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 2020 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Louisville (30-24)
Phoenix (29-25)
Attack of the Killer (28-26)
Annapolis (28-26)
Semifinals - Annapolis vs. Louisville; Attack of the Killer vs. Phoenix
Annapolis won 4 games to 2
Phoenix won 4 games to 0
Finals - Annapolis vs. Phoenix
Season series: Phoenix won 6-0
2020 Gore Cup Winner - Phoenix won 4 games to 3
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Finals
Game Annapolis vs. Phoenix
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R H E Annapolis 4 7 0 Box
Phoenix 6 11 0 WP - S.Bieber (1-0) LP - L.Giolito (0-1) HR: Ana: R.Mountcastle (1); Pho: R.Hoskins (1), J.Martinez (1) Phoenix leads 1-0
2
R H E Annapolis 4 9 1 Box
Phoenix 3 11 0 WP - D.Bundy (1-0) LP - K.Maeda (0-1) HR: Ana: R.Mountcastle (2); Pho: E.Rosario (1) Series tied 1-1
3
Extra Innings R H E Phoenix 5 5 0 Box
Annapolis 6 10 1 WP - Ana BP (1-0) LP - L.Castillo (0-1) HR: Pho: M.Moustakas (1); Ana: P.Severino (1) Annapolis leads 2-1
4
R H E Phoenix 7 9 1 Box
Annapolis 1 8 2 WP - A.Nola (1-0) LP - D.Duffy (0-1) HR: Pho: R.Hoskins (2), T.Hernandez (1), D.Smith (1); Ana: W.Adames (1) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Phoenix 4 9 1 Box
Annapolis 8 13 0 WP - S.Alcantara (1-0) LP - J.Urias (0-1) HR: Pho: J.Votto (1), E.Rosario (2); Ana: B.Harper 2 (2), M.Franco (1), J.Altuve (1), M.Canha (1) Annapolis leads 3-2
6
R H E Annapolis 3 6 0 Box
Phoenix 4 7 1 WP - S.Bieber (2-0) LP - L.Giolito (0-2) HR: Ana: M.Canha (2); Pho: J.Votto (2), M.Maldonado (1) Series tied 3-3
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R H E Annapolis 4 6 0 Box
Phoenix 6 10 1 WP - K.Maeda (1-1) LP - Ana BP (1-1) HR: Ana: M.Trout (1), W.Adames (2); Pho: D.Smith (2), F.Galvis (1) Phoenix wins series 4-3
Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Annapolis 8 8 1 Box
Louisville 1 5 2 WP - L.Giolito (1-0) LP - B.Singer (0-1) HR: Ana: K.Marte (1), M.Kepler (1), J.Realmuto (1) Annapolis leads 1-0
R H E Attack of the Killer 1 6 3 Box
Phoenix 8 7 0 WP - S.Bieber (1-0) LP - K.Hendricks (0-1) HR: AOTK: P.Goldschmidt (1); Pho: T.Hernandez 2 (2) Phoenix leads 1-0
2
Extra Innings R H E Annapolis 4 12 0 Box
Louisville 5 6 2 WP - J.Fleming (1-0) LP - D.Bundy (0-1) HR: none Series tied 1-1
R H E Attack of the Killer 5 10 0 Box
Phoenix 6 8 1 WP - K.Maeda (1-0) LP - D.Peterson (0-1) HR: AOTK: M.Ozuna 2 (2), W.Flores (1); Pho: R.Hoskins (1), T.Hernandez (3) Phoenix leads 2-0
3
R H E Louisville 5 8 2 Box
Annapolis 8 5 0 WP - Ana BP (1-0) LP - Lou BP (0-1) HR: Ana: B.Harper (1), M.Trout (1), J.Realmuto (2) Annapolis leads 2-1
R H E Phoenix 4 12 0 Box
Attack of the Killer 3 8 1 WP - Pho BP (1-0) LP - B.Snell (0-1) HR: none Phoenix leads 3-0
4
R H E Louisville 7 9 2 Box
Annapolis 2 5 0 WP - Z.Plesac (1-0) LP - D.Duffy (0-1) HR: Lou: M.Betts (1), R.Acuna (1) Series tied 2-2
R H E Phoenix 7 13 0 Box
Attack of the Killer 2 6 0 WP - A.Nola (1-0) LP - T.Cahill (0-1) HR: Pho: T.Hernandez 2 (5), J.Martinez (1), M.Maldonado (1); AOTK: R.Grossman (1) Phoenix wins series 4-0
5
R H E Louisville 4 6 1 Box
Annapolis 5 10 0 WP - Ana BP (2-0) LP - D.Hudson (0-1) HR: Lou: R.McMahon (1); Ana: M.Trout (2), M.Canha (1) Annapolis leads 3-2
6
R H E Annapolis 7 8 0 Box
Louisville 3 6 2 WP - L.Giolito (2-0) LP - B.Singer (0-2) HR: Lou: R.McMahon (2) Annapolis wins series 4-2
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