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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): 
          
            - Met (80-70)
 
            - Cincinnati (80-70)
 
            - Space Jam (75-75)
 
            - Denny's (73-77)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Denny's vs. Met; Space Jam vs. Cincinnati 
            
		  Met won 4 games to 2
		   Space Jam won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Space Jam vs. Met 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2021 Gore Cup Winner - Space Jam won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Space Jam vs. Met | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Space Jam | 9 | 17 | 0 | Box  |  | Met | 8 | 17 | 0 |  WP - SJ BP (1-0)  LP - Z.Wheeler (0-1) HR: SJ: M.Cabrera (1), M.Pina 2 (2); Met: J.Peterson (1), T.Hernandez (1), S.Perez (1) Space Jam leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Space Jam | 13 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Met | 4 | 5 | 0 |  WP - SJ BP (2-0)  LP - M.Fried (0-1) HR: SJ: Y.Alvarez 2 (2), L.Gurriel 2 (2), A.Duvall (1); Met: T.Hernandez (2) Space Jam leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Met | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Space Jam | 4 | 7 | 3 |  WP - Met BP (1-0)  LP - SJ BP (2-1) HR: Met: R.Devers 2 (2); SJ: A.Duvall (2) Space Jam leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Met | 1 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Space Jam | 4 | 6 | 1 |  WP - D.Cease (1-0)  LP - Met BP (1-1) HR: none Space Jam leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Met | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Space Jam | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Z.Plesac (1-0)  LP - W.Miley (0-1) HR: Met: M.Semien (1), T.Hernandez (3); SJ: A.Duvall (3), L.Voit (1) Space Jam leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Space Jam | 4 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Met | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - SJ BP (3-1)  LP - Z.Wheeler (0-2) HR: SJ: Y.Alvarez (3), M.Cabrera (2); Met: M.Semien (2), S.Perez (2) Space Jam wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Denny's | 4 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Met | 7 | 11 | 1 |  WP - Met BP (1-0)  LP - L.McCullers (0-1) HR: Met: M.Semien 2 (2), S.Perez (1) Met leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Space Jam | 3 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 6 | 2 |  WP - R.Suarez (1-0)  LP - Cin BP (0-1) HR: SJ: H.Renfroe (1), M.Cabrera (1) Space Jam leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Denny's | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Met | 3 | 4 | 0 |  WP - M.Fried (1-0)  LP - T.Anderson (0-1) HR: Den: J.Candelario (1); Met: M.Muncy (1) Met leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Space Jam | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - A.DeSclafani (1-0)  LP - SJ BP (0-1) HR: SJ: A.Duvall (1); Cin: B.Rodgers (1), E.Longoria (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Met | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Denny's | 6 | 7 | 3 |  WP - S.Gray (1-0)  LP - D.Price (0-1) HR: Met: I.Happ (1), T.Hernandez (1); Den: A.Garcia (1) Met leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 5 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Space Jam | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - F.Valdez (1-0)  LP - A.Wood (0-1) HR: Cin: B.Rodgers (2), J.Votto (1); SJ: Y.Moncada (1) Cincinnati leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Met | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Denny's | 7 | 8 | 2 |  WP - Den BP (1-0)  LP - J.Kaprielian (0-1) HR: Met: M.Taylor (1), S.Perez (2); Den: X.Bogaerts (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Space Jam | 3 | 5 | 0 |  WP - D.Cease (1-0)  LP - Cin BP (0-2) HR: Cin: Y.Gurriel (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Met | 13 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Denny's | 8 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Met BP (2-0)  LP - P.Pitcher (0-1) HR: Met: R.Devers (1), M.Semien 2 (4), M.Muncy (2), T.Hernandez (2); Den: B.Belt (1), J.Candelario (2), M.Kepler (1) Met leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Space Jam | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - W.Miley (1-0)  LP - F.Montas (0-1) HR: Cin: C.Blackmon (1), T.Stephenson (1); SJ: H.Renfroe (2), A.Duvall (2) Space Jam leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Denny's | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Met | 5 | 15 | 0 |  WP - Met BP (3-0)  LP - Den BP (1-1) HR: Met: M.Muncy (3), C.Correa (1), T.Hernandez (3) Met wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Space Jam | 8 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 8 | 2 |  WP - R.Suarez (2-0)  LP - L.Lynn (0-1) HR: SJ: L.Gurriel (1), M.Cabrera (2); Cin: C.Blackmon (2) Space Jam wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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