Games of April 18

Kennys Vargas leads the Red Wings to a win.  The Miracle fall behind early and can't catch up.  Tyler Beardsley and two relievers shut out Peoria.

ROCHESTER 5, GWINNETT 2 IN GWINNETT

In the first inning, a walk, a hit batsman, and a walk loaded the bases with none out.  Kennys Vargas then unloaded them with a triple and scored on Daniel Palka's RBI single.  Five batters in the Red Wings led 4-0 and they cruised to victory.  It was 5-0 after two.  The Braves scored single runs in the sixth and ninth but never threatened to get back in the game.  Ex-Twin Adam Brett Walker II, playing for Gwinnett, was 0-for-2 with two walks and is batting .139 with one home run and 13 strikeouts in 36 at-bats.

David Hurlbut struck out seven in 5.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and three walks.  Palka was 2-for-4 and is batting .310.  Matt Hague was 1-for-2 with three walks and is batting .405.  Leonardo Reginatto was 1-for-3 with two walks and is batting .385.  Mitch Garver was 1-for-4, dropping his average to .389.  Ben Paulsen was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .314.  Bengie Gonzalez was 0-for-4 and dropped his average to .095 (2-for-21).

BILOXI AT CHATTANOOGA

The game was suspended after two innings in a scoreless tie.  Matt Tracy was off to a good start, striking out two in two innings and giving up only a walk.  The game will be finished as part of a doubleheader today.

FLORIDA 5, FORT MYERS 4 IN FORT MYERS

The Fire Frogs scored single runs in each of the first three innings and led the rest of the way.  The Miracle got within one, trailing 3-2, 4-3, and 5-4, but could never tie the score.  They had the tying run in scoring position four times, stranding eleven runners.  They out-hit Florida 13-9.  They also made three errors.

Dereck Rodriguez struck out six in six innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on six hits and two walks.  Max Murphy was 3-for-5 with a double.  Chris Paul was 3-for-5 and is batting .340.  Zander Wiel was 2-for-4 and Rafael P. Valera was 2-for-5.  Alex Perez was 1-for-5 with a double and is batting .327.

CEDAR RAPIDS 5, PEORIA 0 IN PEORIA

There was no score until the sixth, when Mitchell Kranson delivered a two-run double.  The Kernels added one in the eighth on a Jaylin Davis RBI single and two in the ninth on run-scoring singles by Travis Blankenhorn and Lewin Diaz.  The Chiefs only once got a man as far as third base, in the sixth, but their last eleven batters were retired.

Tyler Beardsley struck out six in six shutout innings, giving up five hits and a walk.  Andrew Vasquez struck out two in a perfect inning and Tom Hackimer struck out three in two perfect innings.  Davis was 3-for-4 with a walk.  Blankenhorn was 2-for-4 to raise his average to .311.  Diaz was 2-for-5.  Jermaine Palacios was 1-for-4 with a walk and is batting .341.  Kranson was 1-for-5 and is batting .333.  Aaron Whitefield was 1-for-4 and is batting .341.

TODAY'S TILTS

11:00  Cedar Rapids (Eduardo Del Rosario, 1-0, 0.84) at Peoria (Jordan Hicks, 1-0, 0.00)
4:15  Biloxi at Chattanooga
Game 2  Biloxi (Taylor Williams, 0-0, 0.00) at Chattanooga (Fernando Romero, 0-2, 9.00)
5:35  Florida (Ricardo Sanchez, 0-1, 4.70) at Fort Myers (Cody Stashak, 0-2, 3.00)
6:05  Rochester (Jose Berrios, 1-0, 0.00) at Gwinnett (Matt Wisler, 0-1, 4.09)

Games of April 17

Lachlan Wells has a dominant outing.  The Kernels take it one run at a time.  No runs for the Lookouts.

BILOXI 5, CHATTANOOGA 0 IN CHATTANOOGA (5 1/2 INNINGS--RAIN)

Mauricio Dubon hit a three-run double in the fourth and the Shuckers added two more in the sixth to get the win.  The Lookouts only had four hits but still had men in scoring position in the first, second, and fifth.

