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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): 
          
            - Brooklyn (92-58)
 
            - Buckeye (75-75)
 
            - Grocery Store (75-75)
 
            - Monaca (74-76)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Monaca vs. Brooklyn; Grocery Store vs. Buckeye 
            
		  Brooklyn won 4 games to 3
		   Grocery Store won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Grocery Store vs. Brooklyn 
		  Season series: Brooklyn won 4-2 
          2021 Gore Cup Winner - Brooklyn won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Grocery Store vs. Brooklyn | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Grocery Store | 7 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - F.Valdez (1-0)  LP - G.Cole (0-1) HR: GS: A.Rizzo (1) Grocery Store leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Grocery Store | 4 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 6 | 14 | 0 |  WP - Brk BP (1-0)  LP - GS BP (0-1) HR: GS: C.Blackmon (1); Brk: J.Rojas (1), J.Martinez (1), C.Cron (1), M.Chapman (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Grocery Store | 5 | 8 | 1 |  WP - A.Nola (1-0)  LP - Z.Gallen (0-1) HR: Brk: J.Soler (1), A.Judge (1); GS: T.Mancini (1), Y.Molina (1) Grocery Store leads 2-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Grocery Store | 4 | 5 | 0 |  WP - K.Kim (1-0)  LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: Brk: J.Martinez (2), C.Cron (2) Grocery Store leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Grocery Store | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - D.Rasmussen (1-0)  LP - T.Megill (0-1) HR: Brk: J.Soler (2), W.Smith (1); GS: J.Segura (1) Grocery Store leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Grocery Store | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 5 | 14 | 0 |  WP - G.Cole (1-1)  LP - GS BP (0-2) HR: GS: A.Garcia (1); Brk: J.Soler (3), C.Cron (3), M.Chapman (2) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Grocery Store | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - A.DeSclafani (1-0)  LP - T.Mahle (0-1) HR: GS: J.Segura (2) Brooklyn wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Monaca | 3 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - G.Cole (1-0)  LP - Mon BP (0-1) HR: Mon: M.Haniger (1), Y.Gomes (1); Brk: G.Stanton (1) Brooklyn leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Grocery Store | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Buckeye | 7 | 5 | 2 |  WP - Buck BP (1-0)  LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: GS: W.Flores (1); Buck: T.Story (1), A.Duvall (1), T.Hernandez (1) Buckeye leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Monaca | 5 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Mon BP (1-1)  LP - A.DeSclafani (0-1) HR: Mon: J.Bell (1); Brk: D.Varsho (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Grocery Store | 4 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | Buckeye | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - T.Mahle (1-0)  LP - Buck BP (1-1) HR: GS: T.Mancini (1), A.Rizzo (1); Buck: B.Anderson (1), T.Hernandez (2) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Monaca | 4 | 11 | 0 |  WP - L.McCullers (1-0)  LP - T.Rogers (0-1) HR: Brk: K.Tucker (1); Mon: M.Haniger (2) Monaca leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Buckeye | 6 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Grocery Store | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Buck BP (2-1)  LP - A.Nola (0-1) HR: Buck: M.Sano (1), E.Suarez (1); GS: C.Blackmon (1) Buckeye leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Monaca | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - L.Garcia (1-0)  LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: Brk: J.Soler (1); Mon: M.Haniger (3) Monaca leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckeye | 2 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Grocery Store | 3 | 5 | 0 |  WP - GS BP (1-0)  LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: none Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Monaca | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Brk BP (1-0)  LP - J.Means (0-1) HR: Brk: W.Smith (1), M.Chapman (1); Mon: J.Chisholm (1) Monaca leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckeye | 3 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Grocery Store | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - T.Megill (1-0)  LP - J.Flaherty (0-1) HR: Buck: T.Hernandez (3); GS: A.Garcia (1), M.Canha (1) Grocery Store leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Monaca | 4 | 9 | 3 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 5 | 13 | 1 |  WP - Brk BP (2-0)  LP - Mon BP (1-2) HR: Brk: A.Judge (1), Y.Diaz (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Grocery Store | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Buckeye | 4 | 3 | 5 |  WP - L.Castillo (1-0)  LP - F.Valdez (0-2) HR: Buck: T.Story (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Monaca | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Brk BP (3-0)  LP - D.Keuchel (0-1) HR: Brk: A.Judge (2) Brooklyn wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Grocery Store | 8 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Buckeye | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - GS BP (2-0)  LP - B.Snell (0-1) HR: GS: W.Flores (2) Grocery Store wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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