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Game 45 Game Day Thread 2

ghostofErikThompson Lone Star Ball May 20 2013, 9:11p

STOP BY THE BALLPARK IN ARLINGTON TO SEE ... THE MYSTERY ZONE ... IS IT A STRIKE? IS IT A BALL? NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE

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GameThread #46: A's at Rangers

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Series Preview: OAK @ TEX - Keep Them at Bay

ghostofErikThompson Lone Star Ball May 20 2013, 4:00p

Texas once again faces its closest foe in the AL West. Oakland attempts to gain ground in Arlington while the Rangers look to keep on keeping on

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Coming Soon: Sonny Gray, RHP, Oakland Athletics

Jason Hunt Fake Teams May 20 2013, 9:00a

I had the opportunity to see Sacramento righty Sonny Gray on Thursday night. What did I see, and when could he arrive in Oakland?

AL West Standings

W L PCT GB STRK
Texas 29 15 .659 0 Won 2
Oakland 23 22 .511 6.5 Won 3
Seattle 20 25 .444 9.5 Lost 4
Los Angeles 17 27 .386 12 Won 2

(updated 5.20.2013 at 7:53 PM EDT)

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Down On The Farm: Prospects Coming & Going

Athletics Farm Athletics Nation May 20 2013, 8:46a

There have been an awful lot of comings and goings in the A’s system over the past week or so. Lefty Hideki Okajima's promotion to the A’s bullpen and perennial prospect Michael Taylor's return to the River Cats is just the tip of the iceberg.

Royals 2013 Game Recaps

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Royals look completely mediocre in 4-3 loss to A's

Connor Moylan Royals Review May 19 2013, 7:43p

A fitting way to wrap up a horrible weekend in Oakland.

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Recap #45: A's Earn A Sweep Of One-Run Games!

Nico Athletics Nation May 19 2013, 7:08p

It came down to Mike "Moose Tacos" Moustakas against Ryan Cook with runners at 2B and 3B with 2 out in the 9th, and of course the count had to go full. Moustakas bounced to 2B and the A's were back over .500.

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Game Thread #45: A's vs. Royals (1)

Royals 2013 Game Preview

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Game 40 Preview - Royals vs. Athletics

Connor Moylan Royals Review May 19 2013, 1:12p

Can the Royals offense score more than one run today? Please?

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Game #44: Deja Vu; A's Win 2-1...Again

baseballgirl Athletics Nation May 19 2013, 1:02a

Why hello there, Miss .500. Don't you look particularly fetching tonight. We certainly have missed you. It wasn't as pretty and flashy as last night's start, but Tommy Milone's gritty, gutsy and...

Royals 2013 Game Recaps

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Royals offense continues to disappoint in 2-1 loss

Connor Moylan Royals Review May 19 2013, 12:27a

FSKC may have just replayed last night's game on Saturday. I'm not quite sure.

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Game #44: Oakland Athletics vs. Kansas City Royals

