2005 Texas Rangers season

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2005  Texas Rangers
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Ameriquest Field in Arlington
City Arlington, Texas
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Tom Hicks
General managers John Hart
Managers Buck Showalter
Television KDFI
KDFW
FSN Southwest
(Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)
Radio KRLD
(Eric Nadel)
KFLC
(Eleno Ornelas, José Guzmán)
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The 2005 Texas Rangers season was the 45th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 34th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 12th season at Ameriquest Field in Arlington. The Rangers finished third in the American League West. The Rangers had four players in the 2005 All-Star Game. Michael Young, Kenny Rogers, Alfonso Soriano, and Mark Teixeira. Young was also the A.L. batting champion in 2005.

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On offense, the team led Major League Baseball in home runs (260), at bats (5,716), slugging percentage (.468) and total bases (2,677). All starters wound up in double figures in home runs. [1] The Rangers used 30 pitchers during the season, the most by any team. [1]

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 9567.586—49‍–‍3246‍–‍35
Oakland Athletics 8874.543745‍–‍3643‍–‍38
Texas Rangers 7983.4881644‍–‍3735‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners 6993.4262639‍–‍4230‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

2005 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Baltimore —8–102–61–63–54–22–43–37–114–67–312–64–69–108–10
Boston 10–8—4–34–26–44–26–44–29–106–43–313–67–27–1112–6
Chicago 6–23–4—14–514–513–54–611–73–32–76–34–23–64–212–6
Cleveland 6–12–45–14—12–613–63–510–93–46–37–34–63–34–215–3
Detroit 5–34–65–146–12—10–94–68–111–51–55–45–24–24–39–9
Kansas City 2–42–45–136–139–10—2–76–133–32–42–73–52–83–69–9
Los Angeles 4–24–66–45–36–47–2—6–46–410–99–94–515–41–512–6
Minnesota 3–32–47–119–1011–813–64–6—3–34–66–46–03–64–28–10
New York 11–710–93–34–35–13–34–63–3—7–27–38–117–312–611–7
Oakland 6–44–67–23–65–14–29–106–42–7—12–64–511–85–510–8
Seattle 3–73–33–63–74–57–29–94–63–76–12—4–26–134–610–8
Tampa Bay 6–126–132–46–42–55–35–40–611–85–42–4—6–28–113–15
Texas 6–42–76–33–32–48–24–156–33–78–1113–62–6—7–39–9
Toronto 10–911–72–42–43–46–35–12–46–125–56–411–83–7—8–10

Transactions

Roster

2005 Texas Rangers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Lone Star series

The annual interleague games between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers were played in June and July. They are known as the Lone Star Series.

DateWinning TeamScoreWinning PitcherLosing PitcherAttendanceLocation
May 20Texas 7–3 Kenny Rogers Brandon Backe 38,109 Arlington
May 21Texas 18–3 Chris Young Ezequiel Astacio 35,781 Arlington
May 22Texas 2–0 Chan Ho Park Roy Oswalt 40,583 Arlington
June 24Houston 5–2 Roy Oswalt Ricardo Rodríguez 36,199 Houston
June 25Texas 6–5 Chris Young Brandon Backe 41,868 Houston
June 26Houston 3–2 Chad Qualls Juan Domínguez 35,331 Houston

