During his tenure, LSU won six total national championships and two BCS National Titles. In the Tigers final two games, Walker was 6-of-9 with six RBI, including a walk-off game-winning RBI single in a 6-5 win over Cal-State Fullerton and two-run homer in the first inning in LSUs 8-0 national championship game whitewash of Wichita State. LSU lost the first game, 115, ending their streak of wins at 23. LSU had a successful weekend at the Karbach Round Rock Classic and remains the No. The Tigers play home games on LSU's campus at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field, and they are currently coached by Jay Johnson. 1 LSU baseball will face its first true road test of the season when it plays at Texas in Austin on Tuesday (6:30 p.m., Bats: Left (transfer portal), Josh Stevenson (6-0, 196, Fr.) With the win, LSU won 20 consecutive games, breaking the previous school record of 19 consecutive wins during the 1997 season and tying the SEC's second-longest streak of wins. Blake Money (6-7, 261, So.) The winner of the best-ever LSU baseball player is. Hell have competition with Dugas and Stevenson, who both played in left last season and both playmakers in the outfield. The series MVP was outfielder Jared Mitchell. His teams averaged 48 wins per year and qualified for the NCAA tournament in 16 of his 18 seasons. "People are shocked when I say Albert (Belle) is a nice guy, but it's the truth. Alex Milazzo, Brady Neal, Hayden Travinski, Jared Jones, Ethan Frey. Theres nothing about competitiveness, about heart, they dont need more motivation.. Its been a tough start to the season for UT, which lost to a trio of SEC teams on opening weekend at the College Baseball Showdown. Cleveland Stadium. How much he cares about the team and the leadership piece and helping guys along. What that meant was showing up on time every day, grinding it out and putting the ball in play consistently. Raymond "Ray" Didier was head coach at LSU for 7 seasons from 1957 to 1963. Johnson has put in some serious recruiting work over the last several weeks, with the White and Little additions being potential season changing additions. Skenes is a potential top five pick this season and was pushing 99 mph during the fall. What could separate this battle as the year progresses is consistency at the plate but all will receive chances to play. For example, if you went to LSU basketballs most recent home game, you could hear the ping pinging over at Alex Box walking out of the arena at 9 p.m. Driving by, there were plenty of cars in the lot as players were getting in a late night hitting session. During Rabenhorst's absence serving in World War II, A. L. Swanson served as head coach from 1943 to 1945. I was instantly the most popular guy in school.. 1 LSU baseball at the Round Rock Classic this weekend, Thatcher Hurd struggles but Tre Morgan hits for the cycle in run-rule win over Southern, No. With loaded roster, LSU is clear No. Markways last couple of years in John is a veteran SEC coordinator who possesses a great deal of knowledge as it relates to the scheme we You could tell Todd was going to be a great major league hitter, said Bertman, who Walker still describes as his baseball father figure. He was a great clutch hitter.. The LSU Tigers baseball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I college baseball. Former Tigers appearing on MLB rosters include infielder DJ LeMahieu (Yankees), infielder Alex Bregman (Astros), pitcher Aaron Nola (Phillies), pitcher Kevin Gausman (Giants), outfielder JaCoby Jones (Tigers), outfielder Andrew Stevenson (Nationals), outfielder Jake Fraley (Mariners) and pitcher Riley Smith (Diamondbacks). What started to separate me was they couldnt strike me out. Well see what happens with Morgan and the outfield but theres a chance he could find his way out there some in what is likely his last year in Baton Rouge as a draft eligible junior. In 1927, Harry Rabenhorst became head baseball coach and became the longest tenured head baseball coach in LSU history. Ben Nippolt - Nippolt, an infielder at VCU, announced that he was transferring to LSU on Aug. 5. Here's how LSU stacks up at tight end in 2023 and beyond. Weekend forecast forces shuffling of LSU baseballs opening weekend, Tigers hoping close shaves bring focus as LSU opens SEC play at home Friday night vs. Mississippi State, LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri hopes he can put right field on Crews control, Iowa slugs No. The left-handed reliever stepped up into a bigger role in the second half of the season and finished the year with a 3.55 ERA in 25 innings pitched. But the keyword is mostly. Cooper and Gervase are two more consistent bullpen arms and the potential of Taylor is very promising. Collier Cranford -Cranford declared that he was transferring to Kansas, reunitingwith former LSU recruiting coordinator Dan Fitzgerald, on July 26. No. