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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): 
          
            - Young (92-58)
 
            - Akron (90-60)
 
            - Oklahoma (71-79)
 
            - Brooklyn Heights (64-86)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Brooklyn Heights vs. Young; Oklahoma vs. Akron 
            
		  Young won 4 games to 1
		   Akron won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Akron vs. Young 
		  Season series: Akron won 5-1 
          2021 Gore Cup Winner - Young won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Akron | 8 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Young | 9 | 12 | 4 |  WP - Yng BP (1-0)  LP - G.Marquez (0-1) HR: Akr: B.Harper (1), A.Hays (1); Yng: B.Reynolds (1), F.Schwindel (1), J.Meyers (1) Young leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Akron | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Young | 3 | 5 | 5 |  WP - M.Stroman (1-0)  LP - F.Peralta (0-1) HR: Akr: J.Altuve (1), B.Harper (2), N.Cruz 2 (2); Yng: T.O'Neill (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Young | 5 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Akron | 2 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Yng BP (2-0)  LP - J.Musgrove (0-1) HR: Yng: X.Bogaerts (1) Young leads 2-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Young | 0 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Akron | 1 | 11 | 0 |  WP - M.Gonzales (1-0)  LP - T.Gilbert (0-1) HR: Akr: B.Harper (3), O.Narvaez (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Young | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Akron | 5 | 4 | 2 |  WP - J.Urquidy (1-0)  LP - A.Houser (0-1) HR: Yng: T.O'Neill (2); Akr: J.Altuve (2), A.Hays (2) Akron leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Akron | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Young | 5 | 3 | 0 |  WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - G.Marquez (0-2) HR: none Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Akron | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Young | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Yng BP (3-0)  LP - M.Stroman (1-1) HR: Akr: B.Harper (4); Yng: R.Urias (1), M.Olson (1), J.Meyers (2) Young wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn Heights | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Young | 8 | 11 | 1 |  WP - Yng BP (1-0)  LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: Yng: R.Urias (1), T.O'Neill (1), F.Schwindel (1) Young leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Oklahoma | 4 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Akron | 5 | 6 | 0 |  WP - G.Marquez (1-0)  LP - C.Morton (0-1) HR: Okla: J.Martinez (1), L.Torrens (1); Akr: N.Cruz 2 (2) Akron leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn Heights | 4 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Young | 5 | 11 | 1 |  WP - Yng BP (2-0)  LP - L.Giolito (0-1) HR: BH: M.Canha (1), T.d'Arnaud (1); Yng: T.O'Neill (2) Young leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Oklahoma | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Akron | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - R.Ray (1-0)  LP - M.Stroman (0-1) HR: Okla: N.Castellanos 2 (2); Akr: C.Vazquez (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Young | 4 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Brooklyn Heights | 6 | 6 | 0 |  WP - BH BP (1-0)  LP - L.Gil (0-1) HR: Yng: T.O'Neill (3); BH: K.Wong 2 (2) Young leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Akron | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Oklahoma | 9 | 10 | 0 |  WP - T.Hearn (1-0)  LP - J.Musgrove (0-1) HR: Akr: P.Gosselin (1); Okla: M.Betts (1), B.Bichette (1), H.Dozier (1), F.Lindor 3 (3) Oklahoma leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Young | 3 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Brooklyn Heights | 2 | 5 | 1 |  WP - T.Gilbert (1-0)  LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: Yng: T.O'Neill (4), F.Schwindel (2) Young leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Akron | 8 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Oklahoma | 7 | 5 | 1 |  WP - Akr BP (1-0)  LP - P.Blackburn (0-1) HR: Akr: J.Altuve (1), N.Cruz (3), T.Story (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Young | 5 | 1 | 0 | Box  |  | Brooklyn Heights | 2 | 9 | 0 |  WP - A.Houser (1-0)  LP - C.Irvin (0-1) HR: Yng: T.O'Neill (5); BH: E.Hosmer (1) Young wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Akron | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Oklahoma | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Okla BP (1-0)  LP - J.Urquidy (0-1) HR: Akr: B.Harper (1); Okla: N.Castellanos (3), F.Lindor (4) Oklahoma leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Oklahoma | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Akron | 5 | 11 | 0 |  WP - G.Marquez (2-0)  LP - C.Morton (0-2) HR: Akr: A.Diaz 2 (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Oklahoma | 2 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Akron | 4 | 12 | 0 |  WP - M.Stroman (1-1)  LP - Okla BP (1-1) HR: Akr: B.Harper (2) Akron wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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