Game log

2005 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ Angels 3–2 Colón Drese (0–1) Rodríguez 43,5900–1
2April 6@ Angels 3–2 Shouse (1–0) Prinz 35,0771–1
3April 7@ Angels 7–6 Shields Shouse (1–1)35,1691–2
4April 8@ Mariners 9–6 Putz Regilio (0–1) Guardado 29,6522–2
5April 9@ Mariners 7–6 Brocail (1–0) Guardado Cordero (1)31,5012–3
6April 10@ Mariners 7–6 Riley (1–0) Thornton Cordero (2)30,4343–3
7April 11 Angels 7–6 Shields Dickey (0–1) Rodríguez 50,0543–4
8April 12 Angels 13–8 Lackey Young (0–1) Shields 23,0613–5
9April 13 Angels 7–5 Park (1–0) Byrd Cordero (3)21,6254–5
10April 14 Blue Jays 2–1 Halladay Astacio (0–1)19,3664–6
11April 15 Blue Jays 4–2 Drese (1–1) Lilly Cordero (4)30,4535–6
12April 16 Blue Jays 8–0 Chacín Rogers (0–1)40,4995–7
13April 17 Blue Jays 6–5 Young (1–1) Towers Cordero (5)31,3106–7
14April 18 Athletics 8–5 Haren Park (1–1) Dotel 20,9396–8
15April 19 Athletics 3–0 Astacio (1–1) Blanton Cordero (6)22,1467–8
16April 20@ Devil Rays 12–10 Drese (2–1) Webb Cordero (7)8,8168–8
17April 21@ Devil Rays 3–2 Brazelton Rogers (0–2) Báez 8,7998–9
18April 22@ Yankees 5–3 Young (2–1) Brown Cordero (8)42,7109–9
19April 23@ Yankees 10–2 Park (2–1) Wright 44,73110–9
20April 24@ Yankees 11–1 Johnson Astacio (1–2)42,73210–10
21April 26 Mariners 7–4 Piñeiro Drese (2–2) Guardado 23,06410–11
22April 27 Mariners 8–2 Rogers (1–2) Franklin 26,30811–11
23April 28 Mariners 4–1 Meche Young (2–2) Guardado 23,92811–12
24April 29 Red Sox 7–2 Park (3–1) Wakefield Mahay (1)43,93312–12
25April 30 Red Sox 9–2 Arroyo Astacio (1–3)44,11412–13
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1 Red Sox 6–5 Clement Drese (2–3) Foulke 49,34212–14
27May 2@Athletics 3–2 Shouse (2–1) Harden Cordero (9)10,14413–14
28May 3@Athletics 6–1 Young (3–2) Saarloos 10,42714–14
29May 4@Athletics 16–7 Rogers (2–2) Haren 15,65415–14
30May 6 Indians 8–6 Lee Astacio (1–4) Wickman 30,74215–15
31May 7 Indians 6–1 Drese (3–3) Elarton 36,31116–15
32May 8 Indians 7–2 Rogers (3–2) Westbrook Cordero (10)23,20317–15
33May 9 Tigers 2–0 Robertson Cordero (0–1)24,12217–16
34May 10 Tigers 5–4 Brocail (2–0) Johnson Cordero (11)24,76618–16
35May 11 Tigers 6–5 Walker Mahay (0–1) Urbina 28,68918–17
36May 13@Twins 9–6 Brocail (3–0) Nathan Cordero (12)24,52419–17
37May 14@Twins 5–0 Rogers (4–2) Silva 28,62420–17
38May 15@Twins 5–2 Radke Mahay (0–2) Nathan 27,89120–18
39May 16@White Sox 7–6 Regilio (1–1) Marte Cordero (13)26,88921–18
40May 17@White Sox 5–2 Garland Astacio (1–5) Hermanson 18,33321–19
41May 18@White Sox 7–0 Buehrle Drese (3–4)16,25521–20
42May 20 Astros 7–3 Rogers (5–2) Backe 38,10922–20
43May 21 Astros 18–3 Young (4–2) Astacio 35,78123–20
44May 22 Astros 2–0 Park (4–1) Oswalt Cordero (14)40,58324–20
45May 24 Royals 4–3 Drese (4–4) Hernández Cordero (15)27,44925–20
46May 25 Royals 7–3 Astacio (2–5) Greinke 23,75526–20
47May 26 Royals 8–1 Rogers (6–2) Lima 25,02227–20
48May 27 White Sox 6–2 Young (5–2) McCarthy Cordero (16)31,14928–20
--May 28Postponed29–20
49May 29 White Sox 12–4 Park (5–1) Garland 36,26529–20
50May 31@Tigers 8–2 Rogers (7–2) Maroth 16,93130–20
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1@Tigers 6–4 Bonderman Drese (4–5) Urbina 15,42830–21
52June 2@Tigers 6–5 Urbina Regilio (1–2)21,16630–22
53June 3@Royals 2–1 Sisco Astacio (2–6) MacDougal 11,63530–23
54June 4@Royals 14–9 Park (6–1) Lima 18,80831–23
55June 5@Royals 8–1 Rogers (8–2) Greinke 21,42432–23
