MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up
Saturday, June 3
National League
Cardinals @ Cubs
Leake is 2-2, 3.09 in his last five starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. He is 4-0, 1.93 in four road starts.
Lester is 2-2, 5.18 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Cubs are 2-1 in his home starts.
Cardinals are 5-10 in their last 15 games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Chicago lost six of its last seven games; over is 16-4 in last 20 games at Wrigley Field.
Diamondbacks @ Marlins
Delgado is 0-0, 2.79 in two starts (9.1 IP total— over 1-1).
Volquez is 1-6, 5.11 in his last seven starts; under is 5-1 in his last six. Miami split his four home outings.
Arizona is 13-5 in its last 18 games; under is 9-4 in their last 13 games. Miami won six of last eight games; over is 9-4-1 in their last 14 games.
Giants @ Phillies
Cueto is 1-3, 4.26 in his last five starts; Giants are 4-1 in his home starts. Under is 3-1-1 in his last five starts.
Lively is making his MLB debut; he was 6-1, 2.40 in nine AAA starts this year.
Giants lost seven of last ten games; over is 6-3 in their last nine road games. Phillies lost 11 of last 13 games; over is 7-3-1 in their last 11 home games.
Pirates @ Mets
Glasnow is 1-3, 7.92 in his last five starts (over 7-1-2). Pirates split his four road outings.
Gsellman is 1-1, 5.82 in his last three starts (over 8-1). Mets split his last six starts.
Pirates won its last three road games; over is 8-2 in their last ten games. Mets lost five of last seven home games; under is 4-2 in their last six home games.
Braves @ Reds
Dickey is 0-2, 6.23 in his last five starts; over is 5-1-1 in his last seven.
Feldman is 3-1, 4.25 in his last five starts; Reds are 2-4 in his home starts (under 4-2).
Braves lost five of last six games; over is 5-3-1 in their last nine road games. Cincinnati lost three of its last four games; over is 9-5 in their last 14 home games.
Dodgers @ Brewers
Hill is 2-2, 4.09 in five starts this year (under 5-0).
Garza is 0-2, 5.82 in his last three starts (under 4-3). Milwaukee is 3-1 in his home starts.
Dodgers are 6-2 in last eight games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Milwaukee is 4-10 in its last 14 games; over is 18-7 in last 25 games at Miller Park.
Rockies @ Padres
Chatwood is 1-3, 5.66 in his last four starts; under is 4-0-1 in his last five. Colorado is 2-3 in his road starts.
Chacin is 2-0, 0.67 in four home starts (2-4, 10.57 on road). Over is 5-2 in his last seven starts. Padres split his four home outings.
Rockies lost four of last five games; over is 6-2-1 in their last nine road games. San Diego won its last five games; under is 7-3-1 in their last 11 games.
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American League
New York @ Toronto
Montgomery is 0-3, 5.32 in his last four starts, all of which stayed under. NY is 1-3 in his road starts.
Biagini is 0-2, 6.91 in his last three starts (under 4-1).
New York is 7-5 in its last 12 games; over is 4-0 in last four Bronx games. Blue Jays won nine of last 11 games; over is 7-3 in their last ten home games.
Red Sox @ Orioles
Price allowed three runs in five IP (88 PT) in his first ’17 start, a loss in Chicago.
Bundy is 3-2, 3.92 in his last six starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Orioles are 5-1 in his home starts.
Boston won eight of last 12 games; under is 6-2-1 in last nine Red Sox games. Baltimore lost eight of its last 12 games; three of last four Oriole games went over.
White Sox @ Tigers
Gonzalez is 1-5, 6.57 in his last six starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Chicago is 2-4 in his road starts. Gonzalez is 1-1, 6.59 against Detroit this year.
Zimmerman is 1-3, 8.06 in his last four starts (over 8-2). Detroit is 4-1 in his home starts.
White Sox are 3-11 in last 14 road games; over is 8-2 in their last ten road games. Detroit is 5-8 in its last 13 games; four of their last five games went over.
