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    			| Second-Place ShowdownIn 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 2011 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
            Wayne (89-61)Aksarben (79-71)India (78-72)Cincinnati (77-73)   | 
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    			| Semifinals - Cincinnati vs Wayne; India vs Aksarben   Finals - India vs Wayne - Split their season series 6-6   Playoffs main page |  
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                    | Finals
                      
      
        
          | Game | India vs. Wayne |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | India | 5 | 5 | 0 | Box |  | Wayne | 0 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - J.Vazquez (1-0)  LP - C.Sabathia (0-1) HR: Ind: J.Hamilton (1), V.Martinez (1)
 India leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | India | 8 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Wayne | 4 | 4 | 3 |  | WP - Ind BP (1-0)  LP - M.Bumgarner (0-1) HR: Ind: J.Hamilton (2), E.Longoria (1), H.Pence (1), V.Martinez (2); Way: A.Ramirez (1)
 India leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Wayne | 2 | 8 | 1 | Box |  | India | 4 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - Ind BP (2-0)  LP - Way BP (0-1) HR: none
 India leads 3-0
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Wayne | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | India | 2 | 7 | 1 |  | WP - J.Beckett (1-0)  LP - K.McClellan (0-1) HR: none
 India leads 3-1
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Wayne | 7 | 14 | 0 | Box |  | India | 10 | 9 | 1 |  | WP - H.Kuroda (1-0)  LP - B.Chen (0-1) HR: Way: E.Encarnacion (1), K.Suzuki (1); Ind: J.Rollins (1), B.Zobrist (1)
 India wins series 4-1
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 7 | 1 | Box |  | Wayne | 6 | 13 | 0 |  | WP - C.Sabathia (1-0)  LP - E.Santana (0-1) HR: Way: J.Ellsbury (1)
 Wayne leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | India | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Aksarben | 6 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - M.Cain (1-0)  LP - J.Vazquez (0-1) HR: Aks: B.Butler (1), C.Gonzalez (1), B.Lawrie (1)
 Aksarben leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Cincinnati | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Wayne | 9 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - Way BP (1-0)  LP - E.Jackson (0-1) HR: Cin: D.Espinosa (1); Way: D.Pedroia (1), A.Ramirez (1), J.Bruce (1)
 Wayne leads 2-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | India | 9 | 14 | 0 | Box |  | Aksarben | 5 | 9 | 4 |  | WP - J.Saunders (1-0)  LP - D.Hudson (0-1) HR: Ind: J.Rollins (1), B.Zobrist (1); Aks: J.Mayberry Jr. (2), M.Holliday (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Wayne | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 5 | 0 |  | WP - Way BP (2-0)  LP - H.Bailey (0-1) HR: Way: D.Pedroia (2), J.Ellsbury (2), C.Beltran (1); Cin: A.Beltre (1)
 Wayne leads 3-0
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Aksarben | 3 | 5 | 2 | Box |  | India | 4 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - Ind BP (1-0)  LP - A.Ogando (0-1) HR: Ind: H.Pence (1)
 India leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Wayne | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 11 | 2 |  | WP - J.Beckett (1-0)  LP - C.Lewis (0-1) HR: none
 Wayne wins series 4-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Aksarben | 6 | 9 | 1 | Box |  | India | 4 | 11 | 2 |  | WP - Z.Greinke (1-0)  LP - Ind BP (1-1) HR: Aks: B.Butler 2 (3), M.Cuddyer (1); Ind: J.Rollins (2), T.Hafner (1)
 Series tied 2-2
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          | 5 |  | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Aksarben | 2 | 7 | 4 | Box |  | India | 6 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - C.Lee (1-0)  LP - J.Zimmermann (0-1) HR: Ind: J.Rollins (3)
 India leads 3-2
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          | 6 |  | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | India | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Aksarben | 2 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - J.Vazquez (1-1)  LP - M.Cain (1-1) HR: Ind: J.Hamilton (1), E.Longoria (1), T.Hafner (1); Aks: W.Betemit (1)
 India wins series 4-2
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