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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 2018 Entrants (in order of seeding):

  1. Twin Cities (85-65)
  2. Buried (85-65)
  3. Moscow (79-71)
  4. Atlantic City (74-76)

 

Semifinals - Atlantic City vs. Twin Cities; Moscow vs. Buried

 

Twin Cities won 4 games to 0

Buried won 4 games to 2

 

Finals - Buried vs. Twin Cities

Season series: Twin Cities won 8-4

2018 Gore Cup Winner - Twin Cities won 4 games to 2

 

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Finals

Game Buried vs. Twin Cities

1

Extra InningsRHE 
Buried361

Box

Twin Cities460
WP - TC BP (1-0) LP - J.deGrom (0-1)
HR: Bur: R.Hoskins (1)
Twin Cities leads 1-0
 

2

 RHE 
Buried261

Box

Twin Cities350
WP - I.Nova (1-0) LP - Bur BP (0-1)
HR: Bur: J.Polanco (1), R.Hoskins (2); TC: S.Pearce (1)
Twin Cities leads 2-0
 

3

 RHE 
Twin Cities12112

Box

Buried4100
WP - E.Jackson (1-0) LP - C.Anderson (0-1)
HR: TC: M.Betts (1), M.Trout (1), A.Beltre (1)
Twin Cities leads 3-0
 

4

 RHE 
Twin Cities2101

Box

Buried9110
WP - J.Chacin (1-0) LP - A.Sanchez (0-1)
HR: TC: K.Morales (1); Bur: J.Polanco (2), A.Rizzo (1), J.Martinez (1), R.Odor (1)
Twin Cities leads 3-1
 

5

Extra InningsRHE 
Twin Cities3102

Box

Buried483
WP - A.Cobb (1-0) LP - Z.Wheeler (0-1)
HR: none
Twin Cities leads 3-2
 

6

 RHE 
Buried5110

Box

Twin Cities6100
WP - TC BP (2-0) LP - Bur BP (0-2)
HR: Bur: H.Renfroe (1); TC: M.Betts (2)
Twin Cities wins series 4-2
 

7

 
   

 

Semifinals

Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two

1

 RHE 
Atlantic City230

Box

Twin Cities583
WP - J.Berrios (1-0) LP - C.Kershaw (0-1)
HR: AC: R.Acuna (1); TC: S.Pearce (1), G.Torres (1)
Twin Cities leads 1-0
 
 RHE 
Moscow390

Box

Buried481
WP - J.deGrom (1-0) LP - Mos BP (0-1)
HR: Mos: N.Arenado (1); Bur: A.Cabrera (1), R.Odor (1)
Buried leads 1-0
 

2

 RHE 
Atlantic City373

Box

Twin Cities480
WP - TC BP (1-0) LP - L.Severino (0-1)
HR: AC: C.Blackmon (1)
Twin Cities leads 2-0
 
 RHE 
Moscow481

Box

Buried124
WP - J.Odorizzi (1-0) LP - Bur BP (0-1)
HR: none
Series tied 1-1
 

3

 RHE 
Twin Cities8110

Box

Atlantic City790
WP - TC BP (2-0) LP - C.Hamels (0-1)
HR: TC: M.Betts (1), M.Trout 2 (2); AC: R.Acuna (2), J.Realmuto (1), C.Yelich (1)
Twin Cities leads 3-0
 
 RHE 
Buried9110

Box

Moscow682
WP - Bur BP (1-1) LP - F.Hernandez (0-1)
HR: Bur: A.Rizzo (1), M.Zunino (1); Mos: N.Arenado (2), J.Soto (1)
Buried leads 2-1
 

4

 RHE 
Twin Cities430

Box

Atlantic City381
WP - TC BP (3-0) LP - C.Archer (0-1)
HR: AC: R.Acuna (3), C.Yelich (2)
Twin Cities wins series 4-0
 
 RHE 
Buried380

Box

Moscow760
WP - Z.Greinke (1-0) LP - J.Chacin (0-1)
HR: Bur: R.Odor (2); Mos: F.Lindor (1)
Series tied 2-2
 

5

 
 RHE 
Buried4100

Box

Moscow3110
WP - A.Cobb (1-0) LP - Mos BP (0-2)
HR: Bur: R.Odor 2 (4)
Buried leads 3-2
 

6

 
 RHE 
Moscow191

Box

Buried380
WP - J.deGrom (2-0) LP - C.Sabathia (0-1)
HR: Mos: E.Escobar (1)
Buried wins series 4-2
 

7

   
     

 

 

 

 
 
 
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