Astros @ Rangers
McCullers is 4-0, 1.17 in his last four starts; under is 5-1 in his last six.
Cashner is 2-1, 2.91 in his last five starts (under 6-2-1).
Astros won their last eight games; over is 6-1-2 in their last nine road games. Texas lost eight of last ten games; last six Texas home games went over. This game will have extra tension; McCullers threw behind Napoli in a game earlier this season- not a lot of love lost.
Indians @ Royals
Carrasco is 3-0, 3.90 in his last five starts (under 8-2). Cleveland is 5-0 in his road outings.
Hammel is 0-3, 7.33 in his last four starts, three of which went over. Royals are 1-5 in his home starts.
Indians won four of last six games; under is 15-3 in their last 18 road games. Royals lost three of last five games; under is 12-5 in their last 17 home games.
Twins @ Angels
Santana is 2-1, 2.10 in his last four starts, three of which stayed under. Twins are 4-0 in his road outings.
Shoemaker is 3-1, 3.09 in his last four starts; Angels are 4-1 in his home starts (over 3-2).
Minnesota lost five of last seven games; over is 4-0-1 in their last five games. Angels won five of last seven home games; five of Halos’ last six home games went over.
Rays @ Mariners
Cobb is 1-2, 5.54 in his last four starts; over is 7-3 in his last ten. Rays are 3-3 in his road starts.
Gaviglia is 1-1, 5.00 in three starts this season (under 1-0-2).
Tampa Bay won six of last nine games; over is 10-2 in their last 12 road games. Seattle won five of last six games; over is 12-5 in their last 17 home games.
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Interleague
Nationals @ A’s
Ross is 2-1, 6.18 in his five starts (over 4-1).
Mengden allowed five runs in 3.1 IP (72 PT) in his first ’17 start, a loss in Cleveland.
Washington won nine of last 11 games; four of their last six road games stayed under. A’s lost six of their last eight games. Over is 10-4 in A’s last 14 home games.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
StL-Chi: Leake 5-5; Lester 5-6
Az-Mia: Delgado 1-1; Volquez 2-8
SF-Phil: Cueto 7-4; Lively 0-0
Pitt-NY: Glasnow 5-5; Gsellman 5-4
Atl-Cin: Dickey 5-5; Feldman 4-7
LA-Mil: Hill 2-3; Garza 4-3
Col-SD: Chatwood 4-7; Chacin 5-6
American League
NY-Tor: Montgomery 3-6; Biagini 2-3
Bos-Balt: Price 0-1; Bundy 7-4
Chi-Det: Gonzalez 5-5; Zimmerman 4-6
Hst-Tex: McCullers 9-2; Cashner 4-5
Clev-KC: Carrasco 8-2; Hammel 1-9
Minn-LA: Santana 7-4; Shoemaker 7-4
TB-Sea: Cobb 5-6; Gaviglio 2-1
Interleague
Wsh-A’s: Ross 4-1; Mengden 0-1
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
StL-Chi: Leake 1-10; Lester 3-11
Az-Mia: Delgado 0-2; Volquez 5-10
SF-Phil: Cueto 4-11; Lively 0-0
Pitt-NY: Glasnow 3-10; Gsellman 5-9
Atl-Cin: Dickey 4-10; Feldman 2-11
LA-Mil: Hill 0-5; Garza 1-7
Col-SD: Chatwood 1-11; Chacin 5-11
American League
NY-Tor: Montgomery 3-9; Biagini 1-5
Bos-Balt: Price 0-1; Bundy 1-11
Chi-Det: Gonzalez 3-10; Zimmerman 4-10
Hst-Tex: McCullers 2-11; Cashner 3-9
Clev-KC: Carrasco 2-10; Hammel 1-10
Minn-LA: Santana 2-11; Shoemaker 7-11
TB-Sea: Cobb 2-11; Gaviglio 1-3
Interleague
Wsh-A’s: Ross 3-5; Mengden 0-1
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Umpires
National League
StL-Chi: Last five Demuth games went over.
Az-Mia: Over is 5-2 in last seven Miller games.
