Game Thread #94: Reds (45-49) at Brewers (51-42)
by Jeff Sackmann on Jul 12, 2008 4:39 PM CDT
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Edinson Volquez brings some very sparkly full-season numbers into tonight's game, but he is coming off of three decidedly mediocre outings--against the Jays, Pirates, and Nats, no less. Seth McClung, on the other hand, has given up exactly two runs in five of his last six starts. The last one of those was even at home!
Game time is 6:05 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview.
Go Brewers!
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Strange
More than halfway through the season and both starting pitchers, even though they’ve been on their respective teams all year, haven’t started against their opponents yet.
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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 4:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Counsell leading off
No Jeff Keppinger for the Reds, but that’s only because they’ve replaced him with Adam Dunn (sadly not at short).
box
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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 4:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Elias Says...
REDS HAVE COMEBACK WIN IN MILWAUKEE
The Reds came from three down to defeat the Brewers in Milwaukee on Friday, 6-5. It was the Reds’ first road win of the season in which they trailed by three or more runs, leaving the Braves, Rockies and Mets as the only teams that have not won in that manner on the road this year.
Ick.
LOSERS SCORE FEW RUNS ON FRIDAY
The 15 losing teams in the major leagues on Friday combined to score only 23 runs, an average of 1.53 per game. That’s the second-lowest average on any day this season on which more than one game was played. On April 27 the 15 losers scored 18 runs, 1.20 per game.
Well, I feel better that our team was one of the best losers!
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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 5:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
To paraphrase...
LOSERS DON’T SCORE
yeah, big surprise there :).
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Jul 12, 2008 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
not a good start
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by Michael M on Jul 12, 2008 6:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I went in the kitchen for about 30 seconds and there is yelling on TV
I whip back and there is Dunn trotting around the bases. Damn Seth.
by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 6:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
right as i tune in
goodbye. i’ll be going now
by PagsBrewCrew on Jul 12, 2008 6:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anybody heard
anything about Suppan? Is this McClung’s last start for a while?
by sheeter on Jul 12, 2008 6:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i wish mike rivera would play more
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by Michael M on Jul 12, 2008 6:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Weird play there
A 2-6-3 CS?
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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 6:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It’ll be interesting if FSN has a better replay later
by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Volquez has 45 pitches through 2 2/3
How many pitches does Baker let him throw? I bet he gets up to 135.
by Rawiswar on Jul 12, 2008 6:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The most he's thrown this year is 118
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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, was the roof closed during the first?
There goes my theory. Oh, well, small sample sizes are fun.
(I wasn’t home. Yes, I missed the first part of a McClung start, shock!)
by morineko on Jul 12, 2008 6:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
No idea, but if it means anything, the HR by Dunn wasn’t a long one.
by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Open
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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hahahaha
he had no idea where that was
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by Michael M on Jul 12, 2008 7:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
lol
I thought he was showing some attitude, but you’re right.
by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully the Reds picked up on his confusion
And don’t think he was showing them up.
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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I tuned in just in time to see that
That was funny.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Prince looked confused at the plate
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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 7:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, this is certainly an improvement.
Hello, wakened bats!
by morineko on Jul 12, 2008 7:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Volquez settles down
I was hoping he might get rattled
by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 7:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Minor league stuff
Michael Brantley’s back in the starting lineup for Huntsville. Zach Braddock got absolutely shelled at Brevard County.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if he’s the PTBN. He’s got some nice numbers.
by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
someone needs to be up in the pen
McClung needs the map to the strike zone.
by morineko on Jul 12, 2008 7:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
he plays the infield too!
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by Michael M on Jul 12, 2008 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
we already have a CC
please use C.C. in the future…
by keephopealive on Jul 12, 2008 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Craig Counsell was first
Darn n00bs stealing his nickname.
by morineko on Jul 12, 2008 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice play!
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bruce
He sure has fallen off since the first week, eh?
by keephopealive on Jul 12, 2008 7:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I heard some media guy that covers the Reds say that he was calling him “Babe Bruce” for a while. Meanwhile, in Chicago, the new nickname for Fontenot I keep hearing is the “mini-Babe Ruth.”
by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 7:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought this post was about Branyan
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bigseth!