56June 7@Phillies 8–5 Lieber Drese (4–6) Wagner 33,61632–24
57June 8@Phillies 2–0 Fultz Young (5–3) Wagner 24,33932–25
58June 9@Phillies 10–8 Padilla Astacio (2–7) Wagner 25,20532–26
59June 10@Marlins 12–5 Jones Brocail (3–1)16,62232–27
60June 11@Marlins 6–5 Riedling Domínguez (0–1) Jones 25,55732–28
61June 12@Marlins 6–2 Rodríguez (1–0) Moehler Wasdin (1)21,30333–28
62June 13 Braves 7–3 Young (6–3) Hudson 41,59434–28
63June 14 Braves 7–2 Sosa Astacio (2–8)30,22134–29
64June 15 Braves 9–5 Park (7–1) Davies Cordero (17)33,66335–29
65June 17 Nationals 8–1 Rogers (9–2) Patterson 33,65336–29
66June 18 Nationals 7–4 Rodríguez (2–0) Armas 48,66337–29
67June 19 Nationals 8–2 Hughes Wilson (0–1)34,47437–30
68June 20@Angels 5–1 Byrd Young (6–4)41,00737–31
69June 21@Angels 8–6 Colón Park (7–2)43,02537–32
70June 22@Angels 6–0 Washburn Rogers (9–3)41,76337–33
71June 24@Astros 5–2 Oswalt Rodríguez (2–1) Lidge 36,19937–34
72June 25@Astros 6–5 Young (7–4) Backe Cordero (18)41,86838–34
73June 26@Astros 3–2 Qualls Domínguez (0–2)35,33138–35
74June 27 Angels 13–3 Colón Wilson (0–2)34,47138–36
75June 28 Angels 5–1 Donnelly Loe (0–1)27,15938–37
76June 29 Angels 7–6 Loe (1–1) Shields 30,11239–37
77June 30 Angels 18–5 Young (8–4) Santana 27,46640–37
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1@Mariners 6–2 Park (8–2) Sele 37,27041–37
79July 2@Mariners 6–5 Loe (2–1) Putz Cordero (19)34,20942–37
80July 3@Mariners 2–1 Moyer Rogers (9–4) Guardado 34,39742–38
81July 4 Red Sox 6–5 Benoit (1–0) Foulke 50,49243–38
82July 5 Red Sox 7–4 Wakefield Young (8–5) Timlin 33,35643–39
83July 6 Red Sox 7–4 Clement Park (8–3) Embree 34,96243–40
84July 8 Blue Jays 7–6 Cordero (1–1) Batista 30,24244–40
85July 9 Blue Jays 12–10 Rogers (10–4) Downs Cordero (20)36,28545–40
86July 10 Blue Jays 9–8 Loe (3–1) Frasor 25,76746–40
87July 14@Athletics 6–0 Harden Park (8–4)17,98746–41
88July 15@Athletics 7–2 Zito Wasdin (0–1)22,42346–42
89July 16@Athletics 10–8 Rogers (11–4) Blanton Cordero (21)22,82647–42
90July 17@Athletics 5–4 Kennedy Loe (3–2)25,33047–43
91July 18 Yankees 11–10 Sturtze Brocail (3–2) Rivera 46,53847–44
92July 19 Yankees 2–1 Loe (4–2) Franklin Cordero (22)45,20848–44
93July 20 Yankees 8–4 Small Benoit (1–1)45,35448-45
94July 21 Athletics 6–4 Witasick Loe (4–3) Street 31,64348–46
95July 22 Athletics 11–10 Haren Young (8–6)35,26648–47
96July 23 Athletics 5–4 Saarloos Rodríguez (2–2) Street 38,84148–48
97July 24 Athletics 8–3 Harden Park (8–5)29,41048–49
98July 25 Orioles 4–2 Benoit (2–1) Cabrera Cordero (23)29,31449–49
99July 26@Orioles 5–4 Grimsley Baldwin (0–1) Ryan 25,23549–50
100July 27@Orioles 11–8 Cordero (2–1) Julio Baldwin (1)31,54050–50
101July 28@Orioles 2–1 Loe (5–3) Ray Cordero (24)22,25451–50
102July 29@Blue Jays 4–1 Brocail (4–2) Downs Cordero (25)21,11352–50
103July 30@Blue Jays 3–2 Benoit (3–1) Frasor Cordero (26)23,03953–50
104July 31@Blue Jays 5–1 Chacín Wilson (0–3)24,12353–51
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 2 Devil Rays 10–8 McClung Young (8–7) Báez 30,03853–52
106August 3 Devil Rays 8–5 Harper Rodríguez (2–3) Báez 30,51353–53
107August 4 Devil Rays 13–5 Gryboski (1–0) Orvella 27,17654–53
108August 5 Orioles 10–5 Chen Wilson (0–4)37,29654–54
109August 6 Orioles 10–3 Wasdin (1–1) Cabrera Loe (1)34,63255–54
110August 7 Orioles 9–3 Young (9–7) Ponson 27,13756–54
111August 8@Red Sox 11–6 González Karsay (0–1)35,45356–55
