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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): 
            Chang (98-52)Troy (83-67)Canadian (76-75)Surly (74-76)   | 
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    			| Semifinals - Surly vs Chang; Canadian vs Troy   Finals - Surly vs Troy - Troy won the season series 4-2 2012 Gore Cup Winner - Troy in 6 Games   Playoffs main page |  
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                    | Finals
                      
      
        
          | Game | Surly vs. Troy |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Surly | 0 | 5 | 0 | Box |  | Troy | 3 | 6 | 1 |  | WP - D.Price (1-0)  LP - Sur BP (0-1) HR: Troy: J.Willingham (1)
 Troy leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Surly | 2 | 11 | 1 | Box |  | Troy | 9 | 11 | 3 |  | WP - M.Latos (1-0)  LP - J.Parker (0-1) HR: Sur: C.Headley (1); Troy: C.Hart (1), A.Dirks (1)
 Troy leads 2-0
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          | 3 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Troy | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Surly | 4 | 3 | 0 |  | WP - C.Richard (1-0)  LP - R.Detwiler (0-1) HR: Troy: C.Hart (2), P.Fielder (1), M.Joyce (1); Sur: A.Gonzalez (1)
 Troy leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Troy | 7 | 5 | 0 | Box |  | Surly | 6 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - Troy BP (1-0)  LP - W.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: Troy: J.Willingham (2), M.Montero (1); Sur: S.Castro (1), A.Gonzalez (2)
 Troy leads 3-1
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Troy | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box |  | Surly | 6 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - Z.Britton (1-0)  LP - J.Garcia (0-1) HR: Troy: A.Beltre (1), M.Joyce (2); Sur: J.Mauer (1)
 Troy leads 3-2
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Surly | 2 | 8 | 1 | Box |  | Troy | 4 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - D.Price (2-0)  LP - Sur BP (0-2) HR: Troy: A.Beltre (2), P.Fielder (2)
 Troy wins series 4-2
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Surly | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Chang | 2 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - B.Anderson (1-0)  LP - J.Verlander (0-1) HR: Sur: G.Stanton (1), C.Headley (1)
 Surly leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Canadian | 5 | 8 | 2 | Box |  | Troy | 12 | 14 | 1 |  | WP - D.Price (1-0)  LP - C.Hamels (0-1) HR: Can: A.Jones (1), J.Bruce (1); Troy: C.Hart (1), A.Beltre (1), P.Fielder (1), H.Ramirez (1), I.Desmond (1)
 Troy leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Surly | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Chang | 3 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - R.Dempster (1-0)  LP - Sur BP (0-1) HR: none
 Series tied 1-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Canadian | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Troy | 4 | 8 | 1 |  | WP - M.Latos (1-0)  LP - J.Shields (0-1) HR: Troy: A.Beltre (2), H.Ramirez (2)
 Troy leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Chang | 3 | 7 | 2 | Box |  | Surly | 4 | 10 | 3 |  | WP - C.Richard (1-0)  LP - G.Gonzalez (0-1) HR: none
 Surly leads 2-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Troy | 6 | 12 | 1 | Box |  | Canadian | 3 | 6 | 1 |  | WP - R.Detwiler (1-0)  LP - D.Fister (0-1) HR: Troy: A.Beltre (3)
 Troy leads 3-0
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Chang | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Surly | 4 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - T.Wood (1-0)  LP - W.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: Cha: C.Beltran (1), N.Swisher (1)
 Series tied 2-2
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Troy | 5 | 7 | 1 | Box |  | Canadian | 6 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - Can BP (1-0)  LP - C.Sale (0-1) HR: Can: J.Bruce (2), B.Phillips (1), F.Freeman (1)
 Troy leads 3-1
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Chang | 8 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Surly | 4 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - J.Cueto (1-0)  LP - Z.Britton (0-1) HR: Cha: M.Kemp (1), M.Prado (1)
 Chang  leads 3-2
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Troy | 2 | 10 | 1 | Box |  | Canadian | 0 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - J.Garcia (1-0)  LP - Can BP (1-1) HR: Troy: I.Desmond (2)
 Troy wins series 4-1
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Surly | 8 | 8 | 2 | Box |  | Chang | 2 | 14 | 0 |  | WP - B.Anderson (2-0)  LP - J.Verlander (0-2) HR: Sur: A.Gonzalez (1), G.Stanton (2); Cha: K.Youkilis (1)
 Series tied 3-3
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          | 7 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Surly | 5 | 13 | 0 | Box |  | Chang | 4 | 8 | 2 |  | WP - J.Parker (1-0)  LP - Cha BP (0-1) HR: Sur: A.Gonzalez (2), G.Stanton (3), O.Infante (1); Cha: M.Trout (1)
 Surly wins series 4-3
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