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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 2016 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
            Utopia (90-60)Erie (83-67)Lasoda's (76-75)Red (74-76)   | 
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    			| 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   Playoffs main page |  
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          | Game | Erie vs. Utopia |  
          | 1 | |  | 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
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          | 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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          | 3 | |  | 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
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          | 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
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          | 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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          | 6 | |  | 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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          | 7 | |  | 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
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          | 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
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 | |  | 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
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          | 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
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 | |  | 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
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          | 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
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 | |  | 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
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          | 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
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 | |  | 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
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          | 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
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          | 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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