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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): 
          
            - Ruth and Gehrig (85-65)
 
            - Paducah (82-68)
 
            - Wittenberg (81-69)
 
            - France (71-79)
 
           
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           Semifinals - France vs. Ruth and Gehrig; Wittenberg vs. Paducah 
            
		  Ruth and Gehrig won 4 games to 2
		   Wittenberg won 4 games to 1
             
          Finals - Wittenberg vs. Ruth and Gehrig 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2021 Gore Cup Winner - Wittenberg won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wittenberg | 3 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Ruth and Gehrig | 5 | 5 | 0 |  WP - C.Flexen (1-0)  LP - A.Senzatela (0-1) HR: Witt: Y.Gurriel (1); RaG: G.Stanton (1) Ruth and Gehrig leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wittenberg | 1 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Ruth and Gehrig | 7 | 6 | 0 |  WP - A.Wainwright (1-0)  LP - L.McCullers (0-1) HR: RaG: J.Votto (1) Ruth and Gehrig leads 2-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Ruth and Gehrig | 5 | 17 | 0 | Box  |  | Wittenberg | 6 | 12 | 0 |  WP - Witt BP (1-0)  LP - W.Peralta (0-1) HR: RaG: J.Schoop (1), J.Candelario (1); Witt: M.Margot (1), Y.Gurriel (2) Ruth and Gehrig leads 2-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Ruth and Gehrig | 5 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Wittenberg | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - RaG BP (1-0)  LP - Witt BP (1-1) HR: RaG: J.Votto 2 (3), J.Candelario (2), H.Renfroe (1), G.Stanton (2); Witt: R.Devers (1) Ruth and Gehrig leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ruth and Gehrig | 5 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Wittenberg | 8 | 9 | 0 |  WP - P.Blackburn (1-0)  LP - C.Hernandez (0-1) HR: RaG: J.Altuve (1), J.Candelario (3); Witt: J.Martinez (1), A.Verdugo (1) Ruth and Gehrig leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wittenberg | 5 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Ruth and Gehrig | 1 | 4 | 0 |  WP - A.Senzatela (1-1)  LP - C.Flexen (1-1) HR: Witt: R.Devers 2 (3) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Wittenberg | 6 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Ruth and Gehrig | 5 | 10 | 1 |  WP - L.McCullers (1-1)  LP - RaG BP (1-1) HR: Witt: S.Marte (1), J.Abreu (1), D.Gregorius (1); RaG: I.Happ (1), H.Renfroe (2) Wittenberg wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | France | 1 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Ruth and Gehrig | 6 | 10 | 2 |  WP - C.Flexen (1-0)  LP - Y.Darvish (0-1) HR: RaG: J.Altuve (1), G.Stanton (1) Ruth and Gehrig leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wittenberg | 5 | 13 | 1 | Box  |  | Paducah | 2 | 4 | 1 |  WP - A.Senzatela (1-0)  LP - Pad BP (0-1) HR: Witt: R.Devers (1), D.Gregorius (1); Pad: W.Adames (1) Wittenberg leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | France | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Ruth and Gehrig | 6 | 12 | 0 |  WP - A.Wainwright (1-0)  LP - H.Ryu (0-1) HR: Fra: X.Bogaerts (1), J.Chisholm (1); RaG: I.Happ (1), H.Renfroe (1), E.Haase (1) Ruth and Gehrig leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wittenberg | 3 | 2 | 1 | Box  |  | Paducah | 4 | 9 | 5 |  WP - S.Ohtani (1-0)  LP - L.McCullers (0-1) HR: Pad: M.Muncy 2 (2) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ruth and Gehrig | 3 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | France | 9 | 13 | 1 |  WP - Fra BP (1-0)  LP - W.Peralta (0-1) HR: RaG: T.Anderson (1); Fra: B.Nimmo (1), E.Jimenez 2 (2), M.Sano (1) Ruth and Gehrig leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Paducah | 2 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Wittenberg | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Witt BP (1-0)  LP - Pad BP (0-2) HR: Pad: W.Adames (2), M.Muncy (3); Witt: A.Verdugo (1) Wittenberg leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ruth and Gehrig | 5 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | France | 2 | 5 | 1 |  WP - N.Cortes (1-0)  LP - J.Urias (0-1) HR: RaG: H.Renfroe (2), G.Stanton (2); Fra: M.Sano (2) Ruth and Gehrig leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Paducah | 5 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Wittenberg | 6 | 5 | 1 |  WP - Witt BP (2-0)  LP - G.Marquez (0-1) HR: Pad: J.Donaldson (1) Wittenberg leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ruth and Gehrig | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | France | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Y.Kikuchi (1-0)  LP - RaG BP (0-1) HR: Fra: K.Seager (1) Ruth and Gehrig leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Paducah | 3 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Wittenberg | 6 | 15 | 1 |  WP - Witt BP (3-0)  LP - K.Freeland (0-1) HR: Witt: J.Abreu (1), W.Astudillo (1) Wittenberg wins series 4-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | France | 5 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Ruth and Gehrig | 13 | 13 | 0 |  WP - RaG BP (1-1)  LP - Y.Darvish (0-2) HR: RaG: J.Schoop (1), J.Votto (1), H.Renfroe (3), E.Haase (2) Ruth and Gehrig wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
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