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive chart of every Louisiana State University alumni who played baseball at Louisiana State University AND made it to the Major League level. Itll be interesting to see if his command is improved this spring as well. Finishing batting .299 with eight home runs and 35 RBI, Pearson will make an All-SEC case in year two. Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, July 3, 2021. The junior posted a .300 batting average with seven home runs for the Bears last season and was anAll-Big 12 Honorable Mention the year prior. LSU introduced gold jerseys for the 1996 post-season. Thats something I really appreciate and you wont find one player in our program whos not pulling for him because of how he operates. Official Home of LSU Shreveport Athletics. Young is a sure handed defender but struggled with the bat at times during his career. There's a more than decent chance this won't be the bullpen rotation next year as there are still plenty of decisions that need to be made. Little has a ton of promise but he did get hit off of a good bit in a few different fall ball games open to the public. A. L. Swanson (19431945) The program won its first national championship in 1991, defeating Wichita State in the College World Series final. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}302420.4N 911117.1W / 30.405667N 91.188083W / 30.405667; -91.188083. He's also won BigEast Pitcher of the Year for the last two seasons. Though his freshman year was short lived because of a back injury hes recovering well from according to D1 Baseball, Hurd has the potential to be another game saving arm for the Tigers with the potential to fill several roles. [12] The Tigers finished the regular season record at 39161. White batted .362 for the Wolfpack in 2022 to go along with 27 home runs and 74 RBI, with a slugging percentage of .757 in his first collegiate season. Florida won in 2018, Vanderbilt won in 2019, Mississippi State won in 2021, and Ole Miss won in 2022. - Guthrie, Mark. The team participates in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference. Just more than 28 years later in April 2017 just prior to LSU opening a three-game home series against Ole Miss, Bertman stood proudly on the new Alex Box Stadium infield with a crowd of Walkers friends, family and former teammates as Walkers No. Eddy Furniss won the Dick Howser Trophy as the nation's most outstanding player and finished as the LSU and SEC all-time leader in home runs (80), RBI (308), hits (352), doubles (87) and total bases (689). The Tigers will no doubt be looking to the portal for some help in the infield but the team does feel good that a few of the freshmen infielders in this class will be coming to school. 1 min read. The Tigers won the 1943 SEC Championship under Swanson. He made a couple of small adjustments with his approach and he was hard to get out the last four or five weeks, Johnson said. Again theres depth in this infield now, most notably with true freshman Gavin Guidry who has a ton of potential and could find his way into lineups as the season moves along. He finished his baseball coaching career with a record of 2202263. This is another opportunity to develop our team. As a sophomore, his batting average was much better and he came through with some really clutch swings. In his first year, Laval led the Tigers to a 4422 record overall. Cade Doughty (6-1, 195, Jr.) Bats: Right- (MLB draft candidate), Collier Cranford (6-0, 184, Jr.) Bats: Right. 3 Florida, No. The stadium was later renamed Alex Box Stadium for Simeon Alex Box, an LSU letterman (1942) who was killed in North Africa during World War II. LSU then faced Florida, which had beaten them three times in the regular season and once in the SEC Tournament, and won, 94. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Head Coach: Brad Neffendorf. Probably the position most up for grabs in the infield, theres going to be some true competition at second base, with the veterans Dugas and Merrifield battling it out with the VCU transfer Nippolt. During his LSU career, the Tigers played in two CWS and won the national title in 93, won two SEC regular season championships and an SEC tournament title. Kling is the true freshman who very easily couldve signed with the MLB out of high school but instead pulled his name out entirely because he wants to develop at LSU. It was the home field of the Louisiana State University Tigers college baseball team from 1938 to 2008. Drew I started off bad in Omaha because I was just happy to be there and too anxious, said Walker, who hit six homers in 10 NCAA 93 tourney games. [35] The field was later moved to a site with bleachers that was north of the campuses experimental garden, and next to the old armory building. Jacob Hasty - Hasty transferred to Missouri on July 14, D1Baseball reported. The 1989 team defeated Texas A&M in a regional final to qualify for the College World Series. Bats: Left. Voters on the panel were provided information of six to 10 nominees and were asked to rank one through five. As you dissect this roster, it really is difficult to project just how many familiar faces will be returning. LSU players listed in the Baseball America Top 500 Draft Prospects list include right-handed pitcher Jaden Noot (No. The Tigers hosted a regional in Baton Rouge, which they won, and moved on to the Houston Super-Regional to face Rice, where their season ended. The third base spot will be the NC State transfer Whites by all indications. However, based on the team's regular season performance, LSU was selected as one of the eight regional host sites for the NCAA tournament. Skenes was a first-team All-American according to Collegiate Baseball and D1 Baseball this season. He was the fifth LSU Tiger to be drafted in the first round in seven years, the highest-drafted position player in LSU's history, and the second-highest overall behind pitcher Ben McDonald (1989). Perhaps the most intriguing name of this entire roster from a management perspective is what happens with Jordan Thompson. Brennan Holt -Holt announced that he was transferring to Oklahoma State on June 11. As a junior for the Bears, Pineda batted .300, led the team and hits while delivering seven home runs and 35 RBI. Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Martin J. 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Blake Money, Sam Dutton, Bryce Collins, Will Hellmers, Riley Cooper (LHP), Garrett Edwards, Javen Coleman (LHP, out for season), Jaden Noot, Chase Shores, Micah Bucknam, Aiden Moffitt, Nic Bronzini (LHP), Griffin Herring (LHP), Nate Ackenhausen (LHP), Kaleb Applebey, DJ Primeaux (LHP). The squad serves as hostesses at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field and their responsibilities include selling game day programs, recovering foul balls, retrieving bats and helmets, answering fans questions, assisting with game day promotions and giveaways and checking on umpires. [27], Average Attendance: As of the 2018 baseball season, LSU finished No. In June 2002, Bertman was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. LSU returned to Omaha during the 1987 season, then failed to make the NCAA tournament in 1988, despite having a 3921 record. Alex Box Stadium was a baseball stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 15 full seasons (the 2020 season ended after 17 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Mainieri compiled a 641-285-3 (.692) record. The weight room features multiple high-definition TV's for multimedia presentations. Post Game Press Conference. BATON ROUGE John Jancek, the former defensive coordinator at Georgia and Tennessee, has been promoted to LSUs special teams coordinator and outside Johnson has said many times how impressed hes been with Thompsons improvement, with MLB scouts coming up to him and saying he looks like a big league defensive player. The expectations were lofty for Laval when he accepted the job as head coach at LSU. 5, Eliminated by Rice in Baton Rouge Regional Finals, Minimum of 50 innings pitched; No. LSU baseball's season ends in heartbreak, falling 8-7 to Southern Miss in NCAA regional, LSU baseball's pitching staff collapses in season-ending loss to Southern Miss, LSU baseball's Dylan Crews beats tag at home, leading to Kentucky coach's ejection in SEC Tournament, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Will Safford - Safford, a sophomore, announced that he was transferring to Louisiana Tech on July 26. An ace with Creighton in 2022, Tebrake has all the potential to throw his name into the starter mix next season for the Tigers but will have a decision as to whether or not he wants to turn pro. If both can improve their command and offspeed pitch consistency, this staff will be extremely difficult to contend with. . 1 team in the land in the latest D1Baseball Top 25 Rankings. Jack Pineda (SS)- Baylor, Junior. The program won at least ten games during four of his eight seasons as head coach. I was very pleased last night (vs. Sam Houston) with every phase of the game. All Rights Reserved by Baseball Almanac, Inc.Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. A 15-member media panel with a collective 582 years of sports journalism experience picked LSUs five best athletes, coaches, moments, and individual game and season performances in 21 categories covering all present and past sports. Walker moved on to a stellar 12-year major league career in which he hit .289. I was so mad that after we drove the hour back to Baton Rouge, me and Mike Neal turned the lights on at Alex Box and we just hit all night, Walker said. He was driven to perfection. Jr., entered transfer portal, (10) Brody Drost (OF)- Sophomore, transfer portal (D1 Baseball), (33) Michael Fowler (RHP)-Sophomore, transfer portal (D1 Baseball), (46) Alex Brady- (LHP)-Junior, transfer portal, (51) Blaise Priester (C)- Freshman, transfer portal (D1 Baseball), (16)Collier Cranford (6-0, 184, Jr.) Bats: Right. Infielders Jacob Berry and Cade Doughty feel destined for the MLB draft while Johnson did state his hope for getting outfielder Gavin Dugas back to the program should things play out that way come the draft. . Bertman won 870 games, seven SEC titles, and 11 CWS appearances. Gavin Dugas, Jack Merrifield, Ben Nippolt. [16][17] LSU recovered in the second game of the series, scoring six runs in the top of the ninth inning to force a third game with a dramatic come-from-behind win, 97. Help them grow and make sure were really connected as a unit. Todd probably had the best three years of anybody in college baseball, Bertman said. Stay tuned. In his second year, LSU was predicted to finish fifth in the SEC Western division by the SEC baseball coaches before the year started. [22] On June 20, 2008, after a rain delay of nearly 24 hours, UNC and LSU resumed their elimination game matchup, resulting in a 73 loss for LSU. The Tigers defeated the Longhorns 114 to win the programs 6th National Championship wearing the gold jerseys. [14] Fourteen of those wins were come-from-behind wins, while the last 15 were made wearing the distinctive gold jerseys. 5 for 1962 season, * denotes selection to College World Series All-Decade team, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, This page was last edited on 19 February 2023, at 22:04. [26], In 2013, LSU posted an NCAA-record total attendance figure of 473,298 in 43 games, which was 191,458 greater than second-place team Mississippi State (281,840). Wyatt Crowell; LHP; Florida State; ACC Chase Davis; OF; Arizona; Pac-12 Chase Dollander; RHP; Tennessee; SEC Hunter Elliott; LHP; Ole Miss; SEC Kendal Ewell; OF; Kentucky; SEC Jake Gelof; INF; Virginia; ACC Evan Giordano; 3B; Stony Brook; CAA Jacob Gonzalez; INF; Ole Miss; SEC Joseph Gonzalez; RHP; Auburn; SEC As for the depth behind him, Beloso is back after a season ending knee injury and hell also be a candidate for designated hitter nights as well. Nobody else is playing centerfield this year. White batted .362 for the Wolfpack in 2022 to go along with 27 home runs and 74 RBI, with a slugging percentage of .757 in his first collegiate season. This is a team with such high expectations and a lot of pieces to mix into what was a great foundation in year one under Johnson. 4 LSU. Under head coach Paul Mainieri, the team wears the gold jerseys regularly on the third game of a three-game series, as well as during important tournament games. The Tigers, coached by Skip Bertman, had already established themselves as a premier college baseball program, having won two previous national championships in 1991 and 1993. In a rematch, the Tigers beat the Razorbacks again by a score of 145, advancing to the CWS finals for the first time since 2000. After winning the Round Rock Classic this weekend with a 2-1 record, LSU wont be going too far for its next matchup. The importance of adding a pitcher of Hurds caliber, who appeared in nine games with a 1.06 ERA in 34 innings pitched with 48 strikeouts, cant be overstated. When you step in the box at Omaha for the first time, youre geared. He was a regular starter as a freshman, appearing in 53 games, but saw his playing time wane from there. Scoring was tallied as 5 points for a first-place vote, 4 for second-place, 3 for third-place, 2 for second place and 1 for last-place. The Tigers out-slugged the Longhorns 114 in game 3 to win their 6th National Championship and first since 2000. 