Kohl Stewart pitched four innings, giving up three unearned runs on two hits and four walks with one strikeout.  Nick Gordon was 2-for-3 to raise his average to .300.  Ryan Walker was 1-for-1 with a walk and is batting .318.  Jose Gonzalez was 1-for-2 and is batting .308.

FORT MYERS 2, FLORIDA 1 IN FORT MYERS

It was scoreless until the seventh, when Trey Vavra hit a two-run homer.  Ronald Acuna homered leading off the ninth for the Fire Frogs, but they did not get the tying run on base.  Neither team got a hit until the bottom of the third and Florida did not get a hit until one out in the fifth.

Lachlan Wells struck out eight in seven shutout innings, giving up three hits and no walks.  In fourteen innings, he has an ERA of 0.64 and a WHIP of 0.86 with 17 strikeouts and one walk.  Chris Paul was 1-for-3 and is batting .311.  Daniel Kihle was 1-for-3 with a double and is batting .303.  Six of the nine Miracle starters are batting under .200.

CEDAR RAPIDS 8, PEORIA 2 IN PEORIA

The Kernels scored single runs in six of the first eight innings and capped it with two in the ninth.  They scored in the first and never trailed.

Clark Beeker struck out nine in 7.2 innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and a walk.  Colton Davis retired all four batters he faced, striking out two of them.  Aaron Whitefield, batting ninth, was 4-for-5 with two home runs (his second and third) and three RBIs and is batting .351.  Jermaine Palacios was 3-for-4 with two walks and is also batting .351.  Brandon Lopez was 2-for-4 with a walk and is batting .300.  Mitchell Kranson was 2-for-5 and is batting .357.  Jaylin Davis was 2-for-4 with a home run (his second) and two RBIs.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:35  Florida (Drew Harrington, 1-1, 5.23) at Fort Myers (Dereck Rodriguez, 0-1, 4.38)
6:05  Rochester at Gwinnett (Sean Newcomb, 1-0, 4.66)
6:15  Biloxi (Jorge Lopez, 1-1, 3.00) at Chattanooga
6:30  Cedar Rapids (Tyler Beardsley, 1-0, 1.80) at Peoria (Bryan Dobzanski, 0-0, 1.50)

Games of April 16

Kennys Vargas goes deep for the Red Wings.  Shutouts for Jacksonville and Fort Myers, with Randy LeBlanc pitching his second consecutive gem.

ROCHESTER 10, SYRACUSE 6 IN ROCHESTER (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

It wasn't as close as it sounds.  The Red Wings led 7-1 after three and 10-2 after four.  Syracuse scored some late runs but never really threatened to get back into the game.

Jason Wheeler pitched five innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and two walks with three strikeouts.  Tommy Field was 2-for-3 with a home run (his second), scoring three times and raising his average to .333.  Mitch Garver was 2-for-3 with a double and is batting .429.  Kennys Vargas was 1-for-3 with a three-run homer, his second.  Matt Hague was 0-for-3 to drop his average to .389.  Ben Paulsen was 1-for-3 with a double and three RBIs and is batting .357.  Leonardo Reginatto was 1-for-3 and is batting .391.

SYRACUSE 7, ROCHESTER 6 IN ROCHESTER (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

The Chiefs scored four in the first and led all the way.  The Red Wings closed to 6-5 and 7-6 and had the tying run on first when the game ended.  Ex-Twin Joe Nathan pitched a third of an inning, giving up a run on two hits but still picking up his second save.

Aaron Slegers, who had done so well in his first game, lasted only 3.2 innings and was tagged for five runs on eleven hits and a walk.  He did strike out six, giving him 13 strikeouts in 9.2 innings.  Daniel Palka was 4-for-4 with two home runs (his third and fourth) plus a double, scoring three times and driving in four.  Matt Hague was 2-for-4, raising his average to .400.  Ben Paulsen was 1-for-4 to drop his average to .344.

CHATTANOOGA 1, JACKSONVILLE 0 IN JACKSONVILLE

Jonathan Rodriguez hit a home run (his second) with one out in the seventh for the game's only run.  The Jumbo Shrimp's best scoring chance came in the second, when David Vidal was thrown out trying to score from second on a Cam Maron single.  Ex-Twin Chris Mazza struck out six in six shutout innings for Jacksonville.  Ex-Twin Jeremias Pineda was 0-for-3 for Jacksonville.

