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):
Oakland Athletic (82-68)
San Diego (81-69)
High Octane (80-70)
Las Vegas (79-72)
Semifinals - Las Vegas vs. Oakland Athletic; High Octane vs. San Diego
Oakland Athletic won 4 games to 1
San Diego won 4 games to 1
Finals - San Diego vs. Oakland Athletic
Season series: Tied 3-3
2016 Gore Cup Winner - San Diego won 4 games to 1
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Finals
Game San Diego vs. Oakland Athletic
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R H E San Diego 7 10 0 Box
Oakland Athletic 2 6 0 WP - C.Martinez (1-0) LP - OA BP (0-1) HR: SD: J.Lucroy (1), M.Kemp (1), A.Lind (1), S.Piscotty (1) San Diego leads 1-0
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R H E San Diego 8 12 2 Box
Oakland Athletic 6 9 2 WP - J.Lackey (1-0) LP - C.Hamels (0-1) HR: SD: A.Beltre (1); OA: H.Pence (1), D.Descalso (1) San Diego leads 2-0
3
Extra Innings R H E Oakland Athletic 5 13 0 Box
San Diego 4 9 1 WP - OA BP (1-1) LP - SD BP (0-1) HR: OA: J.Abreu (1), M.Franco (1); SD: J.Soler (1) San Diego leads 2-1
4
R H E Oakland Athletic 2 5 0 Box
San Diego 7 7 0 WP - E.Santana (1-0) LP - J.Zimmermann (0-1) HR: OA: B.Crawford (1); SD: D.Ortiz (1) San Diego leads 3-1
5
R H E Oakland Athletic 0 4 4 Box
San Diego 9 10 0 WP - M.Foltynewicz (1-0) LP - Y.Darvish (0-1) HR: SD: J.Lucroy (2), A.Lind (2), S.Piscotty (2), N.Walker (1) San Diego wins series 4-1
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Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Las Vegas 0 2 6 Box
Oakland Athletic 6 12 1 WP - M.Bumgarner (1-0) LP - J.Cueto (0-1) HR: none Oakland Athletic leads 1-0
R H E High Octane 5 9 0 Box
San Diego 6 10 0 WP - C.Martinez (1-0) LP - M.Leake (0-1) HR: HO: J.Kipnis (1), J.Kang (1); SD: T.Tulowitzki (1), J.Lucroy (1) San Diego leads 1-0
2
R H E Las Vegas 3 11 0 Box
Oakland Athletic 4 3 0 WP - C.Hamels (1-0) LP - J.Lester (0-1) HR: none Oakland Athletic leads 2-0
R H E High Octane 2 5 0 Box
San Diego 9 13 0 WP - J.Lackey (1-0) LP - C.Friedrich (0-1) HR: SD: T.Story 2 (2), M.Kemp 2 (2) San Diego leads 2-0
3
R H E Oakland Athletic 2 10 0 Box
Las Vegas 1 6 0 WP - N.Syndergaard (1-0) LP - LV BP (0-1) HR: OA: N.Arenado (1) Oakland Athletic leads 3-0
R H E San Diego 3 3 0 Box
High Octane 4 12 2 WP - M.Fiers (1-0) LP - D.Smyly (0-1) HR: HO: P.Goldschmidt (1), T.Joseph (1) San Diego leads 2-1
4
R H E Oakland Athletic 2 5 2 Box
Las Vegas 4 11 1 WP - J.Teheran (1-0) LP - J.Zimmermann (0-1) HR: OA: M.Franco (1); LV: W.Ramos (1) Oakland Athletic leads 3-1
Extra Innings R H E San Diego 5 7 1 Box
High Octane 4 6 1 WP - E.Santana (1-0) LP - T.Walker (0-1) HR: SD: M.Kemp 2 (4); HO: D.LeMahieu (1) San Diego leads 3-1
5
R H E Oakland Athletic 4 12 0 Box
Las Vegas 2 8 0 WP - J.Cotton (1-0) LP - LV BP (0-2) HR: OA: O.Herrera (1), D.Descalso (1); LV: J.Bradley Jr. (1), R.Grossman (1) Oakland Athletic wins series 4-1
Extra Innings R H E San Diego 5 9 0 Box
High Octane 4 14 0 WP - M.Foltynewicz (1-0) LP - J.Ross (0-1) HR: SD: D.Ortiz (1), A.Rosales (1); HO: P.Goldschmidt (2) San Diego wins series 4-1
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