SF-Phil: Three of last four Lentz games went over.
Pitt-NY: Over is 3-1-1 in last five Scheurwater games.
Atl-Cin: Favorites are 10-2 in Wegner games this year.
LA-Mil: Under is 5-2 in last seven Reyburn games.
Col-SD: Four of last five Gorman games went over.
American League
NY-Tor: Under is 7-2 in Cooper games this season.
Bos-Balt: Over is 7-2-1 in Eddings games this season.
Chi-Det: Under is 8-3-3 in last 14 Bucknor games.
Hst-Tex: Over is 8-2 in Hernandez games this season.
Clev-KC: Four of last five Hickox games went over.
Minn-LA: Underdogs are 8-3 in last 11 Timmons games.
TB-Sea: Three of last four Segal games went over.
Interleague
Wsh-A’s: Six of eight Wolcott games went over the total.
Interleague play
NL @ AL– 29-15 AL, favorites +$160
AL @ NL– 28-25 AL, favorites +$202
Total: 57-40 AL, favorites +$362
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 24-23-1
AL @ NL: Over 31-19-1
Total: Over 55-42-2
Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 6/2/17
Ariz 9-13-6……17-8–4…….26-21
Atl 12-14-4……8-12-2……..20-26
Cubs 9-16-1……13-10-3……..22-26
Reds 6-16-3……12-13–2……18-29
Colo 19-8-2…..13-13-2……….32-21
LA 11-13-3……20-7-2……….31-20
Miami 8-16-1…….15-10-3……..23-26
Milw 14-7-4…….13-14-3…….27-21
Mets 11-10-1……..14-15-2……25-25
Philly 7-15-5………8-14-2……15-29
Pitt 10-16-2…..10-11-6…….20-27
St. Louis 10-9-2……..16-8-5……..26-17
SD 7-18-4…….13-11–3………20-29
SF 6-18-5……..13-10-4……..22-28
Wash 19-7-2……14-9-2………..33-16
Orioles 10-14-2……..15-11-1………25-25
Boston 10-15-2………13-12-2…….23-27
White Sox 8-17-5……..12-10–1……..20-27
Cleveland 12-12-3……..12-12-2……..24-24
Detroit 12-15-4…….13-8-2……..25-23
Astros 11-9-5……..17-11-2……..28-20
KC 6-15-4…….14-10-4……..20-25
Angels 8-16-6……13-9-5………..21-25
Twins 12-5-3………11-13-6……23-18
NYY 13-13-1……….16-8…..……29-21
A’s 8-16-3……..10-11-5……..18-27
Seattle 9-17-5……..14-7-4…….23-24
TB 14-8-6……..19-7-3……..33-15
Texas 14-8-4……..11-10-7…….25-18
Toronto 9-16-1……..10-11-6……..19-27
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 6/2/17)
Ariz 8-28……..11-29……….19
Atl 5-30……..5-22………..10
Cubs 5-27……..11-26………..16
Reds 10-25……..13-28………23
Colo 8-29……..8-28……….16
LA 7-27……..11-28..…….18
Miami 8-25……..12-28………20
Milw 10-25……12-30…..…22
Mets 9-22……..13-30……….22
Philly 9-28……..5-24…………14
Pitt 8-28……..8-27…………16
StL 7-22……..8-29………..15
SD 13-29……6-27………..19
SF 6-32……..7-27………….13
Wash 10-28……..10-25………20
Orioles 3-26……..9-27………..12
Boston 8-27……..6-27………..14
White Sox 7-30…….8-23………..15
Clev 7-27……..9-26……….16
Detroit 5-31…….12-23………..17
Astros 8-25……..13-30……….21
KC 4-26……..5-27…………8
Angels 12-31…….5-28……….17
Twins 5-21……..8-30……….13
NYY 8-27……..10-25……….18
A’s 3-28……..6-27……….9
Seattle 10-31…….11-25………21
TB 8-28……..15-29………23
Texas 9-27……..11-28………20
Toronto 8-26……..7-29………15
Armadillo's Write-Up
Saturday, June 3
National League
Cardinals @ Cubs
Leake is 2-2, 3.09 in his last five starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. He is 4-0, 1.93 in four road starts.