Schedule

2013 Schedule

April
Seattle Mariners Monday, April 01 2013 loss 0 - 2 coverage
Seattle Mariners Tuesday, April 02 2013 loss 1 - 7 coverage
Seattle Mariners Wednesday, April 03 2013 win 6 - 2 coverage
Seattle Mariners Thursday, April 04 2013 win 8 - 2 coverage
@ Houston Astros Friday, April 05 2013 win 8 - 3 coverage
@ Houston Astros Saturday, April 06 2013 win 6 - 3 coverage
@ Houston Astros Sunday, April 07 2013 win 9 - 3 coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Tuesday, April 09 2013 win 9 - 5 coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Wednesday, April 10 2013 win 11 - 5 coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Thursday, April 11 2013 win 8 - 1 coverage
Detroit Tigers Friday, April 12 2013 win 4 - 3 coverage
Detroit Tigers Saturday, April 13 2013 loss 3 - 7 coverage
Detroit Tigers Sunday, April 14 2013 loss 1 - 10 coverage
Houston Astros Monday, April 15 2013 win 11 - 2 coverage
Houston Astros Tuesday, April 16 2013 win 4 - 3 coverage
Houston Astros Wednesday, April 17 2013 win 7 - 5 coverage
@ Tampa Bay Rays Friday, April 19 2013 loss 3 - 8 coverage
@ Tampa Bay Rays Saturday, April 20 2013 loss 0 - 1 coverage
@ Tampa Bay Rays Sunday, April 21 2013 loss 1 - 8 coverage
@ Boston Red Sox Monday, April 22 2013 loss 6 - 9 coverage
@ Boston Red Sox Tuesday, April 23 2013 win 13 - 0 coverage
@ Boston Red Sox Wednesday, April 24 2013 loss 5 - 6 coverage
Baltimore Orioles Thursday, April 25 2013 loss 2 - 10 coverage
Baltimore Orioles Friday, April 26 2013 loss 0 - 3 coverage
Baltimore Orioles Saturday, April 27 2013 loss 3 - 7 coverage
Baltimore Orioles Sunday, April 28 2013 win 9 - 8 coverage
Los Angeles Angels Monday, April 29 2013 win 10 - 8 coverage
Los Angeles Angels Tuesday, April 30 2013 win 10 - 6 coverage
May
Los Angeles Angels Wednesday, May 01 2013 loss 4 - 5 coverage
@ New York Yankees Friday, May 03 2013 win 2 - 0 coverage
@ New York Yankees Saturday, May 04 2013 loss 2 - 4 coverage
@ New York Yankees Sunday, May 05 2013 win 5 - 4 coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Monday, May 06 2013 loss 3 - 7 coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Tuesday, May 07 2013 loss 0 - 1 coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Wednesday, May 08 2013 loss 3 - 4 coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Thursday, May 09 2013 loss 2 - 9 coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Friday, May 10 2013 loss 3 - 6 coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Saturday, May 11 2013 win 4 - 3 coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Sunday, May 12 2013 loss 1 - 6 coverage
Texas Rangers Monday, May 13 2013 win 5 - 1 coverage
Texas Rangers Tuesday, May 14 2013 loss 5 - 6 coverage
Texas Rangers Wednesday, May 15 2013 loss 2 - 6 coverage
Kansas City Royals Friday, May 17 2013 win 2 - 1 coverage
Kansas City Royals Saturday, May 18 2013 win 2 - 1 coverage
Kansas City Royals Sunday, May 19 2013 win 4 - 3 coverage
@ Texas Rangers Monday, May 20 2013 8:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Tuesday, May 21 2013 8:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Wednesday, May 22 2013 2:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Houston Astros Friday, May 24 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Houston Astros Saturday, May 25 2013 7:15 PM EDT coverage
@ Houston Astros Sunday, May 26 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
San Francisco Giants Monday, May 27 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
San Francisco Giants Tuesday, May 28 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
@ San Francisco Giants Wednesday, May 29 2013 10:15 PM EDT coverage
@ San Francisco Giants Thursday, May 30 2013 3:45 PM EDT coverage
Chicago White Sox Friday, May 31 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
June
Chicago White Sox Saturday, June 01 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Chicago White Sox Sunday, June 02 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Milwaukee Brewers Monday, June 03 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday, June 04 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday, June 05 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Thursday, June 06 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Friday, June 07 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Saturday, June 08 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Sunday, June 09 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
New York Yankees Tuesday, June 11 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
New York Yankees Wednesday, June 12 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
New York Yankees Thursday, June 13 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
Seattle Mariners Friday, June 14 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Seattle Mariners Saturday, June 15 2013 7:15 PM EDT coverage
Seattle Mariners Sunday, June 16 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Monday, June 17 2013 8:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Tuesday, June 18 2013 8:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Wednesday, June 19 2013 8:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Thursday, June 20 2013 3:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Friday, June 21 2013 10:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Saturday, June 22 2013 10:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Sunday, June 23 2013 4:10 PM EDT coverage
Cincinnati Reds Tuesday, June 25 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Cincinnati Reds Wednesday, June 26 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
St. Louis Cardinals Friday, June 28 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, June 29 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
St. Louis Cardinals Sunday, June 30 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
July
Chicago Cubs Tuesday, July 02 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Chicago Cubs Wednesday, July 03 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Chicago Cubs Thursday, July 04 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Kansas City Royals Friday, July 05 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Kansas City Royals Saturday, July 06 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Kansas City Royals Sunday, July 07 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Pittsburgh Pirates Monday, July 08 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday, July 09 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday, July 10 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Boston Red Sox Friday, July 12 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Boston Red Sox Saturday, July 13 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Boston Red Sox Sunday, July 14 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Friday, July 19 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Saturday, July 20 2013 9:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Sunday, July 21 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Houston Astros Monday, July 22 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Houston Astros Tuesday, July 23 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Houston Astros Wednesday, July 24 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Angels Thursday, July 25 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Angels Friday, July 26 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Angels Saturday, July 27 2013 9:05 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Angels Sunday, July 28 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Toronto Blue Jays Monday, July 29 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday, July 30 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday, July 31 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
August
Texas Rangers Friday, August 02 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Texas Rangers Saturday, August 03 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Texas Rangers Sunday, August 04 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Cincinnati Reds Tuesday, August 06 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Cincinnati Reds Wednesday, August 07 2013 12:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Toronto Blue Jays Friday, August 09 2013 7:07 PM EDT coverage
@ Toronto Blue Jays Saturday, August 10 2013 1:07 PM EDT coverage
@ Toronto Blue Jays Sunday, August 11 2013 1:07 PM EDT coverage
@ Toronto Blue Jays Monday, August 12 2013 12:37 PM EDT coverage
Houston Astros Tuesday, August 13 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Houston Astros Wednesday, August 14 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Houston Astros Thursday, August 15 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
Cleveland Indians Friday, August 16 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Cleveland Indians Saturday, August 17 2013 9:05 PM EDT coverage
Cleveland Indians Sunday, August 18 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Seattle Mariners Monday, August 19 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Seattle Mariners Tuesday, August 20 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Seattle Mariners Wednesday, August 21 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Baltimore Orioles Friday, August 23 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Baltimore Orioles Saturday, August 24 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Baltimore Orioles Sunday, August 25 2013 1:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Detroit Tigers Monday, August 26 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
@ Detroit Tigers Tuesday, August 27 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
@ Detroit Tigers Wednesday, August 28 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
@ Detroit Tigers Thursday, August 29 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
Tampa Bay Rays Friday, August 30 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Tampa Bay Rays Saturday, August 31 2013 9:05 PM EDT coverage
September
Tampa Bay Rays Sunday, September 01 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Texas Rangers Monday, September 02 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Texas Rangers Tuesday, September 03 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Texas Rangers Wednesday, September 04 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
Houston Astros Thursday, September 05 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Houston Astros Friday, September 06 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Houston Astros Saturday, September 07 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Houston Astros Sunday, September 08 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Minnesota Twins Tuesday, September 10 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Minnesota Twins Wednesday, September 11 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Minnesota Twins Thursday, September 12 2013 1:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Friday, September 13 2013 8:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Saturday, September 14 2013 8:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Sunday, September 15 2013 3:05 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Angels Monday, September 16 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Angels Tuesday, September 17 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Angels Wednesday, September 18 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
Minnesota Twins Thursday, September 19 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Minnesota Twins Friday, September 20 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Minnesota Twins Saturday, September 21 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Minnesota Twins Sunday, September 22 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Monday, September 23 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Tuesday, September 24 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Wednesday, September 25 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Friday, September 27 2013 10:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Saturday, September 28 2013 TBA coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Sunday, September 29 2013 4:10 PM EDT coverage

