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)
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
Game 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
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
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
6
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
1
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
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
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
6
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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