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):
Abby (88-62)
Fastball Underhand Curve Knuckleball (78-72)
Atlanta (77-73)
Slap (74-76)
Semifinals - Slap vs. Abby; Atlanta vs. Fastball Underhand Curve Knuckleball
Abby won 4 games to 2
Atlanta won 4 games to 3
Finals - Atlanta vs. Abby
Season series: Abby won 7-5
2019 Gore Cup Winner - Abby won 4 games to 2
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Finals
Game Atlanta vs. Abby
1
R H E Atlanta 6 14 3 Box
Abby 5 8 0 WP - Atl BP (1-0) LP - Ab BP (0-1) HR: Atl: O.Albies (1), N.Arenado (1), M.Kepler 2 (2); Ab: F.Reyes 2 (2) Atlanta leads 1-0
2
Extra Innings R H E Atlanta 6 3 1 Box
Abby 7 9 2 WP - Ab BP (1-1) LP - M.Stroman (0-1) HR: Atl: N.Arenado (2); Ab: A.Benintendi (1), J.Realmuto (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Abby 9 12 1 Box
Atlanta 7 12 0 WP - L.Giolito (1-0) LP - J.Vargas (0-1) HR: Ab: T.Turner (1), M.Betts (1); Atl: O.Albies (2), R.Acuna 2 (2), W.Calhoun (1) Abby leads 2-1
4
R H E Abby 2 7 0 Box
Atlanta 6 6 0 WP - K.Gibson (1-0) LP - R.Lopez (0-1) HR: Atl: J.Abreu (1), A.Riley (1) Series tied 2-2
5
Extra Innings R H E Abby 8 8 0 Box
Atlanta 7 15 2 WP - Ab BP (2-1) LP - Atl BP (1-1) HR: Ab: J.Altuve (1); Atl: R.Acuna (3) Abby leads 3-2
6
R H E Atlanta 2 10 1 Box
Abby 6 9 0 WP - T.Bauer (1-0) LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: Atl: R.Acuna (4); Ab: T.Turner (2), E.Rosario (1), J.Davis (1) Abby wins series 4-2
7
Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Slap 1 4 0 Box
Abby 6 7 2 WP - T.Bauer (1-0) LP - M.Fried (0-1) HR: Ab: T.Turner (1), J.Realmuto (1) Abby leads 1-0
R H E Atlanta 0 3 0 Box
Fastball Underhand Curve Knuckleball 10 10 1 WP - W.Buehler (1-0) LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: Fast: G.Torres (1), Y.Moncada (1) Fastball Underhand Curve Knuckleball leads 1-0
2
R H E Slap 4 11 3 Box
Abby 8 13 3 WP - Ab BP (1-0) LP - L.Lynn (0-1) HR: Slap: H.Alberto (1); Ab: T.Turner (2), J.Altuve (1), M.Betts (1) Abby leads 2-0
R H E Atlanta 7 11 1 Box
Fastball Underhand Curve Knuckleball 4 9 0 WP - M.Stroman (1-0) LP - N.Syndergaard (0-1) HR: Atl: M.Kepler (1); Fast: M.Yastrzemski (1), N.Cruz (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Abby 2 9 0 Box
Slap 4 12 1 WP - J.Paxton (1-0) LP - Ab BP (1-1) HR: Ab: M.Betts (2), J.Realmuto (2); Slap: T.d'Arnaud (1) Abby leads 2-1
Extra Innings R H E Fastball Underhand Curve Knuckleball 5 7 0 Box
Atlanta 4 8 0 WP - Z.Davies (1-0) LP - J.Vargas (0-1) HR: Atl: N.Arenado (1), G.Sanchez 2 (2) Fastball Underhand Curve Knuckleball leads 2-1
4
R H E Abby 3 5 0 Box
Slap 5 5 0 WP - Slap BP (1-0) LP - R.Lopez (0-1) HR: Ab: J.Davis (1); Slap: T.Mancini (1) Series tied 2-2
R H E Fastball Underhand Curve Knuckleball 5 6 0 Box
Atlanta 6 9 4 WP - J.Cueto (1-0) LP - D.Agrazal (0-1) HR: Fast: A.Pollock (1); Atl: N.Arenado (2), J.Abreu (1) Series tied 2-2
5
Extra Innings R H E Abby 3 8 2 Box
Slap 2 7 1 WP - E.Rodriguez (1-0) LP - Slap BP (1-1) HR: Ab: J.Altuve (2); Slap: H.Alberto (2) Abby leads 3-2
R H E Fastball Underhand Curve Knuckleball 6 9 1 Box
Atlanta 4 8 0 WP - Fast BP (1-0) LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: Fast: D.Santana (1), J.Donaldson 2 (2); Atl: R.Acuna (1) Fastball Underhand Curve Knuckleball leads 3-2
6
R H E Slap 8 12 1 Box
Abby 9 14 0 WP - Ab BP (2-1) LP - M.Fried (0-2) HR: Slap: T.d'Arnaud (2); Ab: T.Turner (3), J.Altuve (3), E.Rosario (1), A.Benintendi (1) Abby wins series 4-2
R H E Atlanta 6 9 3 Box
Fastball Underhand Curve Knuckleball 5 7 0 WP - C.Kershaw (1-1) LP - W.Buehler (1-1) HR: Atl: J.Abreu (2), M.Kepler (2); Fast: D.Santana (2) Series tied 3-3
7
Extra Innings R H E Atlanta 5 10 0 Box
Fastball Underhand Curve Knuckleball 4 9 1 WP - M.Stroman (2-0) LP - Fast BP (1-1) HR: Atl: G.Sanchez 2 (4); Fast: J.Donaldson (3) Atlanta wins series 4-3