Lester is 2-2, 5.18 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Cubs are 2-1 in his home starts.
Cardinals are 5-10 in their last 15 games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Chicago lost six of its last seven games; over is 16-4 in last 20 games at Wrigley Field.
Diamondbacks @ Marlins
Delgado is 0-0, 2.79 in two starts (9.1 IP total— over 1-1).
Volquez is 1-6, 5.11 in his last seven starts; under is 5-1 in his last six. Miami split his four home outings.
Arizona is 13-5 in its last 18 games; under is 9-4 in their last 13 games. Miami won six of last eight games; over is 9-4-1 in their last 14 games.
Giants @ Phillies
Cueto is 1-3, 4.26 in his last five starts; Giants are 4-1 in his home starts. Under is 3-1-1 in his last five starts.
Lively is making his MLB debut; he was 6-1, 2.40 in nine AAA starts this year.
Giants lost seven of last ten games; over is 6-3 in their last nine road games. Phillies lost 11 of last 13 games; over is 7-3-1 in their last 11 home games.
Pirates @ Mets
Glasnow is 1-3, 7.92 in his last five starts (over 7-1-2). Pirates split his four road outings.
Gsellman is 1-1, 5.82 in his last three starts (over 8-1). Mets split his last six starts.
Pirates won its last three road games; over is 8-2 in their last ten games. Mets lost five of last seven home games; under is 4-2 in their last six home games.
Braves @ Reds
Dickey is 0-2, 6.23 in his last five starts; over is 5-1-1 in his last seven.
Feldman is 3-1, 4.25 in his last five starts; Reds are 2-4 in his home starts (under 4-2).
Braves lost five of last six games; over is 5-3-1 in their last nine road games. Cincinnati lost three of its last four games; over is 9-5 in their last 14 home games.
Dodgers @ Brewers
Hill is 2-2, 4.09 in five starts this year (under 5-0).
Garza is 0-2, 5.82 in his last three starts (under 4-3). Milwaukee is 3-1 in his home starts.
Dodgers are 6-2 in last eight games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Milwaukee is 4-10 in its last 14 games; over is 18-7 in last 25 games at Miller Park.
Rockies @ Padres
Chatwood is 1-3, 5.66 in his last four starts; under is 4-0-1 in his last five. Colorado is 2-3 in his road starts.
Chacin is 2-0, 0.67 in four home starts (2-4, 10.57 on road). Over is 5-2 in his last seven starts. Padres split his four home outings.
Rockies lost four of last five games; over is 6-2-1 in their last nine road games. San Diego won its last five games; under is 7-3-1 in their last 11 games.
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American League
New York @ Toronto
Montgomery is 0-3, 5.32 in his last four starts, all of which stayed under. NY is 1-3 in his road starts.
Biagini is 0-2, 6.91 in his last three starts (under 4-1).
New York is 7-5 in its last 12 games; over is 4-0 in last four Bronx games. Blue Jays won nine of last 11 games; over is 7-3 in their last ten home games.
Red Sox @ Orioles
Price allowed three runs in five IP (88 PT) in his first ’17 start, a loss in Chicago.
Bundy is 3-2, 3.92 in his last six starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Orioles are 5-1 in his home starts.
Boston won eight of last 12 games; under is 6-2-1 in last nine Red Sox games. Baltimore lost eight of its last 12 games; three of last four Oriole games went over.
White Sox @ Tigers
Gonzalez is 1-5, 6.57 in his last six starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Chicago is 2-4 in his road starts. Gonzalez is 1-1, 6.59 against Detroit this year.
Zimmerman is 1-3, 8.06 in his last four starts (over 8-2). Detroit is 4-1 in his home starts.
White Sox are 3-11 in last 14 road games; over is 8-2 in their last ten road games. Detroit is 5-8 in its last 13 games; four of their last five games went over.
