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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): 
          
            - Willie's (89-61)
 
            - Atlanta (81-69)
 
            - Carnegie (73-77)
 
            - Clean (72-78)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Clean vs. Willie's; Carnegie vs. Atlanta 
            
		  Clean won 4 games to 3
		   Atlanta won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Clean vs. Atlanta 
		  Season series: Atlanta won 4-2 
          2021 Gore Cup Winner - Atlanta won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Clean | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 7 | 11 | 0 |  WP - T.Hearn (1-0)  LP - Cle BP (0-1) HR: Cle: J.Ramirez (1); Atl: F.Freeman (1), A.Pollock (1), D.Nunez (1) Atlanta leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Clean | 6 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - T.Gilbert (1-0)  LP - B.Ober (0-1) HR: Cle: M.Olson (1); Atl: B.Harper (1), K.Marte (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atlanta | 3 | 7 | 3 | Box  |  | Clean | 8 | 12 | 0 |  WP - B.Keller (1-0)  LP - Atl BP (0-1) HR: Atl: B.Harper (2), M.Zunino (1); Cle: B.Reynolds (1), T.O'Neill (1), P.Wisdom (1) Clean leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atlanta | 6 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Clean | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Atl BP (1-1)  LP - W.Miley (0-1) HR: Atl: M.Machado (1), J.Soler (1); Cle: P.Wisdom (2) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atlanta | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Clean | 6 | 8 | 0 |  WP - K.Bubic (1-0)  LP - J.Gray (0-1) HR: Atl: E.Hernandez (1); Cle: T.Anderson 2 (2), J.Soto (1) Clean leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Clean | 1 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 6 | 11 | 1 |  WP - C.Rodon (1-0)  LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: Cle: P.Wisdom (3); Atl: E.Hernandez (2), A.Pollock (2), M.Zunino (2) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Clean | 6 | 10 | 3 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 7 | 12 | 1 |  WP - Atl BP (2-1)  LP - J.Suarez (0-1) HR: Cle: M.Olson (2) Atlanta wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Clean | 6 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Willie's | 7 | 8 | 2 |  WP - C.Quantrill (1-0)  LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: Cle: J.Soto 2 (2), M.Olson (1), T.O'Neill (1); Wil: D.Swanson (1) Willie's leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Carnegie | 2 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 1 | 8 | 0 |  WP - L.Giolito (1-0)  LP - C.Rodon (0-1) HR: none Carnegie leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Clean | 8 | 9 | 3 | Box  |  | Willie's | 9 | 8 | 0 |  WP - F.Valdez (1-0)  LP - W.Miley (0-1) HR: Cle: J.Ramirez (1), T.O'Neill (2), P.Wisdom (1); Wil: N.Castellanos (1), M.Rojas (1) Willie's leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Carnegie | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 7 | 13 | 0 |  WP - B.Ober (1-0)  LP - M.Bumgarner (0-1) HR: Carn: T.France (1); Atl: A.Pollock (1), J.Soler (1), A.Escobar (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Willie's | 9 | 12 | 2 | Box  |  | Clean | 4 | 9 | 1 |  WP - B.Woodruff (1-0)  LP - B.Keller (0-1) HR: Wil: A.Santander 2 (2), N.Castellanos (2); Cle: B.Reynolds (1) Willie's leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atlanta | 5 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Carnegie | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - K.Gausman (1-0)  LP - L.McCullers (0-1) HR: Atl: J.Soler (2); Carn: H.Renfroe (1) Atlanta leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Willie's | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Clean | 6 | 12 | 0 |  WP - Cle BP (1-0)  LP - K.Freeland (0-1) HR: Wil: J.Cronenworth (1), Y.Moncada (1); Cle: T.Anderson (1), J.Soto (3) Willie's leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atlanta | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Carnegie | 3 | 6 | 2 |  WP - S.McClanahan (1-0)  LP - P.Sandoval (0-1) HR: Carn: M.Sano (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Willie's | 4 | 6 | 3 | Box  |  | Clean | 8 | 13 | 0 |  WP - Cle BP (2-0)  LP - Wil BP (0-1) HR: Cle: E.Sosa (1), J.Soto (4), M.Olson (2), J.Ramirez (2), W.Merrifield (1) Willie's leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Atlanta | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Carnegie | 7 | 7 | 1 |  WP - Carn BP (1-0)  LP - J.Gray (0-1) HR: Atl: B.Harper (1); Carn: T.France (2), M.Sano (2), P.Severino (1), H.Renfroe (2) Carnegie leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Clean | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Willie's | 3 | 11 | 1 |  WP - Z.Greinke (1-1)  LP - C.Quantrill (1-1) HR: none Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Carnegie | 2 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - C.Rodon (1-1)  LP - L.Giolito (1-1) HR: Carn: J.Baez 2 (2), M.Sano (3); Atl: M.Machado 2 (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Clean | 7 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Willie's | 3 | 8 | 1 |  WP - Cle BP (3-0)  LP - F.Valdez (1-1) HR: Cle: E.Sosa (2), J.Soto (5), T.O'Neill (3); Wil: Y.Grandal (1) Clean wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Carnegie | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 8 | 6 | 0 |  WP - B.Ober (2-0)  LP - M.Bumgarner (0-2) HR: Carn: S.Marte (1), B.Dalbec (1); Atl: M.Machado (3), J.Soler (3), K.Marte (1) Atlanta wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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