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ned wan't to kill my Fantasy teams whip even more. Grit
2 on for JJ.
by Flag Up on Jul 12, 2008 7:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Brent Brewer over the last week
.370/.414/.481
And only one error! (of course, he made two errors in the game before)
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wicked pitch
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That was a strange play
Braun killed that.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
friggin Encarnacion
bad glove, but for us, its gold
by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 7:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Good job by McClung to look like a real baserunner and not do something stupid like get caught rounding the bag
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
DiFelice left Nashville's game after two innings
Hope he’s not injured.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Fair or foul?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Looked foul on replay
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whew
Another close call. By the way Braun was running, I thought that was gone.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And McClung with another quality start
Who’da thunk.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bigseth strikes out Bigadam
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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 7:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
So size doesn't matter after all?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if Volquez gets carded a lot
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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 7:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah...green carded
Sorry, had to do it.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey, I don't set the political climate.
I just riff on it.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, Volquez got to that fast
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That was low. Huge ass SZ. Like he needs it.
by Flag Up on Jul 12, 2008 7:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, he was safe
BS
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 7:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hmm, guess not
Yum, crow.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Taylor Green had a good game tonight, 2-3 with a walk
He had been 3-24 with one walk since the trade.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 8:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Is there a player you don’t want to see go as the PTBN more than the others?
by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I lean slightly towards Brantley
I think he has a significantly higher upside, but I’m confused by the Brewers’ repeated failure to play him in center (he’s in left tonight). If he can’t play center, he can’t play, pretty much.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
anybody
know why Homer Bailey fell off the face of the planet? the guy cant get anybody out in AAA and 2 yrs ago he was the cant miss prospect
by ACB on Jul 12, 2008 8:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
he's still can't miss
for other teams lineups
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by Michael M on Jul 12, 2008 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uno, the Best in Show at the 132nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, “throws” out the ceremonial first pitch a baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Milwaukee.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who's cuter, that dog or mine?
http://photos-412.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v250/45/117/40505412/n40505412_33343991_7301.jpg
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Try that again...
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ooh... time for some photo shop fun...
... how do you feel about lovingly cradling Ned Yost? Or JJ Hardy?
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 12, 2008 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shouse?
"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."
by MadJimiBrewha on Jul 12, 2008 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Coming into this AB
Dillon has a sOPS+ of 5 against RHP.
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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 8:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Haha, that's awesome
253 vs. LHP (now higher).
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh man, that was so close
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 8:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cardinals beating Pirates 9-4.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 8:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That was quite close
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 8:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He got a foot back in there.
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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And it comes back to haunt us
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Prince puttin' in a chaw during Corey's at bat
by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 8:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
meat free no doubt!
The Wallbangers won because they played the game like kids! Let's do that again!!!
by 80badger on Jul 12, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
man...
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by Michael M on Jul 12, 2008 8:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
come on russ!
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by Michael M on Jul 12, 2008 8:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
why russ why
3-1 count grounder to 2nd…
sigh
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by Michael M on Jul 12, 2008 8:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
is adam dunn to us
what billy hall is to the reds?
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by Michael M on Jul 12, 2008 8:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
No, Adam Dunn is good against everyone
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 8:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
nice response
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by Michael M on Jul 12, 2008 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Encarnacion
with the bat and the glove
by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well this was a fun game
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 8:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Shaping up to be
another embarrassing loss.
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
by SRB on Jul 12, 2008 8:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Mota could do that
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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 8:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Mota is significantly better than that.
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
by SRB on Jul 12, 2008 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mota getting ready?
Can we just refer to him as “White Flag” from now on.
by Bernie's Mustache Wax on Jul 12, 2008 8:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Then what’s Gagne?
"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."
by MadJimiBrewha on Jul 12, 2008 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
just bring back chris spurling
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by Michael M on Jul 12, 2008 9:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i got my peanuts ready
this might be a while
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by Michael M on Jul 12, 2008 9:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
So...
Who is most likely to be traded for bullpen help?
"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."
by MadJimiBrewha on Jul 12, 2008 9:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps they are attempting to use Mota in the same way that fire fighters use “back fires” to fight giant forest fires.
by Bernie's Mustache Wax on Jul 12, 2008 9:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I can't believe they regurgitate this "mechanical flaw" BS
Until the Brewers sign a pitcher that can move the ball with his mind, the entire process of throwing a baseball is mechanical. So, if the ball is going in bad places, it’s obviously a mechanical problem. For everyone. Every time the ball goes in the wrong place. Until they sign the telekinesis guy. There’s absolutely no value to saying something is a mechanical problem.
by Marty McSuperFly on Jul 12, 2008 9:05 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I believe the technical term for that mechanical flaw is “sucking at pitching”
by Bernie's Mustache Wax on Jul 12, 2008 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
On RR, we have a guy who says that all the time.