Astros @ Rangers
McCullers is 4-0, 1.17 in his last four starts; under is 5-1 in his last six.
Cashner is 2-1, 2.91 in his last five starts (under 6-2-1).
Astros won their last eight games; over is 6-1-2 in their last nine road games. Texas lost eight of last ten games; last six Texas home games went over. This game will have extra tension; McCullers threw behind Napoli in a game earlier this season- not a lot of love lost.
Indians @ Royals
Carrasco is 3-0, 3.90 in his last five starts (under 8-2). Cleveland is 5-0 in his road outings.
Hammel is 0-3, 7.33 in his last four starts, three of which went over. Royals are 1-5 in his home starts.
Indians won four of last six games; under is 15-3 in their last 18 road games. Royals lost three of last five games; under is 12-5 in their last 17 home games.
Twins @ Angels
Santana is 2-1, 2.10 in his last four starts, three of which stayed under. Twins are 4-0 in his road outings.
Shoemaker is 3-1, 3.09 in his last four starts; Angels are 4-1 in his home starts (over 3-2).
Minnesota lost five of last seven games; over is 4-0-1 in their last five games. Angels won five of last seven home games; five of Halos’ last six home games went over.
Rays @ Mariners
Cobb is 1-2, 5.54 in his last four starts; over is 7-3 in his last ten. Rays are 3-3 in his road starts.
Gaviglia is 1-1, 5.00 in three starts this season (under 1-0-2).
Tampa Bay won six of last nine games; over is 10-2 in their last 12 road games. Seattle won five of last six games; over is 12-5 in their last 17 home games.
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Interleague
Nationals @ A’s
Ross is 2-1, 6.18 in his five starts (over 4-1).
Mengden allowed five runs in 3.1 IP (72 PT) in his first ’17 start, a loss in Cleveland.
Washington won nine of last 11 games; four of their last six road games stayed under. A’s lost six of their last eight games. Over is 10-4 in A’s last 14 home games.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
StL-Chi: Leake 5-5; Lester 5-6
Az-Mia: Delgado 1-1; Volquez 2-8
SF-Phil: Cueto 7-4; Lively 0-0
Pitt-NY: Glasnow 5-5; Gsellman 5-4
Atl-Cin: Dickey 5-5; Feldman 4-7
LA-Mil: Hill 2-3; Garza 4-3
Col-SD: Chatwood 4-7; Chacin 5-6
American League
NY-Tor: Montgomery 3-6; Biagini 2-3
Bos-Balt: Price 0-1; Bundy 7-4
Chi-Det: Gonzalez 5-5; Zimmerman 4-6
Hst-Tex: McCullers 9-2; Cashner 4-5
Clev-KC: Carrasco 8-2; Hammel 1-9
Minn-LA: Santana 7-4; Shoemaker 7-4
TB-Sea: Cobb 5-6; Gaviglio 2-1
Interleague
Wsh-A’s: Ross 4-1; Mengden 0-1
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
StL-Chi: Leake 1-10; Lester 3-11
Az-Mia: Delgado 0-2; Volquez 5-10
SF-Phil: Cueto 4-11; Lively 0-0
Pitt-NY: Glasnow 3-10; Gsellman 5-9
Atl-Cin: Dickey 4-10; Feldman 2-11
LA-Mil: Hill 0-5; Garza 1-7
Col-SD: Chatwood 1-11; Chacin 5-11
American League
NY-Tor: Montgomery 3-9; Biagini 1-5
Bos-Balt: Price 0-1; Bundy 1-11
Chi-Det: Gonzalez 3-10; Zimmerman 4-10
Hst-Tex: McCullers 2-11; Cashner 3-9
Clev-KC: Carrasco 2-10; Hammel 1-10
Minn-LA: Santana 2-11; Shoemaker 7-11
TB-Sea: Cobb 2-11; Gaviglio 1-3
Interleague
Wsh-A’s: Ross 3-5; Mengden 0-1
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Umpires
National League
StL-Chi: Last five Demuth games went over.
Az-Mia: Over is 5-2 in last seven Miller games.