Paul Clemens pitched 5.1 scoreless innings, giving up five hits and a walk with four strikeouts.  Todd Van Steensel pitched 1.2 scoreless innings and Mason Melotakis pitched two shutout innings.  Both men have 0.00 ERAs in the young season.  The Lookouts had only four hits.  One of them went to Engelb Vielma, who was 1-for-4 and is batting .314.

FORT MYERS 5, DAYTONA 0 IN DAYTONA

Two walks and an error led to a three-run fourth that put the Miracle up 4-0.  The Tortugas made four errors in the game.

Randy LeBlanc pitched seven shutout innings, giving up three hits and two walks with four strikeouts.  He has not given up a run in fourteen innings this season, allowing eight hits and two walks while striking out twelve.  I'm not saying that he "has nothing to learn in Fort Myers" yet, but if he keeps this up one would hope he won't be there much longer.  Nick Anderson struck out two in two shutout innings.  Zander Weil was 2-for-2 with a home run.  Alex Perez was 0-for-4, dropping his average to .341.  Chris Paul was 1-for-5 with a double and is batting .310.  Daniel Kihle was 0-for-4 and is batting .300.  On the other end of the scale, Trey Vavra was 0-for-3 and is batting .080 in 25 at-bats.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:35  Florida (Tyler Pike, 0-1, 6.23) at Fort Myers (Lachlan Wells, 0-1, 1.29)
6:15  Biloxi (Aaron Wilkerson, 1-1, 3.38) at Chattanooga
6:30  Cedar Rapids (Clark Beeker, 0-1, 2.57) at Peoria

Games of April 15

Felix Jorge and some big hits carried the Lookouts to a win.  Daniel Kihle hit a home run in a Miracle loss.  A big inning does in the Kernels.

SYRACUSE AT ROCHESTER

Rained out.

CHATTANOOGA 10, JACKSONVILLE 1 IN JACKSONVILLE

It was scoreless through four.  Nick Gordon delivered a two-run single in the fifth, Jose Gonzalez hit a two-out three-run homer in the sixth, and the rout was on.  Engelb Vielma had a two-run single in the eighth and the Lookouts added three more in the ninth.

Felix Jorge pitched five shutout innings before tiring in the sixth.  He went 5.2 innings and gave up one run on three hits and three walks with four strikeouts, throwing 94 pitches.  Luke Bard followed with 2.1 shutout innings and Nick Burdi pitched a scoreless ninth.  Gonzalez was 2-for-4 and had four RBIs.  Ryan Walker was 2-for-4 and Vielma was 2-for-5 to raise his average to .323.  Gordon was 1-for-4 with two walks and is batting .303.

DAYTONA 8, FORT MYERS 4 IN DAYTONA

Already leading 4-3, the Tortugas scored three in the fifth to take control of the game.  They were helped by a hit batsman, an error, and a wild pitch.  Alfredo Rodriguez capped the inning with a two-run single.

It was a rough outing for Keaton Steele, who pitched five innings and allowed seven runs (four earned) on seven hits and no walks with three strikeouts.  Daniel Kihle was 2-for-4 with a home run, his second, raising his average to .333.  Sean Miller and Nelson Molina were each 2-for-4.  Alex Perez was 0-for-4 to drop his average to .385.  Chris Paul was 1-for-4 and is batting .324.

WISCONSIN 6, CEDAR RAPIDS 0 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (5 1/2 INNINGS--RAIN)

The Timber Rattlers scored one in the first and put it away with five in the fourth.  They had a single, four doubles, and a two-run homer by Gilbert Lara in the inning.  The Kernels had only two hits.

