molina (1-0-0)
Schneider (40-21-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 703/.264 143/.250 364/.254 28/.346 124/.330 297/.305 339/.134 251/.243 111/.221 18/.000 269/.225 179/.278 .242 Beltran
Chavez
Church
Tatis
Evans
Murphy
Anderson
Easley 0/151/0/8
51/10/60/7
0/0/76/7
51/0/39/2
26/0/0/2
26/0/0/1
25/0/0/1
7/0/0/0

OPS .735 .775 .702 .970 .934 .862 .508 .740 .581 .167 .650 .760 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 319/.689 68/.876 170/.666 12/1.000 50/1.155 120/.899 152/.663 72/.866 49/.436 7/.000 127/.625 65/.742 .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 384/.771 75/.689 194/.734 16/.946 74/.792 177/.836 187/.383 179/.691 62/.694 11/.273 142/.671 114/.770 .685

Road 314/.638 76/.634 163/.674 7/.429 61/.999 130/.825 146/.616 145/.781 31/.733 / 128/.754 82/.781 .721

Last 28d days 110/.613 29/.917 10/.425 28/.970 19/.944 40/.693 55/.469 67/.707 46/.787 14/.143 60/.920 15/.928

HR/SB/CS 14/11/1 7/1/0 10/1/3 1/0/0 2/3/0 12/4/0 10/3/1 9/5/2 0/4/1 0/0/0 3/1/0 4/4/3 156/80/35

Usage ····X··· ···o·o·· X······· ··X·X··· ··X·o··· o·o··oo· ·o·o·Xo· ··X·o··· o··X··o· o··Xo··· ·o·X·X·· ··oo····

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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Game Preview: CHC @ NYM, 7:10pm, Monday, September 22, 2008 @Shea Stadium

SP: Jason Marquis (29, RHP, 10-9, 4.39)

SP: Jonathon Niese (21, LHP, 1-0, 4.09)

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