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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): 
          
            - Staten Island (91-59)
 
            - Hostile (85-65)
 
            - The Thing (74-76)
 
            - Bowery (70-80)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Bowery vs. Staten Island; The Thing vs. Hostile 
            
		  Staten Island won 4 games to 1
		   Hostile won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Hostile vs. Staten Island 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2021 Gore Cup Winner - Staten Island won 4 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Hostile | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Staten Island | 3 | 10 | 1 |  WP - C.Flexen (1-0)  LP - L.Giolito (0-1) HR: Hos: J.Soler (1) Staten Island leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hostile | 1 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Staten Island | 5 | 5 | 0 |  WP - A.Wainwright (1-0)  LP - B.Woodruff (0-1) HR: Hos: J.Soler (2), K.Higashioka (1) Staten Island leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Staten Island | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Hostile | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - L.McCullers (1-0)  LP - SI BP (0-1) HR: SI: C.Taylor (1); Hos: J.Martinez (1) Staten Island leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Staten Island | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Hostile | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - C.Hernandez (1-0)  LP - Hos BP (0-1) HR: SI: A.Duvall (1), A.Pollock (1), K.Bryant (1); Hos: J.Soler (3) Staten Island leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Staten Island | 8 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Hostile | 2 | 6 | 3 |  WP - W.Peralta (1-0)  LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: SI: E.Escobar (1), J.Votto (1), A.Duvall (2) Staten Island wins series 4-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bowery | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Staten Island | 8 | 10 | 0 |  WP - SI BP (1-0)  LP - L.Lynn (0-1) HR: Bow: J.Harrison (1), M.Garver (1); SI: A.Riley (1), J.Votto 2 (2), K.Bryant (1), E.Haase (1) Staten Island leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Thing | 1 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Hostile | 4 | 11 | 0 |  WP - L.Giolito (1-0)  LP - TT BP (0-1) HR: TT: T.Story (1); Hos: W.Astudillo (1) Hostile leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bowery | 5 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Staten Island | 4 | 4 | 0 |  WP - A.DeSclafani (1-0)  LP - A.Wainwright (0-1) HR: Bow: G.Stanton (1); SI: A.Duvall (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Thing | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Hostile | 9 | 7 | 2 |  WP - B.Woodruff (1-0)  LP - T.Megill (0-1) HR: TT: T.Grisham (1); Hos: A.Judge (1), X.Bogaerts (1), A.Garcia (1) Hostile leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Staten Island | 5 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Bowery | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - SI BP (2-0)  LP - C.Mize (0-1) HR: SI: A.Riley (2), J.Votto 2 (4); Bow: J.Crawford (1) Staten Island leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hostile | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | The Thing | 7 | 14 | 0 |  WP - F.Montas (1-0)  LP - L.McCullers (0-1) HR: Hos: J.Altuve (1), J.Martinez (1), G.Sanchez (1); TT: M.Olson (1), K.Tucker (1) Hostile leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Staten Island | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Bowery | 2 | 12 | 3 |  WP - C.Hernandez (1-0)  LP - A.Civale (0-1) HR: SI: A.Duvall (2) Staten Island leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Hostile | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | The Thing | 4 | 7 | 1 |  WP - S.Manaea (1-0)  LP - Hos BP (0-1) HR: Hos: M.Betts (1), A.Judge (2); TT: Y.Molina (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Staten Island | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Bowery | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - SI BP (3-0)  LP - Bow BP (0-1) HR: SI: A.Riley (3), J.Votto (5), A.Duvall (3), E.Haase (2); Bow: J.Winker (1) Staten Island wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hostile | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | The Thing | 4 | 5 | 3 |  WP - F.Valdez (1-0)  LP - TT BP (0-2) HR: Hos: J.Soler 2 (2); TT: R.Devers 2 (2), K.Tucker (2) Hostile leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | The Thing | 7 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Hostile | 6 | 9 | 1 |  WP - TT BP (1-2)  LP - L.Giolito (1-1) HR: Hos: A.Judge (3), A.Garcia (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Thing | 1 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | Hostile | 5 | 9 | 2 |  WP - B.Woodruff (2-0)  LP - T.Megill (0-2) HR: Hos: A.Judge (4), K.Higashioka (1), L.Voit (1) Hostile wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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