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          Second-Place Showdown
          In honor of the 43rd President of the United States (heh, heh, heh), 
          The Al Gore Cup is a forum for teams that finished second and most 
          likely feel that they're more deserving than all of the other 
          first-place teams to be in the championship bracket. 
            
          Teams are seeded 1-4 based on regular season records and play a 
          best-of-seven semifinal round followed by another seven game series to 
          crown the winner. 
            
          The winner receives a bonus of 1 million Benchwarmer Bucks.  
          The runner-up gets 500,000. 
            
          The 2021 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Lexington (89-61)
 
            - Ohio (88-62)
 
            - Wrigley (82-68)
 
            - Buffalo (81-69)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Buffalo vs. Lexington; Wrigley vs. Ohio 
            
		  Lexington won 4 games to 1
		   Wrigley won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Wrigley vs. Lexington 
		  Season series: Lexington won 4-2 
          2021 Gore Cup Winner - Wrigley won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wrigley | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Lexington | 2 | 4 | 2 |  WP - J.Urias (1-0)  LP - F.Peralta (0-1) HR: none Wrigley leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wrigley | 2 | 6 | 4 | Box  |  | Lexington | 5 | 9 | 2 |  WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0)  LP - Wri BP (0-1) HR: Wri: E.Haase (1); Lex: G.Springer (1), H.Renfroe (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lexington | 2 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Wrigley | 4 | 11 | 1 |  WP - C.Flexen (1-0)  LP - Lex BP (0-1) HR: Lex: M.Conforto (1); Wri: T.Turner (1), J.Soler (1) Wrigley leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lexington | 5 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Wrigley | 2 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Musgrove (1-0)  LP - Wri BP (0-2) HR: Lex: T.Anderson (1), G.Springer 2 (3) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lexington | 5 | 8 | 5 | Box  |  | Wrigley | 8 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Wri BP (1-2)  LP - Lex BP (0-2) HR: Lex: H.Renfroe (2), J.Schoop (1); Wri: J.Polanco 2 (2), E.Haase (2) Wrigley leads 3-2 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Wrigley | 5 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Lexington | 4 | 6 | 5 |  WP - J.Urias (2-0)  LP - F.Peralta (0-2) HR: Wri: J.Polanco (3), J.Candelario (1); Lex: H.Renfroe (3) Wrigley wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buffalo | 4 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Lexington | 2 | 6 | 2 |  WP - M.Gonzales (1-0)  LP - F.Peralta (0-1) HR: Buf: Y.Alvarez (1), J.Winker (1); Lex: H.Renfroe (1) Buffalo leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wrigley | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Ohio | 8 | 17 | 0 |  WP - Oh BP (1-0)  LP - J.Urias (0-1) HR: Wri: J.Soler (1); Oh: J.Votto (1) Ohio leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buffalo | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Lexington | 7 | 11 | 1 |  WP - Lex BP (1-0)  LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: Buf: G.Stanton (1), L.Gurriel (1); Lex: M.Rojas (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wrigley | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Ohio | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - A.Wainwright (1-0)  LP - Oh BP (1-1) HR: Wri: J.Polanco (1), K.Schwarber (1), W.Myers (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lexington | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Buffalo | 2 | 9 | 1 |  WP - J.Berrios (1-0)  LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: Lex: H.Renfroe (2) Lexington leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ohio | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Wrigley | 6 | 14 | 1 |  WP - C.Flexen (1-0)  LP - E.Lauer (0-1) HR: Oh: A.Duvall (1); Wri: K.Bryant 2 (2), J.Candelario (1) Wrigley leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lexington | 11 | 15 | 0 | Box  |  | Buffalo | 7 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Musgrove (1-0)  LP - T.Megill (0-1) HR: Lex: T.Anderson (1), Y.Tsutsugo (1), H.Renfroe (3); Buf: Y.Alvarez (2), P.Goldschmidt (1) Lexington leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ohio | 3 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Wrigley | 8 | 13 | 0 |  WP - C.Hernandez (1-0)  LP - B.Snell (0-1) HR: Oh: J.Votto (2), Y.Moncada (1); Wri: K.Bryant (3), J.Candelario (2), W.Myers 2 (3), D.LeMahieu (1) Wrigley leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lexington | 5 | 9 | 4 | Box  |  | Buffalo | 4 | 7 | 2 |  WP - S.McClanahan (1-0)  LP - Buf BP (0-1) HR: Lex: T.Anderson (2), J.Aguilar (1) Lexington wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Ohio | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Wrigley | 5 | 8 | 1 |  WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - W.Peralta (0-1) HR: Oh: A.Duvall (2); Wri: J.Polanco 2 (3) Wrigley leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wrigley | 6 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Ohio | 4 | 8 | 5 |  WP - J.Urias (1-1)  LP - R.Suarez (0-1) HR: Wri: J.Candelario (3), E.Longoria (1); Oh: A.Duvall (3) Wrigley wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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