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 2012 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Iowa (82-68)
Kitty Hawk (81-69)
Zephyr Cove (74-76)
Santa Cruz (70-80)
Semifinals - Santa Cruz vs Iowa; Zephyr Cove vs Kitty Hawk
Finals - Santa Cruz vs Zephyr Cove - Zephyr Cove won the season
series 4-2
2012 Gore Cup Winner - Zephyr Cove in 4 Games
Playoffs main page
Finals
Game Santa Cruz vs. Zephyr Cove
1
R H E Santa Cruz 3 6 0 Box
Zephyr Cove 4 11 0 WP - ZC BP (1-0) LP - SC BP (0-1) HR: SC: B.Posey (1), A.Soriano (1), B.Moss (1); ZC: J.Kubel 2 (2), J.Bruce (1) Zephyr Cove leads 1-0
2
R H E Santa Cruz 2 9 0 Box
Zephyr Cove 7 13 1 WP - R.Dickey (1-0) LP - K.Medlen (0-1) HR: ZC: M.Morse (1), M.Young (1), J.Bruce (2), Y.Molina (1) Zephyr Cove leads 2-0
3
Extra Innings R H E Zephyr Cove 4 12 1 Box
Santa Cruz 3 7 3 WP - T.Milone (1-0) LP - SC BP (0-2) HR: ZC: M.Trumbo (1); SC: A.Soriano 2 (3) Zephyr Cove leads 3-0
4
Extra Innings R H E Zephyr Cove 3 5 0 Box
Santa Cruz 2 6 0 WP - M.Harvey (1-0) LP - J.Vargas (0-1) HR: SC: B.Posey (2), B.Moss (2) Zephyr Cove wins series 4-0
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Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Santa Cruz 1 9 0 Box
Iowa 5 10 0 WP - K.Lohse (1-0) LP - A.Griffin (0-1) HR: none Iowa leads 1-0
R H E Zephyr Cove 4 7 0 Box
Kitty Hawk 3 9 0 WP - J.Peavy (1-0) LP - T.Hanson (0-1) HR: ZC: M.Trumbo (1); KH: C.Headley (1) Zephyr Cove leads 1-0
2
R H E Santa Cruz 4 9 0 Box
Iowa 3 9 1 WP - M.Harrison (1-0) LP - IA BP (0-1) HR: SC: N.Markakis (1) Series tied 1-1
R H E Zephyr Cove 5 9 0 Box
Kitty Hawk 1 5 1 WP - B.Anderson (1-0) LP - D.Holland (0-1) HR: ZC: J.Bruce (1); KH: C.Headley (2) Zephyr Cove leads 2-0
3
R H E Iowa 7 7 0 Box
Santa Cruz 5 14 1 WP - Y.Darvish (1-0) LP - SC BP (0-1) HR: IA: A.Jones (1), A.Pujols (1); SC: D.Wright (1), A.Soriano (1) Iowa leads 2-1
R H E Kitty Hawk 1 9 0 Box
Zephyr Cove 7 15 1 WP - M.Harvey (1-0) LP - KH BP (0-1) HR: KH: M.Teixeira (1), D.Ross (1); ZC: M.Morse (1), M.Trumbo (2), J.Kubel 2 (2) Zephyr Cove leads 3-0
4
R H E Iowa 4 12 3 Box
Santa Cruz 7 10 1 WP - M.Bumgarner (1-0) LP - T.Wood (0-1) HR: IA: A.Pujols 2 (3) Series tied 2-2
R H E Kitty Hawk 3 8 2 Box
Zephyr Cove 5 10 0 WP - R.Dickey (1-0) LP - W.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: KH: J.Hardy (1); ZC: J.Reddick (1) Zephyr Cove wins series 4-0
5
R H E Iowa 3 4 0 Box
Santa Cruz 8 10 0 WP - J.Vargas (1-0) LP - A.Cook (0-1) HR: SC: E.Hosmer (1), B.Posey (1), D.Pedroia (1), B.Moss (1) Santa Cruz leads 3-2
6
R H E Santa Cruz 2 6 0 Box
Iowa 7 14 0 WP - K.Lohse (2-0) LP - A.Griffin (0-2) HR: SC: S.Choo (1); IA: A.Pujols (4), C.Hart (1), P.Goldschmidt (1), M.Maldonado (1) Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Santa Cruz 6 9 0 Box
Iowa 4 7 0 WP - SC BP (1-1) LP - C.Sale (0-1) HR: SC: D.Wright (2), B.Moss (2) Santa Cruz wins series 4-3
