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 2019 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Deuces (91-59)
Double (79-71)
Bel Aire (78-72)
Vega$ (75-75)
Semifinals - Vega$ vs. Deuces; Bel Aire vs. Double
Deuces won 4 games to 1
Bel Aire won 4 games to 1
Finals - Bel Aire vs. Deuces
Season series: Deuces won 7-5
2019 Gore Cup Winner - Deuces won 4 games to 0
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Finals
Game Bel Aire vs. Deuces
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R H E Bel Aire 3 4 4 Box
Deuces 9 10 2 WP - J.deGrom (1-0) LP - M.Fried (0-1) HR: Deu: M.Muncy (1), C.Bellinger (1), Y.Puig (1), Y.Gurriel (1) Deuces leads 1-0
2
R H E Bel Aire 4 7 1 Box
Deuces 5 8 0 WP - Deu BP (1-0) LP - J.Paxton (0-1) HR: BA: K.Hiura (1); Deu: R.Acuna 2 (2) Deuces leads 2-0
3
R H E Deuces 10 12 4 Box
Bel Aire 4 8 1 WP - Y.Darvish (1-0) LP - J.Arrieta (0-1) HR: Deu: M.Semien (1), L.Gurriel (1), J.Soto (1), Y.Puig (2); BA: K.Hiura (2), X.Bogaerts (1), N.Castellanos (1) Deuces leads 3-0
4
R H E Deuces 10 12 1 Box
Bel Aire 5 7 4 WP - Deu BP (2-0) LP - E.Fedde (0-1) HR: Deu: M.Semien (2); BA: K.Hiura (3), C.Yelich (1) Deuces wins series 4-0
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Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Vega$ 5 5 1 Box
Deuces 3 9 1 WP - P.Corbin (1-0) LP - Deu BP (0-1) HR: Veg: A.Bregman (1), M.Wieters (1); Deu: Y.Gurriel (1) Vega$ leads 1-0
R H E Bel Aire 7 11 1 Box
Double 3 4 4 WP - M.Fried (1-0) LP - A.Wainwright (0-1) HR: BA: D.LeMahieu (1), C.Yelich (1); Dbl: M.Conforto (1), J.Votto (1) Bel Aire leads 1-0
2
R H E Vega$ 3 4 0 Box
Deuces 4 11 0 WP - Z.Gallen (1-0) LP - Veg BP (0-1) HR: Veg: A.Bregman (2); Deu: L.Gurriel (1), Y.Gurriel (2) Series tied 1-1
R H E Bel Aire 0 4 0 Box
Double 5 8 1 WP - S.Strasburg (1-0) LP - J.Paxton (0-1) HR: Dbl: J.Schoop (1), J.Donaldson (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Deuces 13 9 1 Box
Vega$ 5 9 1 WP - Y.Darvish (1-0) LP - M.Foltynewicz (0-1) HR: Deu: M.Muncy (1), J.Soto 2 (2), R.Acuna (1), C.Bellinger (1), Y.Puig (1), G.Torres (1); Veg: B.Dozier 2 (2), P.DeJong (1), M.Adams (1) Deuces leads 2-1
R H E Double 9 9 4 Box
Bel Aire 11 15 4 WP - BA BP (1-0) LP - L.Giolito (0-1) HR: Dbl: C.Seager (1), J.Donaldson 2 (3), R.Grichuk (1); BA: X.Bogaerts 2 (2), C.Yelich 2 (3) Bel Aire leads 2-1
4
R H E Deuces 5 10 0 Box
Vega$ 4 5 1 WP - B.Anderson (1-0) LP - T.Williams (0-1) HR: Deu: G.Torres (2); Veg: W.Flores (1) Deuces leads 3-1
R H E Double 2 4 0 Box
Bel Aire 3 3 2 WP - BA BP (2-0) LP - M.Mikolas (0-1) HR: Dbl: R.Grichuk (2) Bel Aire leads 3-1
5
R H E Deuces 4 11 0 Box
Vega$ 3 8 0 WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0) LP - J.Flaherty (0-1) HR: Deu: M.Semien (1), J.Soto (3), Y.Gurriel (3); Veg: J.Smoak (1) Deuces wins series 4-1
R H E Double 7 7 1 Box
Bel Aire 11 16 0 WP - BA BP (3-0) LP - R.Yarbrough (0-1) HR: Dbl: M.Conforto (2); BA: X.Bogaerts 2 (4), N.Castellanos 2 (2), A.Pollock (1), K.Schwarber (1), K.Suzuki (1) Bel Aire wins series 4-1
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