Alex Schick had pitched well for three innings before the roof fell in in the fourth.  He went 3.1 innings and was charged with all six runs on eight hits and no walks with three strikeouts.  Dominick Carlini struck out four in 2.2 scoreless innings of relief.  Mitchell Kranson was 1-for-3 with a triple and is batting .348.  Travis Blankenhorn was 0-for-2 and is batting .324.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:05  Fort Myers at Daytona (Ty Boyles, 0-0, 0.00)
12:35  Syracuse (Taylor Hill, 0-1, 9.64) at Rochester (Jason Wheeler, 0-1, 7.20)
Game 2  Syracuse (Austin Voth, 0-0, 5.40) at Rochester (Aaron Slegers, 1-0, 0.00)
2:05  Chattanooga (Paul Clemens, 0-0, 6.75) at Jacksonville (Chris Mazza, 0-1, 7.50)

Games of April 14

Ex-Twins sink the Red Wings and the Lookouts.  Three pitchers combine for a Miracle shutout.  Sean Poppen is impressive in defeat for the Kernels.

SYRACUSE 3, ROCHESTER 2 IN ROCHESTER

A sacrifice fly tied it 2-2 in the fifth and it stayed there until the ninth.  Then Corban Joseph's RBI double put the Chiefs ahead 3-2 and that's how it ended, as the Red Wings went down in order in the ninth.  Joe Nathan pitched the perfect ninth inning for Syracuse.  Another former Twin, Neal Cotts, pitched two perfect innings of relief for the Chiefs.

Nick Tepesch pitched very well, striking out eight in eight innings while giving up two runs on seven hits and a walk.  The losing run came off Drew Rucinski, who came in to start the ninth.  Matt Hague stayed hot, going 3-for-4 to make his average .424.  J. B. Shuck and Kennys Vargas each went 2-for-4.  Leonardo Reginatto was 1-for-4, making his average .400.  Ben Paulsen was 0-for-4 and is now batting .360.

JACKSONVILLE 4, CHATTANOOGA 0 IN JACKSONVILLE

The Jumbo Shrimp scored single runs in the first, second, third, and eighth.  The Lookouts loaded the bases with two out in the seventh and again in the eighth, but could not score.  They had seven hits and six walks, but stranded eleven and went 0-for-8 with men in scoring position.  Ex-Twin Omar Bencomo got the win for Jacksonville, striking out six in six shutout innings.  Ex-Twin Jeremias Pineda was 2-for-4 with two doubles for the Jumbo Shrimp.

Starter Fernando Romero pitched only 2.2 innings, allowing three runs on three hits and five walks with five strikeouts.  He threw 79 pitches.  Nik Turley saved the bullpen by striking out eight in 4.1 scoreless innings of relief.  Engelb Vielma was 2-for-4 with a walk and is batting .308.  Edgar Corcino was 1-for-1 and is batting .323, but came out of the game in the first inning after getting injured trying to steal second base.  I have no information on his condition.  Nick Gordon was 1-for-4 with a walk and is batting .310.

FORT MYERS 6, DAYTONA 0 IN DAYTONA

A leadoff triple by Alex Perez and another by Rafael P. Valera in the second led to a 2-0 Miracle lead.  Fort Myers put it out of reach with a four-run fifth, with Sean Miller capping the inning with a two-run double.  David Fischer and two relievers took it from there, limiting the Tortugas to five hits and striking out ten.

Fischer struck out eight in five innings, giving up two hits and three walks.  Williams Ramirez and Anthony McIver each pitched two shutout innings, with Ramirez allowing two walks and McIver giving up three hits.  Each struck out one.  Valera, Miller, and Perez led the offense.  Valera was 3-for-4 and scored twice.  Miller was 2-for-3 and drove in three runs.  Perez was 2-for-4 and scored twice to raise his average to .429.  Chris Paul was 1-for-4 and is batting .333.  Daniel Kihle was 0-for-4 and is batting .304.  Trey Vavra was 0-for-4 and is now batting .091 in 22 at-bats.

WISCONSIN 3, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (10 INNINGS)

It was scoreless through nine.  Each team had only two hits through nine innings, with the Kernels not getting one until the sixth.  The Timber Rattlers finally broke through in the tenth, with Demi Orimoloye hitting a two-out three-run homer.  In the bottom of the tenth, Aaron Whitefield hit a one-out two-run homer, but the next two batters were retired to end the game.

