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):
Animal (89-61)
Sanity Clause (84-66)
Star City (82-68)
New York (70-80)
Semifinals - New York vs. Animal; Star City vs. Sanity Clause
Animal won 4 games to 0
Star City won 4 games to 3
Finals - Star City vs. Animal
Season series: Animal won 4-2
2021 Gore Cup Winner - Star City won 4 games to 0
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Finals
Game Star City vs. Animal
1
R H E Star City 6 7 0 Box
Animal 3 9 0 WP - L.Castillo (1-0) LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: SC: M.Machado 2 (2); Anm: P.Alonso (1) Star City leads 1-0
2
R H E Star City 9 12 0 Box
Animal 5 10 0 WP - B.Snell (1-0) LP - Anm BP (0-1) HR: SC: V.Guerrero Jr. (1), G.Springer (1), B.Harper (1); Anm: J.Winker (1), A.Garcia (1) Star City leads 2-0
3
R H E Animal 4 8 0 Box
Star City 10 8 3 WP - SC BP (1-0) LP - S.Alcantara (0-1) HR: Anm: T.Edman (1); SC: B.Harper (2), M.Machado (3) Star City leads 3-0
4
R H E Animal 6 6 1 Box
Star City 8 11 0 WP - SC BP (2-0) LP - Anm BP (0-2) HR: SC: B.Harper (3), T.Hernandez (1), Y.Grandal (1), J.Wendle (1) Star City wins series 4-0
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Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E New York 2 7 0 Box
Animal 4 6 2 WP - M.Scherzer (1-0) LP - D.Keuchel (0-1) HR: none Animal leads 1-0
R H E Star City 6 10 0 Box
Sanity Clause 2 11 0 WP - L.Castillo (1-0) LP - G.Cole (0-1) HR: SC: Y.Grandal (1) Star City leads 1-0
2
R H E New York 3 10 0 Box
Animal 7 7 0 WP - J.Berrios (1-0) LP - M.Stroman (0-1) HR: NY: A.Verdugo (1), B.Rooker (1); Anm: P.Alonso (1), J.Winker (1), M.Stassi (1) Animal leads 2-0
R H E Star City 4 5 3 Box
Sanity Clause 11 12 0 WP - SC BP (1-0) LP - SC BP (0-1) HR: SC: G.Springer 2 (2); SC: K.Tucker (1), A.Rosario (1), P.DeJong (1), O.Narvaez (1), B.Rodgers (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Animal 6 11 0 Box
New York 3 7 2 WP - S.Alcantara (1-0) LP - M.Gonzales (0-1) HR: Anm: J.Altuve 2 (2), P.Alonso (2); NY: C.Santana (1) Animal leads 3-0
R H E Sanity Clause 5 15 0 Box
Star City 6 9 0 WP - SC BP (1-1) LP - T.Rogers (0-1) HR: SC: K.Tucker (2), R.Arozarena 2 (2), E.Escobar (1); SC: M.Machado (1) Star City leads 2-1
4
R H E Animal 5 6 0 Box
New York 4 7 0 WP - R.Suarez (1-0) LP - L.Garcia (0-1) HR: Anm: J.Abreu (1), T.Edman (1) Animal wins series 4-0
R H E Sanity Clause 6 12 0 Box
Star City 1 7 2 WP - D.Rasmussen (1-0) LP - SC BP (1-2) HR: SC: A.Rosario 2 (3), R.Arozarena (3) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Sanity Clause 4 7 0 Box
Star City 5 9 1 WP - A.Manoah (1-0) LP - B.Ober (0-1) HR: SC: M.Machado 2 (3), J.Turner (1) Star City leads 3-2
6
R H E Star City 1 8 2 Box
Sanity Clause 6 13 0 WP - G.Cole (1-1) LP - SC BP (1-3) HR: SC: A.Rosario (4), F.Freeman (1) Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Star City 5 11 0 Box
Sanity Clause 4 6 0 WP - SC BP (2-3) LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: SC: T.Naquin (1), M.Machado (4) Star City wins series 4-3
