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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): 
          
            - St. Louis (81-69)
 
            - Hammy's (78-72)
 
            - Team (78-72)
 
            - Blair (77-73)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Blair vs. St. Louis; Team vs. Hammy's 
            
		  St. Louis won 4 games to 1
		   Team won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Team vs. St. Louis 
		  Season series: Team won 4-2 
          2021 Gore Cup Winner - St. Louis won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Team | 1 | 2 | 0 | Box  |  | St. Louis | 5 | 4 | 0 |  WP - F.Valdez (1-0)  LP - M.Fried (0-1) HR: StL: F.Reyes (1), L.Torrens (1) St. Louis leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Team | 4 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | St. Louis | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - B.Woodruff (1-0)  LP - TmCh BP (0-1) HR: TmCh: P.Alonso (1), J.Donaldson (1); StL: G.Springer 2 (2), D.Moore (1) St. Louis leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | St. Louis | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Team | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - S.Alcantara (1-0)  LP - J.Musgrove (0-1) HR: StL: M.Semien (1) St. Louis leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | St. Louis | 8 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Team | 3 | 10 | 2 |  WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: StL: W.Flores (1); TmCh: J.Donaldson (2) St. Louis leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | St. Louis | 3 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Team | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Z.Greinke (1-0)  LP - K.Allard (0-1) HR: StL: F.Reyes (2), J.Cronenworth (1), L.Torrens (2); TmCh: T.O'Neill (1), N.Lopez (1) St. Louis leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Team | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | St. Louis | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - F.Valdez (2-0)  LP - TmCh BP (0-2) HR: TmCh: T.Mancini (1), T.O'Neill (2); StL: F.Reyes (3) St. Louis wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Blair | 2 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | St. Louis | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - F.Valdez (1-0)  LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: Bla: B.Harper (1); StL: P.Wisdom (1) St. Louis leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Team | 3 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Hammy's | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - L.Giolito (1-0)  LP - TmCh BP (0-1) HR: TmCh: T.Mancini (1), T.O'Neill (1) Hammy's leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Blair | 0 | 3 | 4 | Box  |  | St. Louis | 5 | 6 | 0 |  WP - B.Woodruff (1-0)  LP - I.Anderson (0-1) HR: StL: F.Reyes (1) St. Louis leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Team | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Hammy's | 4 | 10 | 1 |  WP - K.Gausman (1-0)  LP - TmCh BP (0-2) HR: Ham: H.Castro (1) Hammy's leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | St. Louis | 3 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Blair | 6 | 4 | 2 |  WP - S.Matz (1-0)  LP - J.Musgrove (0-1) HR: StL: T.Pham (1); Bla: W.Contreras (1) St. Louis leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hammy's | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Team | 8 | 9 | 1 |  WP - S.Alcantara (1-0)  LP - T.McKenzie (0-1) HR: Ham: P.Smith (1); TmCh: J.Donaldson (1) Hammy's leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | St. Louis | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Blair | 2 | 8 | 2 |  WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - M.Foltynewicz (0-1) HR: StL: P.Wisdom (2), J.Cronenworth (1); Bla: K.Seager (1) St. Louis leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hammy's | 1 | 3 | 1 | Box  |  | Team | 9 | 16 | 2 |  WP - K.Gibson (1-0)  LP - H.Ryu (0-1) HR: TmCh: C.Mullins (1), J.Donaldson (2), N.Lowe (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | St. Louis | 5 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Blair | 4 | 9 | 2 |  WP - K.Allard (1-0)  LP - J.Gant (0-1) HR: StL: F.Reyes (2), P.Wisdom (3); Bla: T.Turner (1) St. Louis wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hammy's | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Team | 7 | 8 | 1 |  WP - Z.Greinke (1-0)  LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: TmCh: X.Bogaerts (1) Team leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Team | 6 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Hammy's | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - M.Fried (1-0)  LP - L.Giolito (1-1) HR: TmCh: X.Bogaerts (2) Team wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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