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 2020 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Honor (34-21)
Sanity Clause (33-22)
Freedonia (25-29)
Animal (23-31)
Semifinals - Animal vs. Honor; Freedonia vs. Sanity Clause
Honor won 4 games to 1
Sanity Clause won 4 games to 1
Finals - Sanity Clause vs. Honor
Season series: Honor won 4-3
2020 Gore Cup Winner - Sanity Clause won 4 games to 3
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Finals
Game
Sanity Clause vs. Honor
1
R H E Sanity Clause 8 12 0 Box
Honor 4 11 1 WP - G.Cole (1-0) LP - K.Maeda (0-1) HR: SC: K.Tucker (1), F.Freeman (1), K.Hiura (1), R.Arozarena (1); Hon: T.Anderson (1) Sanity Clause leads 1-0
2
Extra Innings R H E Sanity Clause 4 8 2 Box
Honor 5 8 0 WP - H.Ryu (1-0) LP - SC BP (0-1) HR: SC: M.Trout 2 (2), E.Escobar (1); Hon: D.Moore (1), D.Fletcher (1), M.Kepler (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Honor 4 8 0 Box
Sanity Clause 5 6 0 WP - SC BP (1-1) LP - W.Buehler (0-1) HR: Hon: I.Happ (1), C.Moran (1); SC: M.Trout (3) Sanity Clause leads 2-1
4
R H E Honor 7 7 0 Box
Sanity Clause 4 6 0 WP - Hon BP (1-0) LP - C.Paddack (0-1) HR: Hon: I.Happ 2 (3), J.Donaldson (1); SC: M.Trout (4) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Honor 4 12 0 Box
Sanity Clause 2 10 0 WP - Z.Greinke (1-0) LP - SC BP (1-2) HR: Hon: I.Happ (4), M.Kepler (2), Y.Gomes (1); SC: A.Rendon (1), E.Jimenez (1), K.Hiura (2) Honor leads 3-2
6
R H E Sanity Clause 10 13 0 Box
Honor 4 10 0 WP - G.Cole (2-0) LP - Hon BP (1-1) HR: SC: A.Rendon (2), M.Trout 2 (6), F.Freeman (2); Hon: D.Moore (2), C.Moran (2) Series tied 3-3
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R H E Sanity Clause 3 13 0 Box
Honor 1 6 0 WP - A.Nola (1-0) LP - Hon BP (1-2) HR: SC: E.Jimenez (2) Sanity Clause wins series 4-3
Semifinals
Game
Semifinal One
Semifinal Two
1
R H E Animal 1 7 1 Box
Honor 2 3 1 WP - K.Maeda (1-0) LP - S.Manaea (0-1) HR: none Honor leads 1-0
R H E Freedonia 1 5 0 Box
Sanity Clause 3 4 1 WP - G.Cole (1-0) LP - M.Tanaka (0-1) HR: none Sanity Clause leads 1-0
2
R H E Animal 2 8 0 Box
Honor 8 13 1 WP - H.Ryu (1-0) LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: Anm: T.Edman (1); Hon: I.Happ 2 (2), C.Moran (1) Honor leads 2-0
R H E Freedonia 5 8 0 Box
Sanity Clause 8 11 0 WP - SC BP (1-0) LP - R.Stripling (0-1) HR: Free: R.Devers 2 (2), A.Duvall (1); SC: M.Trout (1), K.Hiura (1) Sanity Clause leads 2-0
3
R H E Honor 2 13 1 Box
Animal 4 7 0 WP - J.Berrios (1-0) LP - W.Buehler (0-1) HR: Hon: M.Kepler (1); Anm: J.Abreu (1), P.Alonso (1) Honor leads 2-1
R H E Sanity Clause 7 13 1 Box
Freedonia 5 9 2 WP - K.Gausman (1-0) LP - S.Sanchez (0-1) HR: SC: F.Freeman (1); Free: A.Rizzo (1), M.Muncy (1), C.Taylor (1) Sanity Clause leads 3-0
4
R H E Honor 3 6 1 Box
Animal 2 10 1 WP - I.Anderson (1-0) LP - C.Javier (0-1) HR: Anm: K.Lewis (1), S.Murphy (1) Honor leads 3-1
Extra Innings R H E Sanity Clause 4 9 2 Box
Freedonia 5 11 0 WP - J.Flaherty (1-0) LP - C.Paddack (0-1) HR: SC: K.Hiura (2); Free: A.Duvall (2), L.Gurriel (1), C.Taylor (2) Sanity Clause leads 3-1
5
Extra Innings R H E Honor 8 14 0 Box
Animal 7 9 0 WP - Hon BP (1-0) LP - G.Canning (0-1) HR: Hon: T.Anderson (1), J.Donaldson (1), C.Moran 2 (3), V.Reyes (1); Anm: T.Edman (2), P.Alonso (2), J.Altuve (1) Honor wins series 4-1
R H E Sanity Clause 5 8 0 Box
Freedonia 4 9 1 WP - D.Peterson (1-0) LP - B.Anderson (0-1) HR: SC: M.Moreland (1), A.Hicks (1); Free: A.Rizzo (2), J.Jones (1) Sanity Clause wins series 4-1
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