112August 9@Red Sox 8–7 Schilling Gryboski (1–1)35,30856–56
113August 10@Red Sox 16–5 Arroyo Rogers (11–5)35,37956–57
114August 11@Yankees 9–8 Sturtze Baldwin (0–2) Rivera 54,28356–58
115August 12@Yankees 6–5 Leiter Wilson (0–5) Sturtze 54,44256–59
116August 13@Yankees 7–5 Small Loe (5–4)54,91956–60
117August 14@Yankees 10–3 Chacón Benoit (3–2)54,82456–61
118August 16@Indians 8–2 Sabathia Rogers (11–6)27,40356–62
119August 17@Indians 3–0 Young (10–7) Millwood Cordero (27)20,44257–62
120August 18@Indians 9–4 Westbrook Wilson (0–6)23,21457–63
121August 19@Devil Rays 2–1 McClung Domínguez (0–3) Báez 10,18857–64
122August 20@Devil Rays 4–2 Kazmir Benoit (3–3) Baez 19,04157–65
123August 21@Devil Rays 6–3 Fossum Rogers (11–7) Báez 13,97457–66
124August 23 Mariners 6–4 Young (11–7) Moyer Cordero (28)25,65358–66
125August 24 Mariners 8–1 Domínguez (1–3) Franklin Wasdin (2)28,61259–66
126August 25 Mariners 8–2 Harris Benoit (3–4)19,11259–67
127August 26 Twins 6–0 Loe (6–4) Kyle Lohse Wilson (1)28,87760–67
128August 27 Twins 7–2 Nathan Shouse (2–2)25,35160–68
129August 28 Twins 2–1 Brocail (5–2) Crain 20,88261–68
130August 29 White Sox 7–5 Domínguez (2–3) Buehrle Brocail (1)27,81962–68
131August 30 White Sox 8–6 Wilson (1–6) Garland Cordero (29)n/a63–68
132August 30 White Sox 8–0 McCarthy Vólquez (0–1)28,18363–69
133August 31 White Sox 9–2 Loe (7–4) Hernández 23,49364–69
September/October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1@Royals 5–4 Rogers (12–7) Howell Cordero (30)12,73565–69
135September 2@Royals 8–7 Cordero (3–1) MacDougal Wasdin (3)14,42566–69
136September 3@Royals 5–3 Domínguez (3–3) Carrasco 18,93267–69
137September 4@Royals 17–8 Núñez Vólquez (0–2)15,51267–70
138September 5@Twins 7–0 Loe (8–4) Silva 15,62768–70
139September 6@Twins 10–7 Wasdin (2–1) Nathan Cordero (31)12,56469–70
140September 7@Twins 8–6 Romero Brocail (5–3) Nathan 13,03469–71
141September 9 Athletics 9–8 Zito Domínguez (3–4) Street 26,46869–72
142September 10 Athletics 5–4 Blanton Loe (8–5) Street 41,05869–73
143September 11 Athletics 7–4 Rogers (13–7) Kennedy Wasdin (4)19,91370–73
144September 12 Orioles 4–2 Cabrera Vólquez (0–3) Ryan 20,41870–74
145September 13 Orioles 4–3 Ray Wilson (1–7) Ryan 21,16770–75
146September 14 Orioles 7–6 Benoit (4–4) Grimsley 18,07771–75
147September 15 Mariners 4–3 Loe (9–5) Harris Cordero (32)23,67972–75
148September 16 Mariners 5–3 Rupe (1–0) Hernández Cordero (33)25,56773–75
149September 17 Mariners 7–6 Shouse (3–2) Guardado 41,98374–75
150September 18 Mariners 8–6 Dickey (1–1) Franklin Cordero (34)26,53275–75
151September 20@Angels 2–1 Colón Domínguez (3–5) Rodríguez 36,17075–76
152September 21@Angels 6–5 Yan Feldman (0–1) Rodríguez 37,77675–77
153September 22@Angels 7–4 Santana Vólquez (0–4) Escobar 36,58875–78
154September 23@Athletics 3–1 Rogers (14–7) Haren Cordero (35)33,40276–78
155September 24@Athletics 7–6 Duchscherer Wasdin (2–2) Street 26,70476–79
156September 25@Athletics 6–2 Domínguez (4–5) Saarloos 27,70977–79
157September 27@Mariners 3–2 Wasdin (3–2) Mateo Cordero (36)22,73978–79
158September 28@Mariners 7–3 Young (12–7) Piñeiro Cordero (37)20,72379–79
159September 29@Mariners 4–3 Franklin Rogers (14–8) Guardado 19,48179–80
160September 30 Angels 7–1 Lackey Dickey (1–2)38,18779–81
161October 1 Angels 7–6 Shields Domínguez (4–6) Rodríguez 48,17479–82
162October 2 Angels 7–4 Santana Loe (9–6) Rodríguez 38,33479–83
Source: ESPN.com