Sean Poppen struck out eight in 7.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and one walk.  Whitefield and Lewin Diaz were each 2-for-4, with Diaz contributing a double.  Travis Blankenhorn was 0-for-5, dropping his average to .343.  Jermaine Palacios was 0-for-5 and is now batting .303.  Ben Rortvedt was 0-for-4 and is now batting .087 in 23 at-bats.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:35  Syracuse (Taylor Hill, 0-1, 9.64) at Rochester (Jason Wheeler, 0-1, 7.20)
5:05  Chattanooga (Felix Jorge, 0-0, 4.50) at Jacksonville (Mike Kickham, 0-0, 3.60)
5:05  Wisconsin (Braden Webb, 0-1, 7.71) at Cedar Rapids (Alex Schick, 1-0, 1.29)
6:05  Fort Myers at Daytona (Jesus Reyes, 1-0, 5.06)

Games of April 13

Jose Berrios has nothing to learn in Rochester.  The Lookouts needed to look out for the first inning.  Twins affiliates go 2-1 in 2-1 games.

ROCHESTER 2, BUFFALO 1 IN BUFFALO (10 INNINGS)

With one out in the tenth, Ben Paulsen and Leonardo Reginatto singled and John Ryan Murphy and Bengie Gonzalez walked to force home the go-ahead run.  The Bisons went down in order in the bottom of the tenth.  The Red Wings had only four hits in the game and Buffalo just five.

Jose Berrios was excellent again, pitching eight innings and giving up an unearned run on four hits and no walks with six strikeouts.  In fourteen innings he has yet to give up an earned run and he has a WHIP of 0.57.  Alex Wimmers struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Reginatto was 2-for-4, making his average .439, and Matt Hague hit a home run in a 1-for-4 day that made his average .379.  Paulsen was 1-for-4 and is batting .429.  Niko Goodrum was 0-for-4, dropping his average to .320.

JACKSONVILLE 5, CHATTANOOGA 3 IN JACKSONVILLE

The Jumbo Shrimp scored five runs in the first inning and it was all they needed.  John Norwood and Brian Anderson hit back-to-back homers in the inning the put Jacksonville ahead 3-0 before anyone was retired.  Four consecutive two-out singles produced two more runs.  The Lookouts were down 5-1 after eight, but got back-to-back homers of their own, but Jonathan Rodriguez and Dan Rohlfing, and got two walks to put the tying run on base with none out, but that was as close as they would come.

Matt Tracy settled down after the first inning to get through four, giving up five runs (two earned) on eight hits and no walks with three strikeouts.  Ryan Eades and John Curtiss each pitched two shutout innings of relief.  Chattanooga had only five hits, with no batter getting more than one.  Edgar Corcino was 1-for-4 and is batting .300.  Five of the Lookouts' starters have averages under .200.  However, their .225 average is sixth in the ten team league and their .633 OPS is also sixth.

DAYTONA 2, FORT MYERS 1 IN DAYTONA

Daniel Sweet doubled and scored in the first and an error led to a run in the third.  The lone Miracle run came in the fifth, when Sean Miller hit a two-out triple and scored on a Brian Navaretto single.  Fort Myers had a man on third in the sixth and loaded the bases in the eighth, but could not tie it up.  The Miracle had seven hits but stranded eight men.

Cody Stashak pitched well, going six innings and giving up two runs (one earned) on four hits and no walks with three strikeouts.  Jonny Drozd struck out three in two shutout innings of relief, giving up one hit.  Miller and Navaretto were each 2-for-4.  Alex Perez was 1-for-4 and is batting .419.  Chris Paul was 0-for-3 and is batting .345.  Fort Myers also had five starters with averages under .200, one of them with an average under .100.  However they, too, are far from the worst in the league.  Their .230 batting average is seventh in the twelve-team league and their .596 OPS is ninth.

CEDAR RAPIDS 2, WISCONSIN 1 IN WISCONSIN

The Kernels got two in the fifth and made it stand up.  Caleb Hamilton homered to lead off the inning.  Later, Jermaine Palacios drew a two-out walk and scored on a Travis Blankenhorn triple.  The Timber Rattlers did not score until the eighth.  They got the tying run to second with two out in that inning, but their last four batters went out.

