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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 2019 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
            Strike 3 (88-62)Walnut Creek (82-68)Peaches (70-80)Texas (70-80)   | 
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    			| Semifinals - Texas vs. Strike 3; Peaches vs. Walnut Creek   Texas won 4 games to 3
		   Walnut Creek won 4 games to 1
             Finals - Texas vs. Walnut Creek Season series: Walnut Creek won 8-4 2019 Gore Cup Winner - Texas won 4 games to 2   Playoffs main page |  
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          | Game | Texas vs. Walnut Creek |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Texas | 6 | 5 | 0 | Box |  | Walnut Creek | 2 | 3 | 0 |  | WP - W.Buehler (1-0)  LP - E.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: WC: R.Acuna (1)
 Texas leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Texas | 1 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Walnut Creek | 7 | 14 | 0 |  | WP - K.Hendricks (1-0)  LP - Tex BP (0-1) HR: Tex: R.Martin (1); WC: D.LeMahieu 2 (2), R.Odor (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Walnut Creek | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Texas | 7 | 5 | 4 |  | WP - J.Samardzija (1-0)  LP - M.Fried (0-1) HR: WC: P.Alonso (1), A.Rosario (1); Tex: A.Judge (1)
 Texas leads 2-1
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          | 4 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Walnut Creek | 3 | 4 | 1 | Box |  | Texas | 4 | 8 | 6 |  | WP - R.Porcello (1-0)  LP - L.Castillo (0-1) HR: WC: D.LeMahieu (3), R.Acuna (2); Tex: C.Seager (1)
 Texas leads 3-1
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Walnut Creek | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Texas | 4 | 9 | 5 |  | WP - WC BP (1-0)  LP - T.Richards (0-1) HR: WC: D.LeMahieu (4), B.Harper (1), D.Fowler (1); Tex: N.Castellanos (1)
 Texas leads 3-2
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Texas | 9 | 8 | 2 | Box |  | Walnut Creek | 5 | 10 | 1 |  | WP - Tex BP (1-1)  LP - E.Rodriguez (0-2) HR: Tex: A.Judge (2); WC: R.Acuna (3)
 Texas wins series 4-2
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Texas | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box |  | Strike 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 |  | WP - P.Corbin (1-0)  LP - W.Buehler (0-1) HR: Tex: N.Castellanos (1)
 Strike 3 leads 1-0
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Peaches | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Walnut Creek | 4 | 9 | 2 |  | WP - E.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - Pea BP (0-1) HR: Pea: M.Garver (1); WC: P.Alonso 2 (2)
 Walnut Creek leads 1-0
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          | 2 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Texas | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Strike 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |  | WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - A.DeSclafani (0-1) HR: Tex: C.Santana (1); S3: M.Chapman (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Peaches | 3 | 5 | 2 | Box |  | Walnut Creek | 12 | 13 | 0 |  | WP - WC BP (1-0)  LP - J.Odorizzi (0-1) HR: Pea: F.Reyes (1); WC: R.Acuna (1), D.Fowler (1), E.Longoria 2 (2)
 Walnut Creek leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Strike 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | Box |  | Texas | 5 | 11 | 2 |  | WP - M.Fiers (1-0)  LP - Tex BP (0-1) HR: S3: J.Villar (1), T.Story (1), M.Chapman (2), C.Cron (1); Tex: C.Santana (2), M.Trout (1), J.McNeil (1)
 Strike 3 leads 2-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Walnut Creek | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Peaches | 3 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - M.Fried (1-0)  LP - J.Gray (0-1) HR: WC: B.Harper (1), R.Odor (1); Pea: G.Torres 2 (2)
 Walnut Creek leads 3-0
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Strike 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Texas | 2 | 2 | 3 |  | WP - M.Bumgarner (1-0)  LP - R.Porcello (0-1) HR: S3: J.Villar (2); Tex: A.Judge (1)
 Strike 3 leads 3-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Walnut Creek | 2 | 8 | 1 | Box |  | Peaches | 8 | 13 | 0 |  | WP - M.Gonzales (1-0)  LP - L.Castillo (0-1) HR: WC: P.Alonso (3); Pea: E.Suarez (1), F.Reyes 2 (3), C.Walker (1)
 Walnut Creek leads 3-1
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Strike 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Texas | 8 | 8 | 1 |  | WP - Tex BP (1-1)  LP - S.Matz (0-1) HR: S3: A.Dickerson (1); Tex: P.Goldschmidt (1), M.Trout 2 (3), J.McNeil (2), J.Schoop (1)
 Strike 3 leads 3-2
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Walnut Creek | 4 | 14 | 1 | Box |  | Peaches | 3 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - D.German (1-0)  LP - Y.Chirinos (0-1) HR: WC: R.Odor 2 (3); Pea: M.Garver (2)
 Walnut Creek wins series 4-1
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Texas | 2 | 4 | 4 | Box |  | Strike 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |  | WP - W.Buehler (1-1)  LP - S3 BP (0-1) HR: Tex: A.Judge (2), C.Santana (3)
 Series tied 3-3
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          | 7 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Texas | 2 | 4 | 2 | Box |  | Strike 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - L.Lynn (2-0)  LP - S3 BP (0-2) HR: none
 Texas wins series 4-3
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