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Rod Barajas 120410104.2542160
1B Mark Teixeira 162644194.30143144
2B Alfonso Soriano 156637171.26836104
SS Michael Young 159668221.3312491
3B Hank Blalock 161647170.2632592
LF Kevin Mench 150557147.2642573
CF Gary Matthews Jr. 131475121.2551755
RF Richard Hidalgo 8830868.2211643
DH David Dellucci 128435109.2512965

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Laynce Nix 6322955.240632
Adrián González 4315034.227617
Mark DeRosa 6614836.243820
Sandy Alomar Jr. 4612835.273014
Phil Nevin 299918.18238
Chad Allen 215315.28305
Gerald Laird 13409.22514
Jason Botts 10278.29603
Andres Torrés 8193.15801
Marshall McDougall 18183.16700
Esteban Germán 543.75001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kenny Rogers 30195.11483.4687
Chris Young 31164.21274.26137
Chan Ho Park 20109.2855.6680
Ryan Drese 1269.2466.4620
Pedro Astacio 1267.0286.0445
Ricardo Rodríguez 1257.0235.5324

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kameron Loe 4892.0963.4245
Joaquín Benoit 3287.0443.7278
John Wasdin 3175.2324.2844
Juan Domínguez 2270.1464.2245
C.J. Wilson 2448.0176.9430
R.A. Dickey 929.2126.6715
Edinson Vólquez 612.20414.2111
Josh Rupe 49.2102.796
Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Francisco Cordero 6931373.3979
Brian Shouse 643205.2335
Doug Brocail 615315.5261
Ron Mahay 300216.8130
Nick Regilio 181204.5814
Erasmo Ramirez 160003.916
Steve Karsay 140107.479
Kevin Gryboski 1111011.172
James Baldwin 80215.199
Scott Feldman 80100.964
Matt Riley 71009.954
Carlos Almanzar 600014.403
Ryan Bukvich 400011.254
Michael Tejera 300013.502
Jason Standridge 200011.572
Justin Thompson 200021.601

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Oklahoma RedHawks Pacific Coast League Bobby Jones
AA Frisco RoughRiders Texas League Darryl Kennedy
A Bakersfield Blaze California League Arnie Beyeler
A Clinton LumberKings Midwest League Carlos Subero
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Greg Riddoch
Rookie AZL Rangers Arizona League Pedro López

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The 1998 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 116th season in Major League Baseball, their 41st season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 39th at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The team finished in second place in the National League West with an 89–74 record, 9½ games behind the San Diego Padres. They tied the Chicago Cubs for the Wild Card spot and played a tie-breaker game, which the Giants lost 5-3.

The 2002 Cleveland Indians season was the 102nd season for the franchise and the 9th season at Jacobs Field. The season began on March 31, 2002. The team finished third in the American League Central behind the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox, and suffered their first losing season since 1993.

The 2003 Cleveland Indians season was the 103rd season for the franchise. The 2003 Major League Baseball season began on March 30, 2003. The team finished fourth in the American League Central behind the Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 Texas Rangers season</span> Major League Baseball team season

The 2013 Texas Rangers season was the Rangers' 53rd season of the franchise and the 42nd since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. The Rangers lost a season ending tie-breaking game against the Tampa Bay Rays on September 30, 2013, and were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 Texas Rangers season</span> Major League Baseball team season

The 2017 Texas Rangers season was the franchise's 57th overall, their 46th in Arlington, Texas and their 24th at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The Rangers began the season on April 3 against the Cleveland Indians and finished the season on October 1 against the Oakland Athletics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Texas Rangers season</span> Major League Baseball team season

The 2019 Texas Rangers season was the 59th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 48th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 26th and final season at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The Rangers began the season on March 28 against the Chicago Cubs and finished the season on September 29 against the New York Yankees. On November 2, 2018, Chris Woodward was hired to be the manager of the Rangers for the 2019 season. Despite a strong May and June for the team, they fell apart after that, failing to qualify for the postseason for the third consecutive year.

References

  1. 1 2 "2005 MLB Team Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Jason Standridge Stats".
  3. 1 2 "Cody Ransom Stats".
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