Tyler Wells struck out eight in six shutout innings, giving up five hits and two walks to drop his ERA to 1.80.  Max Cordy pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.  Blankenhorn was 2-for-4 and is batting .400.  Palacios was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .357.  Mitchell Kranson was 0-for-4 and is batting .333.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:35  Syracuse (Jacob Turner, 0-0, 2.45) at Rochester (Nick Tepesch, 1-0, 3.60)
6:05  Chattanooga (Fernando Romero, 0-1, 8.10) at Jacksonville (Omar Bencomo, 1-0, 0.00)
6:05  Fort Myers (David Fischer, 0-0, 0.00) at Daytona (Vladimir Gutierrez, 0-1, 5.79)
6:35  Wisconsin (Thomas Jankins, 0-0, 1.80) at Cedar Rapids (Sean Poppen, 0-0, 2.57)

Games of April 12

Errors sink the Red Wings.  Wildness sinks the Lookouts.  The Yankees win late against Fort Myers.  Home runs lead the Kernels to the organization's lone win.

BUFFALO 5, ROCHESTER 2 IN BUFFALO

A single, a walk, and two errors led to two Bisons runs in the second.  It was 4-0 Buffalo before the Red Wings finally got on the board in the seventh on RBI singles by Leonardo Reginatto and Matt Hague.  They had the tying run on base at that point, but their last seven batters went out to end the game.  Rochester made four errors in the game, leading to four unearned runs.

David Hurlbut pitched 5.1 innings, giving up four runs (all unearned) on five hits and two walks with four strikeouts.  Hague was 2-for-4, as were Ben Paulsen and Niko Goodrum.  The Red Wings had eight hits, all singles.

JACKSONVILLE 7, CHATTANOOGA 1 IN JACKSONVILLE

Three walks led to three runs in the second and a walk and a hit batsman preceded a grand slam by Taylor Ard in the third as the Jumbo Shrimp cruised to an easy win.  Dan Rohlfing tripled and scored on a ground out in the fourth for the lone Lookouts run.

Kohl Stewart, who had been brilliant in his first start, was hurt by wildness in this one, surrendering seven runs on four hits and five walks with three strikeouts in 2.1 innings.  Todd Van Steensel struck out six in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.  Randy Rosario pitched two perfect innings of relief.  Nick Burdi struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.  Engelb Vielma was 2-for-4.

TAMPA 3, FORT MYERS 2 IN TAMPA

The Miracle led 2-1 through seven, but Jhalan Jackson homered in the eighth to tie it and Nick Solak delivered an RBI single with two out in the ninth to give the Yankees the win.

Dereck Rodriguez pitched well in defeat, going eight innings (93 pitches) and giving up two runs on six hits and no walks with six strikeouts.  The winning run scored off Michael Theofanopolous, who pitched two-thirds of an inning and gave up a run on two hits.  Fort Myers had six hits, all singles.  As a team, the Miracle is batting .232 with an OPS of .597.  The batting average is eighth and the OPS is ninth in the twelve-team league.

CEDAR RAPIDS 4, KANE COUNTY 1 IN KANE COUNTY

Mitchell Kranson homered in the sixth to break a 1-1 tie.  Jaylin Davis homered in the eighth to make it 3-1 and Ariel Montesino tripled and scored in the ninth.  The lone Cougars run scored in the fifth on a bases-loaded walk.

Eduardo Del Rosario struck out seven in 4.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks, but was replaced after the bases-loaded walk.  Andrew Vasquez struck out three in 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Colton Davis struck out two in a perfect inning.  Kranson was 2-for-4.  Jaylin Davis was 1-for-3 and also walked.  Jermaine Palacios was 2-for-4.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:05  Rochester (Jose Berrios, 1-0. 0.00) at Buffalo (Jarrett Grube, 1-0, 3.60)
6:05  Chattanooga (Matt Tracy, 0-0, 1.59) at Jacksonville (Matt Tomshaw, 0-1, 3.60)
6:05  Fort Myers (Cody Stashak, 0-1, 4.50) at Daytona (Jose Lopez, 0-1, 1.69)
6:35  Wisconsin (Jordan Desguin, 1-0, 0.00) at Cedar Rapids (Tyler Wells, 0-0, 4.50)