1 in the final college baseball total attendance rankings in 23 straight seasons. The good news for the Tigers is that White will have two years of eligibility before he can enter the MLB draft, filling a game changing bat that was left behind by likely first round pick Jacob Berry. Paul Skenes - Skenes, a right-handed pitcher and catcher at Air Force, transferred to LSU on July 28. Nippolt batted .308 last season at VCU with 31 RBI and drew more walks than he struck out by a good margin, which has been a bugaboo for Dugas at times. All rights reserved. https://lsutigerswire.usatoday.com/lists/lsu-baseball-texas-how-to-watch-stream-preview-midweek/, Location: Disch-Falk Field in Austin, Texas, Gavin Dugas' 9th-inning bomb lifts LSU past Texas in pitcher's duel, LSU remains unanimous No. The Tigers jumped from ninthto fourth in the SEC standings, nearly hosted a regional after having troublemaking the NCAA Tournament the year before and sported one of the best offenses in college baseball. This is our only true road game before we start conference play; in fact, well play 18 of our next 21 games at home after tomorrow night, so I thought getting a road game against a great opponent was a good idea for our team. [1] The Tigers baseball team has won seventeen SEC regular-season championships and twelve SEC Conference Tournament championships.[1]. Like most people around the world coping with the coronavirus pandemic the last three months, Todd Walker has been home in Shreveport with his family finding ways to pass the time. We need to continue to focus on one pitch, one inning at a time, and on playing well. Most importantly, the Tigers have options at a spot that saw a ton of maneuvering a year ago. LSU swept the series, defeating Texas Southern (121) and Southern Miss (twice, 134 and 114) to win the regional bracket. If he can be more boom in year two at LSU, hell be an everyday fixture in the lineup, with Beloso and Skenes also stepping in as well at that spot. Friday night, the Hawkeyes lost to Sam Houston State 6-0, so they came into Saturdays game extra Baseball is a unique sport where its not the team with the best players, its the team that plays the best that day. Hes playing a lot of tennis, which he has done for years after finding golf was taking too much of his time and not providing enough exercise. Tommy White (INF)- NC State, Freshman. Bianco only had a .128batting average and four RBI this season but last year hit seven home runs and posted a .378 on-base percentage. LSU is also the only school in NCAA history to exceed 400,000 in total baseball attendance in a season. Under Mainieri, the Tigers also played in the 2013 and 2015 College World Series. 7 LSU faced the No. Starting Pitcher: Aaron Nola (2012-14) Nola is not only the best pitcher of the decade for the Tigers, but hes also one of the two players vying for Player of the Decade. Only LSU baseball player selected No. Cranford and Safford are two guys who make sense as portal players but could stick around and compete in a wide open infield as well. The right-handed pitcher from UCLAwas having an excellent season before a stress fracture in his lower back ended his yearin April. At Creighton this past season he was exceptional, holding a 2.81 ERA in 93 innings pitched as the Bluejays'ace. It'll be interesting to see how this newly shaped infield shakes out. Visiting team supporters can be heckled and chants of "Tiger Bait! Drew Bianco - Bianco, according to D1Baseball, entered the portal on June 29 and transferred to Houston. Throws: Right, Javen Coleman (6-2, 173, So.) That moment propelled me forward in terms of avoiding slumps. LSU is in fine hands with a national player of the year candidate in Crews leading the way next year but will want to iron out the edges this offseason. This story will be updated throughout the offseason. During the program's first 30 seasons, LSU had a total of 15 head coaches. Mainieri returned to Baton Rouge, where he began his career in college baseball 30 years earlier as a freshman at LSU in 1976. Facebook; Twitter; Instagram; YouTube; Only LSU baseball player selected No. Brody Drost - Drost has transferred to Louisiana Tech after only getting two at-bats with LSU this past season. [34] The playing field was located north of Tiger Stadium and was equipped with wooden bleachers. LSU would earn the No. [21] The Tigers, facing elimination in a game against the Rice Owls, won in dramatic fashion, 65, continuing their string of come-from-behind victories. