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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): 
            Hennepin County (99-51)American (85-65)Kelly's (84-67)Georgetown (57-93)   | 
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    			| Semifinals - Georgetown vs Hennepin County; Kelly's vs American   Finals - American vs Hennepin County - Hennepin County won the 
          season series 5-1   Playoffs main page |  
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                    | Finals
                      
      
        
          | Game | American vs. Hennepin County |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | American | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Hennepin County | 4 | 6 | 2 |  | WP - M.Cain (1-0)  LP - J.Verlander (0-1) HR: Am: M.Cabrera (1), J.Peralta (1); HC: I.Kinsler (1)
 American leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | American | 0 | 9 | 1 | Box |  | Hennepin County | 2 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - Y.Gallardo (1-0)  LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: none
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Hennepin County | 6 | 10 | 1 | Box |  | American | 3 | 13 | 1 |  | WP - C.Carpenter (1-0)  LP - A.Harang (0-1) HR: HC: C.Granderson (1), J.Willingham (1); Am: J.Hardy (1), J.Saltalamacchia (1)
 Hennepin County leads 2-1
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          | 4 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Hennepin County | 3 | 8 | 3 | Box |  | American | 2 | 3 | 0 |  | WP - HC BP (1-0)  LP - Am BP (0-1) HR: HC: J.Upton 2 (2), B.Butler (1)
 Hennepin County leads 3-1
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Hennepin County | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | American | 2 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - B.Beachy (1-0)  LP - H.Bailey (0-1) HR: HC: C.Utley (1), C.Granderson (2); Am: J.Hardy (2)
 Hennepin County wins series 4-1
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Georgetown | 2 | 11 | 1 | Box |  | Hennepin County | 7 | 6 | 1 |  | WP - A.Sanchez (1-0)  LP - A.Sanchez (0-1) HR: HC: S.Castro (1), J.Upton (1), C.Granderson (1)
 Hennepin County leads 1-0
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Kelly's | 5 | 13 | 3 | Box |  | American | 6 | 13 | 0 |  | WP - A.Sanchez (1-0)  LP - A.Sanchez (0-1) HR: Kel: D.Ortiz (1); Am: R.Cano (1), J.Hardy 2 (2)
 American leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Georgetown | 0 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Hennepin County | 7 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - Y.Gallardo (1-0)  LP - M.Pelfrey (0-1) HR: none
 Hennepin County leads 2-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Kelly's | 5 | 12 | 1 | Box |  | American | 6 | 12 | 1 |  | WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - Kel BP (0-1) HR: Kel: J.Ellsbury (1), B.Zobrist (1); Am: R.Cano (2)
 American leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Hennepin County | 7 | 7 | 4 | Box |  | Georgetown | 0 | 8 | 4 |  | WP - C.Carpenter (1-0)  LP - T.Cahill (0-1) HR: HC: J.Upton (2), C.Granderson (2)
 Hennepin County leads 3-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | American | 6 | 5 | 0 | Box |  | Kelly's | 4 | 13 | 0 |  | WP - A.Harang (1-0)  LP - M.Buehrle (0-1) HR: Am: R.Cano (3); Kel: J.Ellsbury (2), H.Pence (1)
 American leads 3-0
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Hennepin County | 5 | 10 | 4 | Box |  | Georgetown | 3 | 6 | 5 |  | WP - J.Hellickson (1-0)  LP - Grg BP (0-1) HR: none
 Hennepin County wins series 4-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | American | 0 | 13 | 0 | Box |  | Kelly's | 6 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - I.Kennedy (1-0)  LP - Am BP (0-1) HR: Am: M.Cabrera (1); Kel: J.Ellsbury (3), J.Hamilton (1), A.Beltre (1)
 American leads 3-1
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          | 5 |  | |  | R | H | E |  |  | American | 4 | 13 | 0 | Box |  | Kelly's | 6 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - H.Kuroda (1-0)  LP - H.Bailey (0-1) HR: Am: R.Cano (4); Kel: A.Beltre (2)
 American leads 3-2
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          | 6 |  | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Kelly's | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box |  | American | 5 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - M.Cain (1-0)  LP - Kel BP (0-2) HR: Am: M.Cabrera (2), M.Cabrera (1)
 American wins series 4-2
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