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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 2019 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Bloomington (80-70)
 
            - Battle Creek (80-70)
 
            - Mickey (77-73)
 
            - Lake Harriet (77-73)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Lake Harriet vs. Bloomington; Mickey vs. Battle Creek 
            
		  Lake Harriet won 4 games to 1
		   Battle Creek won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Lake Harriet vs. Battle Creek 
		  Season series: Tied 6-6 
          2019 Gore Cup Winner - Lake Harriet won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Lake Harriet vs. Battle Creek | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lake Harriet | 5 | 13 | 1 | Box  |  | Battle Creek | 8 | 12 | 0 |  WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - A.Plutko (0-1) HR: LH: A.Rizzo 2 (2), M.Conforto (1); BC: J.Villar (1), D.LeMahieu (1), M.Olson (1), M.Beaty (1) Battle Creek leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lake Harriet | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Battle Creek | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - D.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - C.Paddack (0-1) HR: LH: J.Turner 2 (2); BC: J.Realmuto (1) Battle Creek leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Battle Creek | 4 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Lake Harriet | 5 | 5 | 0 |  WP - LH BP (1-0)  LP - D.Keuchel (0-1) HR: BC: Y.Gurriel (1); LH: A.Rizzo (3) Battle Creek leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Battle Creek | 5 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Lake Harriet | 9 | 10 | 0 |  WP - M.Pineda (1-0)  LP - J.Lucchesi (0-1) HR: BC: J.Villar (2), M.Olson 2 (3), M.Beaty (2); LH: J.Soto (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Battle Creek | 5 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Lake Harriet | 6 | 5 | 0 |  WP - M.Foltynewicz (1-0)  LP - J.Vargas (0-1) HR: BC: R.Hoskins (1), M.Olson (4), R.Laureano (1) Lake Harriet leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lake Harriet | 9 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Battle Creek | 3 | 8 | 4 |  WP - A.Plutko (1-1)  LP - T.Williams (0-1) HR: LH: G.Springer 2 (2); BC: M.Yastrzemski (1), M.Olson (5) Lake Harriet wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lake Harriet | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Bloomington | 4 | 6 | 1 |  WP - A.Plutko (1-0)  LP - Blm BP (0-1) HR: LH: G.Springer (1), W.Ramos (1); Blm: A.Meadows (1), M.Betts (1), B.Harper (1) Lake Harriet leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Mickey | 1 | 3 | 2 | Box  |  | Battle Creek | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - Mic BP (0-1) HR: Mic: I.Diaz (1); BC: M.Yastrzemski (1), R.Hoskins (1), J.Villar (1) Battle Creek leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Lake Harriet | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Bloomington | 2 | 15 | 1 |  WP - C.Paddack (1-0)  LP - W.Buehler (0-1) HR: Blm: M.Garver (1) Lake Harriet leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Mickey | 1 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Battle Creek | 10 | 12 | 1 |  WP - B.Woodruff (1-0)  LP - Mic BP (0-2) HR: BC: F.Tatis 2 (2), R.Hoskins (2), M.Olson (1), Y.Gurriel (1), R.Laureano (1) Battle Creek leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloomington | 4 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Lake Harriet | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - M.Boyd (1-0)  LP - M.Leake (0-1) HR: Blm: A.Judge (1), D.Santana 2 (2) Lake Harriet leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Battle Creek | 5 | 13 | 1 | Box  |  | Mickey | 9 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Mic BP (1-2)  LP - D.Keuchel (0-1) HR: BC: F.Tatis (3), R.Laureano (2); Mic: C.Bellinger 2 (2), E.Escobar 2 (2) Battle Creek leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloomington | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Lake Harriet | 3 | 10 | 2 |  WP - D.German (1-0)  LP - LH BP (0-1) HR: Blm: A.Judge (2), M.Garver (2), J.Davis (1) Lake Harriet leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Battle Creek | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Mickey | 3 | 5 | 4 |  WP - J.Lucchesi (1-0)  LP - D.Hudson (0-1) HR: BC: D.LeMahieu (1), J.Realmuto (1); Mic: J.Martinez (1), R.Perez (1) Battle Creek leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Bloomington | 6 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Lake Harriet | 7 | 10 | 0 |  WP - LH BP (1-1)  LP - M.Perez (0-1) HR: Blm: B.Harper 2 (3), J.Castro (1), D.Santana (3), J.Davis (2); LH: J.Soto 2 (2) Lake Harriet wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Battle Creek | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Mickey | 6 | 8 | 2 |  WP - M.Clevinger (1-0)  LP - J.Vargas (0-1) HR: BC: M.Yastrzemski (2) Battle Creek leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Mickey | 5 | 7 | 3 | Box  |  | Battle Creek | 9 | 8 | 0 |  WP - BC BP (1-0)  LP - J.Berrios (0-1) HR: Mic: K.Marte (1), C.Bellinger (3); BC: F.Tatis (4), J.Villar (2) Battle Creek wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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