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 1 overall in MLB draft, 1998 national Player of the Year when he hit .403, 2014 national Pitcher of the Year, combined 23-2 in his last two seasons, First-team All-American shortstop 2015, led LSU to the College World Series. It's been just one week but the Tigers have already seen multiple players jump into the transfer portal and there's certainly been plenty of buzz around the transfer portal. He was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in January 2003. LSU hit eight home runs in its first game in Omaha, defeating USC, 1210, then hit six more in a 108 victory over SEC team Mississippi State. In his last appearance of the fall, Moffitt struck out five straight in two innings of work and was in the mid 90s on his fastball. Skip catapulted me to another level. By doing that, I learned a ton more about the game itself. Continue to check in throughout the offseason for updates. Eddy Furniss 39 (2) 1998 national Player of the Year when he hit .403. Louisiana State University players who attended & played at other colleges: Al Baird who also played at Centenary College of Louisiana, Sid Womack who also played at Mississippi State University, Andy Sheets who also played at Tulane University and Armando Rios who also played at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. LSU_Baseball_2020_MLB_Draft- LSU Baseball 2020 MLB Draft Tracker: Multiple Tiger Players, Commits Expecting to Hear Names Called Cabrera, Henry The Louisiana State University baseball program started in 1893. The opposing fans who take the jeers and jaunts with a sporting disposition will be invited to join in on the party, the drink, the regional Cajun cuisine, the spirit of Baton Rouge, and the vibrant tradition of LSU sports. Johnson didn't want to go into tremendous detail immediately following the season but it's obvious his most glaring concern to address is the pitching staff. 1 in average attendance in 2007). The offseason has been very productive for a group that many consider to be among the favorites to reach Omaha and win a national championship. 1 South Carolina and one-loss, No. The Longhorns beat the Tigers in game 2, 51, to force a third and final game. Brayden Jobert (6-2, 210, Fr.) The 1996 version 1 in the final average attendance rankings for the 22nd time in 23 years (Arkansas finished No. Berry is a first round pick and likely gone while Merrifield showed some fielding chops early in the year but wasn't able to stay on the field because of his bat. Mainieri retired following LSU's 2021 super regional loss to SEC rival Tennessee at Knoxville. It was located south of the Pentagon Barracks and slightly southwest of the site of the current Louisiana State Capitol Building adjacent to the Hill Memorial Library and George Peabody Hall. One such game was game 3 of the 2009 College World Series Finals versus the Texas Longhorns. From 1964 to 1983, LSU was led by three head coaches. LSU Baseball History Marker. During the 2015 MLB Draft, Alex Bregman was selected by the Houston Astros with the second pick of the draft. And also, Walker finally got around to looking at some old scrapbooks and photo albums. Jobert had a whole year and was at times LSU's best bat in the lineup and others a complete non-factor. 1 team in baseball despite loss, LSU's Dylan Crews named SEC Co-Player of the Week, LSU starts off strong with win over Kansas State in the Round Rock Classic, How to watch, stream, preview for No. Jordan Thompson, Gavin Guidry, Ben Nippolt. In a Baseball America poll published in 1999, Bertman was voted the second greatest college baseball coach of the 20th century, behind Rod Dedeaux of Southern California. 2 national seed in the 2003 tournament, and would host a super regional both years, meaning the road to Omaha went through Baton Rouge. The infield outside of Morgan is a very big question mark that won't have much clarity until the 2022 draft concludes. His 1975 team won an SEC championship and was LSU's first NCAA Tournament team. BATON ROUGE At 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds, Grant Taylor can throw a baseball really hard. Hodges was named the Tournament's Most Outstanding Player after finishing the CWS with a 20 record and one save. Again, the word here is options, of which the purple and gold have many considering what kind of day the game plays out. But after an injury to third baseman Jacob Berry in the second half of the season, Cranford filled into his spot and was a major reason behind LSU's improved defensive play in the second half of the year. LSU had 5 players named to the All-Tournament team Blair Barbier, Mike Fontenot, Brad Hawpe, Hodges, and Theriot. [13] The team won the 2008 SEC Tournament (held May 2025 in Hoover, Alabama). LSU is in fine hands with a national player of the year candidate in Crews leading the way next year but will want to iron out the edges this offseason. The last four of five College World Series have been won by an SEC school. He fills a hole on the infield for the Tigers, having played third base, second base and shortstop. 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