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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): 
          
            - Cincinnati (89-61)
 
            - Bone (81-69)
 
            - Arkansas (78-72)
 
            - Dexy's (75-75)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Dexy's vs. Cincinnati; Arkansas vs. Bone 
            
		  Cincinnati won 4 games to 2
		   Bone won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Bone vs. Cincinnati 
		  Season series: Cincinnati won 7-5 
          2021 Gore Cup Winner - Cincinnati won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bone | 2 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 10 | 1 |  WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - F.Peralta (0-1) HR: Cin: K.Tucker (1), R.Devers (1) Cincinnati leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bone | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - S.Manaea (1-0)  LP - Y.Darvish (0-1) HR: Bone: C.Mullins (1), B.Lowe (1); Cin: J.India (1), Y.Gurriel (1), C.Blackmon (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Bone | 3 | 11 | 1 |  WP - C.Bassitt (1-0)  LP - Cin BP (0-1) HR: Bone: B.Lowe (2) Bone leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Bone | 3 | 8 | 1 |  WP - C.Mize (1-0)  LP - K.Bubic (0-1) HR: Cin: K.Tucker (2), C.Blackmon (2); Bone: M.Rojas (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Bone | 8 | 12 | 3 |  WP - L.Giolito (1-0)  LP - V.Gutierrez (0-1) HR: Cin: C.Blackmon (3); Bone: A.Dickerson (1), J.Segura (1), P.Wisdom (1), M.Rojas (2) Bone leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bone | 2 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 8 | 12 | 1 |  WP - Cin BP (1-1)  LP - F.Peralta (0-2) HR: Cin: J.India (2), C.Blackmon (4) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bone | 2 | 6 | 3 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 6 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Cin BP (2-1)  LP - S.Manaea (1-1) HR: none Cincinnati wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dexy's | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 8 | 1 |  WP - W.Buehler (1-0)  LP - Cin BP (0-1) HR: Dex: N.Arenado (1), G.Stanton (1) Dexy's leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Arkansas | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Bone | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - F.Peralta (1-0)  LP - C.Burnes (0-1) HR: none Bone leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dexy's | 8 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 3 | 3 |  WP - M.Fried (1-0)  LP - Y.Darvish (0-1) HR: none Dexy's leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Arkansas | 7 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Bone | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Ark BP (1-0)  LP - S.Manaea (0-1) HR: Ark: F.Reyes (1), M.Sano (1); Bone: J.Walsh (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Dexy's | 2 | 7 | 1 |  WP - Cin BP (1-1)  LP - Dex BP (0-1) HR: Cin: J.India (1), R.Devers (1), C.Blackmon (1), T.Stephenson (1); Dex: R.Mountcastle (1) Dexy's leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bone | 1 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Arkansas | 7 | 10 | 0 |  WP - T.Mahle (1-0)  LP - C.Bassitt (0-1) HR: Bone: C.Mullins (1), B.Lowe 2 (2); Ark: H.Renfroe (1), F.Reyes (2) Arkansas leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 6 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Dexy's | 2 | 6 | 1 |  WP - Cin BP (2-1)  LP - I.Anderson (0-1) HR: Cin: R.Devers (2); Dex: J.Altuve (1), R.Mountcastle (2) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bone | 2 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Arkansas | 4 | 6 | 2 |  WP - T.Gilbert (1-0)  LP - K.Bubic (0-1) HR: Ark: F.Reyes (3), C.Taylor (1) Arkansas leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Dexy's | 2 | 4 | 0 |  WP - V.Gutierrez (1-0)  LP - J.Gray (0-1) HR: Cin: K.Tucker (1), J.Votto 2 (2), R.Devers (3) Cincinnati leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bone | 8 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Arkansas | 7 | 11 | 0 |  WP - L.Giolito (1-0)  LP - S.Matz (0-1) HR: Bone: B.Lowe (3), O.Narvaez (1); Ark: W.Smith (1), C.Taylor 2 (3) Arkansas leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dexy's | 1 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 11 | 9 | 0 |  WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - W.Buehler (1-1) HR: Cin: J.India (2), N.Castellanos (1) Cincinnati wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Arkansas | 4 | 7 | 4 | Box  |  | Bone | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Bone BP (1-0)  LP - C.Burnes (0-2) HR: Ark: N.Ahmed (1), R.Ortega (1), M.Sano (2); Bone: C.Mullins (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Arkansas | 3 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Bone | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Bone BP (2-0)  LP - K.Freeland (0-1) HR: Ark: E.Hernandez (1) Bone wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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