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):
Utopia (90-60)
Erie (83-67)
Lasoda's (76-75)
Red (74-76)
Semifinals - Red vs. Utopia; Lasoda's vs. Erie
Utopia won 4 games to 0
Erie won 4 games to 2
Finals - Erie vs. Utopia
Season series: Tied 6-6
2016 Gore Cup Winner - Utopia won 4 games to 3
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Finals
Game Erie vs. Utopia
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R H E Erie 5 13 0 Box
Utopia 6 9 0 WP - I.Nova (1-0) LP - J.Arrieta (0-1) HR: Erie: J.Soler (1); Utp: K.Davis (1) Utopia leads 1-0
2
Extra Innings R H E Erie 7 11 0 Box
Utopia 6 9 1 WP - Erie BP (1-0) LP - Y.Darvish (0-1) HR: Erie: J.Soler (2), F.Galvis (1); Utp: N.Cruz (1), J.Abreu (1) Series tied 1-1
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R H E Utopia 3 7 2 Box
Erie 7 10 0 WP - C.Martinez (1-0) LP - B.Colon (0-1) HR: Utp: T.Frazier (1); Erie: S.Piscotty (1) Erie leads 2-1
4
Extra Innings R H E Utopia 5 10 2 Box
Erie 4 8 2 WP - D.Duffy (1-0) LP - A.DeSclafani (0-1) HR: Utp: K.Davis (2), R.Odor (1); Erie: E.Hosmer (1), J.Realmuto (1), F.Galvis (2) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Utopia 6 12 0 Box
Erie 4 11 4 WP - S.Matz (1-0) LP - T.Roark (0-1) HR: Utp: T.Frazier (2); Erie: B.Drury (1) Utopia leads 3-2
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R H E Erie 4 12 0 Box
Utopia 2 10 0 WP - J.Arrieta (1-1) LP - I.Nova (1-1) HR: Erie: G.Sanchez (1), S.Piscotty (2), B.Drury (2) Series tied 3-3
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R H E Erie 4 9 3 Box
Utopia 7 11 3 WP - Y.Darvish (1-1) LP - C.Hamels (0-1) HR: Erie: E.Gattis (1), B.Drury (3), F.Galvis (3); Utp: K.Davis (3), T.Frazier (3), J.Lucroy (1), J.Bautista (1) Utopia wins series 4-3
Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Red 1 5 0 Box
Utopia 6 14 0 WP - I.Nova (1-0) LP - S.Strasburg (0-1) HR: Utp: C.Dickerson (1), N.Cruz (1), R.Odor (1) Utopia leads 1-0
R H E Lasoda's 2 5 2 Box
Erie 4 10 0 WP - Erie BP (1-0) LP - J.Lackey (0-1) HR: Las: A.Rizzo 2 (2); Erie: B.Drury (1) Erie leads 1-0
2
Extra Innings R H E Red 4 10 0 Box
Utopia 5 7 0 WP - Y.Darvish (1-0) LP - K.Maeda (0-1) HR: Red: V.Martinez (1), B.Crawford (1); Utp: K.Davis (1), N.Cruz (2), T.Frazier (1) Utopia leads 2-0
R H E Lasoda's 2 3 2 Box
Erie 6 10 0 WP - C.Hamels (1-0) LP - F.Liriano (0-1) HR: none Erie leads 2-0
3
R H E Utopia 7 15 0 Box
Red 2 8 0 WP - B.Colon (1-0) LP - A.Wainwright (0-1) HR: Utp: N.Cruz (3), J.Abreu 2 (2); Red: J.Upton (1) Utopia leads 3-0
R H E Erie 5 9 0 Box
Lasoda's 3 12 1 WP - C.Martinez (1-0) LP - Las BP (0-1) HR: Erie: E.Gattis (1); Las: J.Kang 2 (2) Erie leads 3-0
4
R H E Utopia 9 11 1 Box
Red 5 8 0 WP - Utp BP (1-0) LP - M.Foltynewicz (0-1) HR: Utp: N.Cruz (4), T.Frazier (2), R.Odor 2 (3); Red: M.Machado (1), J.Upton (2) Utopia wins series 4-0
R H E Erie 4 9 2 Box
Lasoda's 5 10 5 WP - J.Hammel (1-0) LP - Erie BP (1-1) HR: Las: C.Davis (1), J.Bruce (1) Erie leads 3-1
5
R H E Erie 3 7 2 Box
Lasoda's 4 7 0 WP - E.Volquez (1-0) LP - T.Roark (0-1) HR: Erie: D.Pedroia (1) Erie leads 3-2
6
R H E Lasoda's 1 8 4 Box
Erie 4 10 0 WP - J.Arrieta (1-0) LP - Las BP (0-2) HR: Erie: G.Sanchez (1) Erie wins series 4-2
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