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 2016 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Fukushima (90-60)
Morristown (76-74)
Machu Picchu (74-76)
Detroit (74-76)
Semifinals - Detroit vs. Fukushima; Machu Picchu vs. Morristown
Fukushima won 4 games to 1
Machu Picchu won 4 games to 2
Finals - Machu Picchu vs. Fukushima
Season series: Fukushima won 8-4
2016 Gore Cup Winner - Fukushima won 4 games to 3
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Finals
Game Machu Picchu vs. Fukushima
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R H E Machu Picchu 3 9 0 Box
Fukushima 0 7 0 WP - R.Vogelsong (1-0) LP - Fuk BP (0-1) HR: MP: A.Altherr (1), M.Napoli (1); Fuk: C.Carter (1) Machu Picchu leads 1-0
2
R H E Machu Picchu 6 11 0 Box
Fukushima 7 7 0 WP - Fuk BP (1-1) LP - T.Walker (0-1) HR: MP: D.Travis 2 (2) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Fukushima 5 6 1 Box
Machu Picchu 2 7 1 WP - I.Kennedy (1-0) LP - M.Leake (0-1) HR: Fuk: E.Gattis (1); MP: K.Davis (1) Fukushima leads 2-1
4
R H E Fukushima 2 8 0 Box
Machu Picchu 6 11 0 WP - J.Hellickson (1-0) LP - J.Paxton (0-1) HR: Fuk: E.Gattis (2), J.Bautista (1); MP: S.Rodriguez (1), K.Davis (2), M.Napoli (2) Series tied 2-2
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R H E Fukushima 7 10 0 Box
Machu Picchu 5 10 2 WP - Fuk BP (2-1) LP - A.Griffin (0-1) HR: Fuk: A.Duvall (1), E.Gattis (3); MP: K.Davis (3) Fukushima leads 3-2
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Extra Innings R H E Machu Picchu 6 7 0 Box
Fukushima 5 6 0 WP - MP BP (1-0) LP - C.Hamels (0-1) HR: MP: K.Davis 2 (5); Fuk: C.Correa (1), C.Carter (2), D.Santana (1) Series tied 3-3
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R H E Machu Picchu 3 9 2 Box
Fukushima 7 5 0 WP - Fuk BP (3-1) LP - T.Walker (0-2) HR: MP: N.Cruz (1); Fuk: Y.Solarte (1), K.Kiermaier (1) Fukushima wins series 4-3
Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Detroit 3 8 0 Box
Fukushima 6 7 0 WP - C.Hamels (1-0) LP - M.Bumgarner (0-1) HR: Fuk: Y.Solarte (1), C.Seager (1), J.Bautista (1) Fukushima leads 1-0
R H E Machu Picchu 7 12 0 Box
Morristown 3 10 0 WP - R.Vogelsong (1-0) LP - A.DeSclafani (0-1) HR: MP: A.Altherr (1), J.Donaldson 2 (2), M.Napoli (1) Machu Picchu leads 1-0
2
R H E Detroit 2 8 0 Box
Fukushima 7 10 1 WP - M.Pineda (1-0) LP - Det BP (0-1) HR: Det: L.Forsythe (1); Fuk: C.Carter (1), J.Bautista (2) Fukushima leads 2-0
Extra Innings R H E Machu Picchu 4 6 1 Box
Morristown 3 7 3 WP - MP BP (1-0) LP - Morr BP (0-1) HR: MP: N.Cruz (1) Machu Picchu leads 2-0
3
R H E Fukushima 5 7 0 Box
Detroit 2 2 1 WP - I.Kennedy (1-0) LP - M.Fulmer (0-1) HR: Fuk: C.Carter (2), J.Bautista (3); Det: A.Eaton (1), J.Reddick (1) Fukushima leads 3-0
R H E Morristown 4 7 2 Box
Machu Picchu 8 7 0 WP - MP BP (2-0) LP - J.Teheran (0-1) HR: Morr: J.Upton (1); MP: N.Cruz (2), K.Davis (1), M.Napoli (2), C.Utley (1) Machu Picchu leads 3-0
4
R H E Fukushima 4 8 0 Box
Detroit 6 9 1 WP - C.Rodon (1-0) LP - R.Stripling (0-1) HR: Fuk: M.Gonzalez (1); Det: A.Eaton (2), J.Saltalamacchia (1), J.Turner (1) Fukushima leads 3-1
R H E Morristown 6 10 0 Box
Machu Picchu 3 4 1 WP - Morr BP (1-1) LP - MP BP (2-1) HR: Morr: B.Harper (1), C.Blackmon (1), J.Mauer (1) Machu Picchu leads 3-1
5
R H E Fukushima 5 9 2 Box
Detroit 3 8 0 WP - A.Bradley (1-0) LP - Y.Gallardo (0-1) HR: Fuk: M.Gonzalez (2); Det: M.Trout (1), B.Lawrie (1) Fukushima wins series 4-1
R H E Morristown 7 13 1 Box
Machu Picchu 2 3 3 WP - J.Quintana (1-0) LP - A.Griffin (0-1) HR: Morr: E.Longoria (1), J.Upton (2); MP: K.Davis (2), M.Napoli (3) Machu Picchu leads 3-2
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R H E Machu Picchu 9 16 1 Box
Morristown 8 8 3 WP - MP BP (3-1) LP - A.DeSclafani (0-2) HR: MP: N.Cruz (3); Morr: E.Longoria (2), C.Blackmon (2), M.Semien (1) Machu Picchu wins series 4-2
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