He thinks Homer is not “extending” enough or some such.
Just look up “Johnnypronto.”
Hey Dusty...Are you sure you're OK? You might need an MRI.
by Paul Householder on Jul 12, 2008 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And if you're looking for Jesusy t-shirts, you can kill two birds with one stone
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jul 12, 2008 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes...
And that’s women’s Jesus-y t-shirts, BTW.
Hey Dusty...Are you sure you're OK? You might need an MRI.
by Paul Householder on Jul 12, 2008 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
crazy idea
DFA Mota and invent a season ending injury for Gagne and move on. Bring up DiFelice and either Dillard or Pena.
Is it because its too much of an admission of failure by Melvin that it doesn’t happen?
by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 9:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe not so crazy
DiFelice got pulled from his start tonight after two innings and 32 pitches. No apparent injury, from what I could tell. My only guess is that he was traded or called up.
by Tom (RFTN) on Jul 12, 2008 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now would be a bizarre time to call him up
It’s unlikely he’d be able to pitch tomorrow anyway even if he was with the team, so save some money and put him on the roster on Wednesday.
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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
According to the Sounds website
he was pulled for “undisclosed reasons.” I don’t think it was an injury, considering that the relief pitcher started warming up during the top half of the second (if they thought he had been hurt, the reliever would have started warming up after he got back in the dugout or the trainer would have come out there.) Then, after the Sounds took the field in the third inning, DiFelice and two other players went out to the clubhouse with what appeared to be a police officer or security guard. I checked and, no, he’s not in jail.
by Tom (RFTN) on Jul 12, 2008 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Could have been a family emergency, I guess.
TheJay’s right. Calling him up now doesn’t make a lot of sense, particularly since Villy and Torres are available today, not to mention Parra or Bush if things get out of hand. It would explain the use of Mota in the 9th yesterday though, which struck me as odd. I thought they might leave Gagne out there to get shelled rather than use another pitcher and bringing in Mota to keep things from getting out of hand doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Ah but what do I know? Ned said after the game he was encouraged by Gagne’s outing even though he was responsible for 4 runs in the 9th. Maybe he expected Gagne to give up 6 runs, so 4 was a pleasant surprise.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 13, 2008 6:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wasn't really talking about getting them up here for tomorrow
rather going forward with the rest of the season.
by ol Pete on Jul 13, 2008 7:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We were both wrong
From the Tennessean this morning: “Sounds pitcher Mark DiFelice left Saturday’s game after two innings with an apparent but undisclosed injury. He was escorted to the clubhouse by trainer Jeff Paxson.”
by Tom (RFTN) on Jul 13, 2008 7:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i don't remember
affeldt ever throwing that hard before
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by Michael M on Jul 12, 2008 9:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
All I got to say is we better not give Homer Bailey a win
by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 9:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't worry about that...
Johnnypronto says he isn’t “extending” enough and probably needs an MRI.
Hey Dusty...Are you sure you're OK? You might need an MRI.
by Paul Householder on Jul 12, 2008 9:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Geez
The Reds and Astros are the only two NL Central teams with a decent bullpen today. The Cardinals just blew a four-run lead in the ninth.
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by TheJay on Jul 12, 2008 9:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cards with a loss
too much drama to recount easily
by ol Pete on Jul 12, 2008 9:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
After watching our game fizzle out,
That was pretty cool.
by Braun Holio on Jul 12, 2008 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's an interesting question that I hate even thinking
If the Brewers totally bomb the next 3 weeks, something crazy like lose 12 out of 15, do they put Sheets and Sabathia on the trading blocks?
by brewfan2 on Jul 12, 2008 9:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The only way that should happen,
Is if those two are both injured….
So then we couldn’t trade them anyway…
by Braun Holio on Jul 12, 2008 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Suck
that was a fun one to witness live :(
The crowd was pretty electric in anticipation of a Branyan 3-1 homer in the seventh… but he couldn’t convert.
Also, Cubs, what the hell?
And neck size to baby eating ratio.
by Jordan M on Jul 13, 2008 12:18 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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NL Central Standings
| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Louis
|
91 | 71 | .561 | 0 | Lost 6 |
|
Chicago
|
83 | 78 | .515 | 7.5 | Lost 1 |
|
Milwaukee
|
80 | 82 | .493 | 11 | Won 3 |
|
Cincinnati
|
78 | 84 | .481 | 13 | Won 2 |
|
Houston
|
74 | 88 | .456 | 17 | Lost 3 |
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Pittsburgh
|
62 | 99 | .385 | 28.5 | Lost 2 |
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