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    			| Second-Place ShowdownIn 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): 
            Seattle (82-68)California (81-70)Oaxaca (76-74)Las Vegas (68-82)   | 
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    			| Semifinals - Las Vegas vs. Seattle; Oaxaca vs. California Finals - California vs. Seattle - California won season series 4-2 2012 Gore Cup Winner - California in 6 Games   Playoffs main page |  
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                    | Finals
                      
      
        
          | Game | California vs. Seattle |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | California | 4 | 8 | 2 | Box |  | Seattle | 5 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - C.Lee (1-0)  LP - C.Buchholz (0-1) HR: none
 Seattle leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | California | 7 | 6 | 0 | Box |  | Seattle | 4 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - D.Holland (1-0)  LP - T.Lincecum (0-1) HR: Sea: R.Zimmerman (1), A.Jones (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Seattle | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | California | 7 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - S.Strasburg (0-1) HR: Sea: R.Zimmerman (2), A.Jones (2); Cal: R.Martin (1)
 California leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Seattle | 4 | 5 | 1 | Box |  | California | 0 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - F.Hernandez (1-0)  LP - Cal BP (0-1) HR: Cal: D.Uggla (1)
 Series tied 2-2
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          | 5 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Seattle | 8 | 13 | 2 | Box |  | California | 9 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - Cal BP (1-1)  LP - J.Zimmermann (0-1) HR: Sea: J.Rollins 2 (2), B.Posey (1); Cal: A.Gordon (1)
 California leads 3-2
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | California | 8 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Seattle | 3 | 12 | 2 |  | WP - C.Buchholz (1-1)  LP - C.Lee (1-1) HR: Cal: C.Gomez (1), A.Soriano (1), I.Davis (1); Sea: B.Posey (2)
 California wins series 4-2
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Las Vegas | 2 | 3 | 0 | Box |  | Seattle | 3 | 6 | 1 |  | WP - C.Lee (1-0)  LP - LV BP (0-1) HR: LV: A.Hill (1); Sea: G.Stanton (1)
 Seattle leads 1-0
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Oaxaca | 6 | 6 | 3 | Box |  | California | 7 | 13 | 2 |  | WP - Cal BP (1-0)  LP - Oax BP (0-1) HR: Oax: J.Reyes (1), W.Rosario (1); Cal: C.Gomez (1), J.Hamilton (1)
 California leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Las Vegas | 7 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Seattle | 3 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - M.Harvey (1-0)  LP - T.Lincecum (0-1) HR: LV: D.Viciedo (1), M.Reynolds 2 (2); Sea: J.Rollins (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Oaxaca | 3 | 9 | 1 | Box |  | California | 4 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - Cal BP (2-0)  LP - Oax BP (0-2) HR: Cal: J.Hamilton 2 (3), D.Uggla (1)
 California leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Seattle | 9 | 15 | 0 | Box |  | Las Vegas | 5 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - S.Strasburg (1-0)  LP - J.Cueto (0-1) HR: Sea: J.Rollins (2), G.Stanton 2 (3), O.Infante (1); LV: D.Viciedo (2), M.Reynolds (3), M.Scutaro (1)
 Seattle leads 2-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | California | 6 | 9 | 3 | Box |  | Oaxaca | 4 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - J.Niese (0-1) HR: Cal: A.Gordon (1), J.Hamilton (4); Oax: J.Reyes (2), W.Middlebrooks (1)
 California leads 3-0
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Seattle | 7 | 10 | 1 | Box |  | Las Vegas | 5 | 6 | 1 |  | WP - Sea BP (1-0)  LP - R.Vogelsong (0-1) HR: Sea: C.Gonzalez (1); LV: C.Santana (1)
 Seattle leads 3-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | California | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Oaxaca | 5 | 13 | 0 |  | WP - R.Detwiler (1-0)  LP - S.Diamond (0-1) HR: Cal: C.Gomez (2), J.Hamilton (5); Oax: C.Carter (1)
 California leads 3-1
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Seattle | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Las Vegas | 2 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - J.Zimmermann (1-0)  LP - LV BP (0-2) HR: Sea: B.Posey (1), M.Wieters 2 (2)
 Seattle wins series 4-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | California | 11 | 12 | 0 | Box |  | Oaxaca | 5 | 12 | 2 |  | WP - C.Tillman (1-0)  LP - M.Estrada (0-1) HR: Cal: C.Gomez (3), J.Hamilton (6), A.Soriano (1); Oax: M.Cabrera (1), C.Johnson 2 (2)
 California wins series 4-1
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