SF-Phil: Three of last four Lentz games went over.
Pitt-NY: Over is 3-1-1 in last five Scheurwater games.
Atl-Cin: Favorites are 10-2 in Wegner games this year.
LA-Mil: Under is 5-2 in last seven Reyburn games.
Col-SD: Four of last five Gorman games went over.
American League
NY-Tor: Under is 7-2 in Cooper games this season.
Bos-Balt: Over is 7-2-1 in Eddings games this season.
Chi-Det: Under is 8-3-3 in last 14 Bucknor games.
Hst-Tex: Over is 8-2 in Hernandez games this season.
Clev-KC: Four of last five Hickox games went over.
Minn-LA: Underdogs are 8-3 in last 11 Timmons games.
TB-Sea: Three of last four Segal games went over.
Interleague
Wsh-A’s: Six of eight Wolcott games went over the total.
Interleague play
NL @ AL– 29-15 AL, favorites +$160
AL @ NL– 28-25 AL, favorites +$202
Total: 57-40 AL, favorites +$362
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 24-23-1
AL @ NL: Over 31-19-1
Total: Over 55-42-2
Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 6/2/17
Ariz 9-13-6……17-8–4…….26-21
Atl 12-14-4……8-12-2……..20-26
Cubs 9-16-1……13-10-3……..22-26
Reds 6-16-3……12-13–2……18-29
Colo 19-8-2…..13-13-2……….32-21
LA 11-13-3……20-7-2……….31-20
Miami 8-16-1…….15-10-3……..23-26
Milw 14-7-4…….13-14-3…….27-21
Mets 11-10-1……..14-15-2……25-25
Philly 7-15-5………8-14-2……15-29
Pitt 10-16-2…..10-11-6…….20-27
St. Louis 10-9-2……..16-8-5……..26-17
SD 7-18-4…….13-11–3………20-29
SF 6-18-5……..13-10-4……..22-28
Wash 19-7-2……14-9-2………..33-16
Orioles 10-14-2……..15-11-1………25-25
Boston 10-15-2………13-12-2…….23-27
White Sox 8-17-5……..12-10–1……..20-27
Cleveland 12-12-3……..12-12-2……..24-24
Detroit 12-15-4…….13-8-2……..25-23
Astros 11-9-5……..17-11-2……..28-20
KC 6-15-4…….14-10-4……..20-25
Angels 8-16-6……13-9-5………..21-25
Twins 12-5-3………11-13-6……23-18
NYY 13-13-1……….16-8…..……29-21
A’s 8-16-3……..10-11-5……..18-27
Seattle 9-17-5……..14-7-4…….23-24
TB 14-8-6……..19-7-3……..33-15
Texas 14-8-4……..11-10-7…….25-18
Toronto 9-16-1……..10-11-6……..19-27
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 6/2/17)
Ariz 8-28……..11-29……….19
Atl 5-30……..5-22………..10
Cubs 5-27……..11-26………..16
Reds 10-25……..13-28………23
Colo 8-29……..8-28……….16
LA 7-27……..11-28..…….18
Miami 8-25……..12-28………20
Milw 10-25……12-30…..…22
Mets 9-22……..13-30……….22
Philly 9-28……..5-24…………14
Pitt 8-28……..8-27…………16
StL 7-22……..8-29………..15
SD 13-29……6-27………..19
SF 6-32……..7-27………….13
Wash 10-28……..10-25………20
Orioles 3-26……..9-27………..12
Boston 8-27……..6-27………..14
White Sox 7-30…….8-23………..15
Clev 7-27……..9-26……….16
Detroit 5-31…….12-23………..17
Astros 8-25……..13-30……….21
KC 4-26……..5-27…………8
Angels 12-31…….5-28……….17
Twins 5-21……..8-30……….13
NYY 8-27……..10-25……….18
A’s 3-28……..6-27……….9
Seattle 10-31…….11-25………21
TB 8-28……..15-29………23
Texas 9-27……..11-28………20
Toronto 8-26……..7-29………15
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