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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): 
          
            - Orrville (84-66)
 
            - Olde English (79-71)
 
            - Cincinnati (74-76)
 
            - Budapest (73-77)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Budapest vs. Orrville; Cincinnati vs. Olde English 
            
		  Budapest won 4 games to 3
		   Cincinnati won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Budapest vs. Cincinnati 
		  Season series: Cincinnati won 7-5 
          2021 Gore Cup Winner - Budapest won 4 games to 0 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Budapest | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - Cin BP (0-1) HR: Bud: J.Soto (1), A.Judge (1), J.Bell 2 (2); Cin: J.Soler (1), R.Devers (1), C.Hernandez (1) Budapest leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Budapest | 4 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - M.Gonzales (1-0)  LP - L.Lynn (0-1) HR: Bud: L.Arraez (1), R.Jeffers (1); Cin: T.O'Neill (1), A.McCutchen (1) Budapest leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Budapest | 7 | 13 | 3 |  WP - M.Pineda (1-0)  LP - Cin BP (0-2) HR: Cin: T.O'Neill (2); Bud: F.Tatis (1), J.Soto 2 (3), A.Hays (1) Budapest leads 3-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | Budapest | 9 | 10 | 3 |  WP - S.Matz (1-0)  LP - A.Manoah (0-1) HR: Cin: T.O'Neill (3); Bud: F.Tatis 2 (3), J.Soto (4), J.Bell (3) Budapest wins series 4-0 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Budapest | 2 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Orrville | 7 | 8 | 2 |  WP - J.Urias (1-0)  LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: Orr: T.Turner 2 (2) Orrville leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 0 | Box  |  | Olde English | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - L.Castillo (1-0)  LP - L.Webb (0-1) HR: Cin: T.O'Neill (1); OE: G.Springer (1) Cincinnati leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Budapest | 4 | 3 | 2 | Box  |  | Orrville | 10 | 13 | 1 |  WP - Orr BP (1-0)  LP - M.Gonzales (0-1) HR: Orr: M.Conforto 2 (2), F.Reyes (1) Orrville leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Olde English | 6 | 14 | 0 |  WP - F.Montas (1-0)  LP - Cin BP (0-1) HR: OE: F.Freeman (1), M.Maldonado (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Orrville | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Budapest | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - L.McCullers (1-0)  LP - J.Urena (0-1) HR: Orr: F.Reyes (2); Bud: R.Jeffers (1) Orrville leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Olde English | 3 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 5 | 1 |  WP - T.Mahle (1-0)  LP - B.Ober (0-1) HR: OE: O.Albies (1) Olde English leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Orrville | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Budapest | 4 | 15 | 0 |  WP - Bud BP (1-0)  LP - Orr BP (1-1) HR: Bud: F.Tatis (1) Orrville leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Olde English | 1 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 7 | 6 | 0 |  WP - A.Manoah (1-0)  LP - OE BP (0-1) HR: OE: J.Votto (1), P.Smith (1); Cin: J.Soler 2 (2), R.Devers 2 (2), L.Wade (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Orrville | 3 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Budapest | 6 | 10 | 1 |  WP - M.Keller (1-0)  LP - E.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: Bud: F.Tatis (2) Orrville leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Olde English | 8 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 7 | 10 | 0 |  WP - OE BP (1-1)  LP - A.DeSclafani (0-1) HR: OE: J.Votto 2 (3), J.Wendle (1), M.Maldonado (2); Cin: T.O'Neill (2) Olde English leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Budapest | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Orrville | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-1)  LP - Orr BP (1-2) HR: Bud: J.Soto (1), J.Bell (1); Orr: F.Reyes (3) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Olde English | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - L.Castillo (2-0)  LP - OE BP (1-2) HR: Cin: T.O'Neill (3), A.McCutchen (1); OE: J.Votto (4) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Budapest | 4 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Orrville | 3 | 9 | 2 |  WP - M.Gonzales (1-1)  LP - Z.Wheeler (0-1) HR: Bud: A.Judge (1); Orr: J.Turner (1) Budapest wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Olde English | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Cin BP (1-1)  LP - OE BP (1-3) HR: Cin: Y.Gurriel (1) Cincinnati wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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