Roster

Oakland Athletics Roster

pitchers # Pos. DOB W H B T
Grant Balfour 50 1 12/30/1977 200 6-2 right right
Jerry Blevins 13 1 9/6/1983 175 6-6 left left
Jesse Chavez 60 1 8/21/1983 160 6-2 right right
Bartolo Colon 40 1 5/24/1973 265 5-11 right right
Ryan Cook 48 1 6/30/1987 215 6-2 right right
Sean Doolittle 62 1 9/26/1986 210 6-3 left left
A.J. Griffin 64 1 1/28/1988 215 6-5 right right
Tommy Milone 57 1 2/16/1987 205 6-0 left left
Pat Neshek 47 1 9/4/1980 210 6-3 both right
Hideki Okajima 39 1 12/25/1975 195 6-1 left left
Jarrod Parker 11 1 11/24/1988 195 6-1 right right
Dan Straily 67 1 12/1/1988 215 6-2 right right
catchers # Pos. DOB W H B T
John Jaso 5 2 9/19/1983 205 6-2 left right
Luke Montz 22 2 7/7/1983 225 6-2 right right
Derek Norris 36 2 2/14/1989 210 6-0 right right
infielders # Pos. DOB W H B T
Josh Donaldson 20 5 12/8/1985 220 6-0 right right
Nate Freiman 7 3 12/31/1986 250 6-8 right right
Jed Lowrie 8 6 4/17/1984 180 6-0 both right
Brandon Moss 37 3 9/16/1983 210 6-0 left right
Adam Rosales 17 4 5/20/1983 195 6-2 right right
Eric Sogard 28 4 5/22/1986 190 5-10 left right
outfielders # Pos. DOB W H B T
Yoenis Cespedes 52 7 10/18/1985 210 5-10 right right
Coco Crisp 4 8 11/1/1979 185 5-10 both right
Chris Young 25 8 9/5/1983 190 6-2 right right
designated hitters # Pos. DOB W H B T
Seth Smith 15 DH 9/30/1982 210 6-3 left left

