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 (87-63)
Almost (83-67)
Cache River (82-68)
Savannah (78-72)
Semifinals - Savannah vs. Cincinnati; Cache River vs. Almost
Cincinnati won 4 games to 2
Almost won 4 games to 1
Finals - Almost vs. Cincinnati
Season series: Cincinnati won 4-2
2021 Gore Cup Winner - Cincinnati won 4 games to 2
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Finals
Game Almost vs. Cincinnati
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R H E Almost 3 11 0 Box
Cincinnati 8 10 0 WP - M.Scherzer (1-0) LP - F.Peralta (0-1) HR: Alm: K.Seager (1); Cin: N.Castellanos (1), A.Garcia 2 (2) Cincinnati leads 1-0
2
R H E Almost 7 9 0 Box
Cincinnati 6 14 0 WP - L.Castillo (1-0) LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: Alm: B.Reynolds (1), J.Meyers 2 (2); Cin: J.India (1), A.Riley (1), T.Stephenson (1), W.Smith (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Cincinnati 5 8 0 Box
Almost 7 7 3 WP - Alm BP (1-0) LP - A.Civale (0-1) HR: Cin: A.Riley (2), B.Bichette (1) Almost leads 2-1
4
R H E Cincinnati 6 11 1 Box
Almost 3 5 2 WP - R.Ray (1-0) LP - K.Kim (0-1) HR: Cin: B.Bichette (2); Alm: B.Lowe (1) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Cincinnati 4 6 1 Box
Almost 2 4 0 WP - Y.Kikuchi (1-0) LP - K.Bubic (0-1) HR: Cin: V.Guerrero Jr. (1), R.McMahon (1) Cincinnati leads 3-2
6
R H E Almost 1 12 0 Box
Cincinnati 7 7 2 WP - M.Scherzer (2-0) LP - F.Peralta (0-2) HR: Cin: V.Guerrero Jr. 2 (3) Cincinnati wins series 4-2
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Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Savannah 4 9 1 Box
Cincinnati 9 12 0 WP - M.Scherzer (1-0) LP - A.Gomber (0-1) HR: Sav: M.Machado (1); Cin: V.Guerrero Jr. (1), R.Tellez (1), A.Riley (1) Cincinnati leads 1-0
R H E Cache River 2 6 1 Box
Almost 6 8 3 WP - F.Peralta (1-0) LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: Alm: K.Seager (1) Almost leads 1-0
2
R H E Savannah 5 8 0 Box
Cincinnati 7 9 0 WP - S.Gray (1-0) LP - A.Mills (0-1) HR: Sav: M.Machado 2 (3), T.Hernandez (1); Cin: A.Riley (2), A.Garcia (1), W.Smith (1) Cincinnati leads 2-0
R H E Cache River 1 7 0 Box
Almost 6 8 0 WP - L.Castillo (1-0) LP - G.Marquez (0-1) HR: CR: H.Dozier (1); Alm: B.Reynolds (1), A.Nola (1) Almost leads 2-0
3
R H E Cincinnati 10 11 0 Box
Savannah 2 3 5 WP - Cin BP (1-0) LP - J.Musgrove (0-1) HR: Cin: H.Bader (1), A.Riley 2 (4), W.Smith (2) Cincinnati leads 3-0
R H E Almost 6 7 0 Box
Cache River 3 8 0 WP - B.Keller (1-0) LP - CR BP (0-1) HR: Alm: B.Lowe (1), P.Alonso (1), K.Seager (2); CR: C.Taylor 2 (2) Almost leads 3-0
4
R H E Cincinnati 5 8 1 Box
Savannah 6 8 3 WP - Sav BP (1-0) LP - Cin BP (1-1) HR: Cin: J.Lowrie (1); Sav: W.Adames (1), J.Martinez (1) Cincinnati leads 3-1
R H E Almost 3 7 4 Box
Cache River 7 9 0 WP - K.Freeland (1-0) LP - J.Urquidy (0-1) HR: Alm: B.Reynolds (2), K.Seager (3); CR: A.Judge (1), H.Renfroe (1) Almost leads 3-1
5
R H E Cincinnati 2 8 0 Box
Savannah 6 4 0 WP - R.Suarez (1-0) LP - Y.Kikuchi (0-1) HR: Sav: M.Machado (4), D.Solano (1) Cincinnati leads 3-2
Extra Innings R H E Almost 3 9 0 Box
Cache River 2 2 1 WP - K.Bubic (1-0) LP - CR BP (0-2) HR: CR: C.Taylor (3) Almost wins series 4-1
6
R H E Savannah 5 5 1 Box
Cincinnati 6 11 0 WP - Cin BP (2-1) LP - C.Smith (0-1) HR: none Cincinnati wins series 4-2
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