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):
Lexington (89-61)
Sixteen Mile Stand (76-74)
California (72-78)
KC (72-78)
Semifinals - KC vs. Lexington; California vs. Sixteen Mile Stand
KC won 4 games to 1
California won 4 games to 1
Finals - KC vs. California
Season series: California won 5-1
2021 Gore Cup Winner - KC won 4 games to 1
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Finals
Game KC vs. California
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Extra Innings R H E KC 4 8 1 Box
California 5 9 0 WP - M.Pineda (1-0) LP - KC BP (0-1) HR: KC: B.Bichette (1) California leads 1-0
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R H E KC 11 10 1 Box
California 3 6 2 WP - C.Hernandez (1-0) LP - G.Cole (0-1) HR: KC: B.Bichette (2), T.Hernandez (1), T.Mancini (1); Cal: D.Carlson (1), T.O'Neill (1) Series tied 1-1
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R H E California 1 5 2 Box
KC 10 9 0 WP - K.Freeland (1-0) LP - K.Allard (0-1) HR: KC: P.Alonso (1), O.Narvaez (1) KC leads 2-1
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Extra Innings R H E California 3 9 1 Box
KC 4 6 0 WP - T.Megill (1-0) LP - Cal BP (0-1) HR: KC: F.Schwindel (1) KC leads 3-1
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R H E California 3 5 1 Box
KC 10 10 0 WP - KC BP (1-1) LP - P.Pitcher (0-1) HR: Cal: J.Polanco (1); KC: T.Hernandez (2), F.Schwindel (2) KC wins series 4-1
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Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
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R H E KC 10 14 0 Box
Lexington 7 8 1 WP - KC BP (1-0) LP - W.Buehler (0-1) HR: KC: B.Bichette (1), P.Alonso (1), J.Harrison (1); Lex: F.Lindor (1), E.Escobar (1) KC leads 1-0
R H E California 4 7 0 Box
Sixteen Mile Stand 2 4 0 WP - J.deGrom (1-0) LP - SMS BP (0-1) HR: Cal: E.Hernandez (1), J.Abreu (1) California leads 1-0
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R H E KC 2 8 0 Box
Lexington 6 9 1 WP - F.Peralta (1-0) LP - KC BP (1-1) HR: Lex: S.Marte (1), C.Blackmon (1), G.Springer (1), J.McCann (1) Series tied 1-1
R H E California 3 9 1 Box
Sixteen Mile Stand 4 8 0 WP - L.Castillo (1-0) LP - M.Pineda (0-1) HR: Cal: C.Hernandez (1); SMS: J.Winker (1) Series tied 1-1
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R H E Lexington 2 8 3 Box
KC 4 7 0 WP - K.Freeland (1-0) LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: Lex: G.Springer (2), M.Chapman (1); KC: J.Cronenworth (1), P.Alonso (2) KC leads 2-1
R H E Sixteen Mile Stand 1 4 2 Box
California 7 16 0 WP - M.Scherzer (1-0) LP - J.Odorizzi (0-1) HR: Cal: R.Mountcastle (1), M.Stassi (1) California leads 2-1
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R H E Lexington 4 13 0 Box
KC 6 11 0 WP - KC BP (2-1) LP - B.Ober (0-1) HR: Lex: A.Duvall (1); KC: P.Alonso (3), F.Schwindel (1) KC leads 3-1
R H E Sixteen Mile Stand 4 7 0 Box
California 6 10 2 WP - Cal BP (1-0) LP - SMS BP (0-2) HR: SMS: C.Santana (1); Cal: T.O'Neill (1), A.Bregman (1), R.Mountcastle (2) California leads 3-1
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R H E Lexington 4 5 3 Box
KC 7 11 0 WP - KC BP (3-1) LP - W.Crowe (0-1) HR: KC: T.Mancini (1), P.Wisdom (1), O.Narvaez (1) KC wins series 4-1
R H E Sixteen Mile Stand 2 4 0 Box
California 4 8 2 WP - Cal BP (2-0) LP - SMS BP (0-3) HR: Cal: T.O'Neill (2), M.Zunino (1), J.Polanco (1) California wins series 4-1
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