Stats

Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
Josh Donaldson 44 161 23 51 15 1 6 27 19 28 2 1 .317 .385 .534
Adam Rosales 20 58 6 17 4 0 2 4 6 13 0 0 .293 .379 .466
Jed Lowrie 43 165 19 48 14 0 3 21 20 27 0 0 .291 .369 .430
Seth Smith 37 140 17 39 12 0 3 18 11 36 0 0 .279 .340 .429
Coco Crisp 28 112 25 29 10 1 5 14 18 11 8 1 .259 .356 .500
Eric Sogard 37 97 14 25 5 1 0 4 6 12 2 1 .258 .321 .330
Brandon Moss 41 137 21 35 3 2 6 23 19 50 1 0 .255 .354 .438
John Jaso 37 112 12 28 4 0 1 11 14 26 0 0 .250 .339 .313
Nate Freiman 20 48 3 11 3 0 1 7 5 11 0 0 .229 .309 .354
Derek Norris 33 93 18 20 6 0 1 8 19 30 3 0 .215 .353 .312
Yoenis Cespedes 31 120 20 25 2 1 8 20 9 31 0 3 .208 .269 .442
Luke Montz 8 22 2 4 3 0 1 4 0 7 0 0 .182 .174 .455
Scott Sizemore 2 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .167 .167 .333
Chris Young 25 92 12 15 5 1 4 15 13 21 5 0 .163 .271 .370
Josh Reddick 29 92 10 14 6 0 1 14 14 25 5 0 .152 .266 .250
Daric Barton 8 21 3 3 0 0 1 3 1 7 0 0 .143 .217 .286
Shane Peterson 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 .143 .250 .143
Andy Parrino 9 24 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 .125 .192 .167
Michael Taylor 9 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 .043 .120 .043
Casper Wells 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jerry Blevins 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Bartolo Colon 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Sean Doolittle 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Pat Neshek 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Hideki Okajima 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Tommy Milone 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Chris Resop 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Brett Anderson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
A.J. Griffin 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Dan Straily 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jarrod Parker 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Grant Balfour 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Evan Scribner 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Ryan Cook 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jesse Chavez 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Pitching

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
Hideki Okajima 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 2.00
Sean Doolittle 3-0 20 0 0 0 0 1 19.0 8 2 2 2 3 19 0.95 .58
Grant Balfour 0-0 17 0 0 0 8 0 17.1 13 3 3 2 8 19 1.56 1.21
Ryan Cook 1-0 20 0 0 0 1 1 20.2 16 5 4 0 7 26 1.74 1.11
Jerry Blevins 3-0 20 0 0 0 0 2 20.2 14 5 5 2 1 20 2.18 .73
Pat Neshek 0-0 18 0 0 0 0 0 16.0 17 7 5 1 8 11 2.81 1.56
Tommy Milone 4-5 9 9 0 0 0 0 57.0 56 26 22 7 12 49 3.47 1.19
A.J. Griffin 4-3 9 9 0 0 0 0 57.2 54 26 23 8 16 44 3.59 1.21
Jesse Chavez 0-0 6 0 0 0 0 0 10.0 11 5 4 1 3 8 3.60 1.40
Bartolo Colon 3-2 8 8 1 1 0 0 47.1 50 24 24 7 2 27 4.56 1.10
Evan Scribner 0-0 12 0 0 0 0 0 18.2 19 11 11 3 5 10 5.30 1.29
Chris Resop 1-1 18 0 0 0 0 0 18.0 22 13 12 3 10 13 6.00 1.78
Jarrod Parker 2-5 9 9 0 0 0 0 47.2 57 33 32 9 24 35 6.04 1.70
Brett Anderson 1-4 6 5 0 0 0 0 29.0 32 22 20 3 15 29 6.21 1.62
Dan Straily 1-2 5 5 0 0 0 0 26.0 26 22 21 3 12 27 7.27 1.46
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