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          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 2018 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Middle Age (82-68)
 
            - Manalapan (82-68)
 
            - Big Arch (81-69)
 
            - Long Island (72-78)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Long Island vs. Middle Age; Big Arch vs. Manalapan 
            
		  Middle Age won 4 games to 1
		   Big Arch won 4 games to 1
             
          Finals - Big Arch vs. Middle Age 
		  Season series: Tied 6-6 
          2018 Gore Cup Winner - Middle Age won 4 games to 0 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Big Arch | 1 | 5 | 3 | Box  |  | Middle Age | 6 | 8 | 0 |  WP - G.Cole (1-0)  LP - M.Mikolas (0-1) HR: BA: C.Iannetta (1); MA: J.Gallo (1) Middle Age leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Big Arch | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Middle Age | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - BA BP (0-1) HR: MA: N.Cruz 2 (2), J.Realmuto (1), E.Rosario (1) Middle Age leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Middle Age | 4 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Big Arch | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - W.Buehler (1-0)  LP - BA BP (0-2) HR: MA: N.Cruz (3), F.Lindor (1), J.Gallo (2) Middle Age leads 3-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Middle Age | 6 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Big Arch | 5 | 12 | 2 |  WP - M.Fulmer (1-0)  LP - M.Tanaka (0-1) HR: MA: J.Gallo (3); BA: N.Arenado (1) Middle Age wins series 4-0 |   
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Long Island | 4 | 6 | 3 | Box  |  | Middle Age | 6 | 11 | 2 |  WP - MA BP (1-0)  LP - J.Verlander (0-1) HR: LI: F.Freeman (1), O.Narvaez (1) Middle Age leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Big Arch | 1 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Manalapan | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - C.Kluber (1-0)  LP - M.Mikolas (0-1) HR: none Manalapan leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Long Island | 4 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Middle Age | 6 | 7 | 2 |  WP - MA BP (2-0)  LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: MA: M.Trout 2 (2) Middle Age leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Big Arch | 9 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Manalapan | 6 | 5 | 2 |  WP - BA BP (1-0)  LP - T.Williams (0-1) HR: BA: M.Brantley (1), N.Arenado (1), R.Grichuk 2 (2), J.Profar (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Middle Age | 5 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Long Island | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - W.Buehler (1-0)  LP - H.Fillmyer (0-1) HR: MA: J.Bauers (1) Middle Age leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Manalapan | 2 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Big Arch | 3 | 6 | 1 |  WP - N.Eovaldi (1-0)  LP - Man BP (0-1) HR: Man: K.Davis (1), B.Anderson (1), N.Goodrum (1); BA: M.Betts (1) Big Arch leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Middle Age | 1 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Long Island | 5 | 12 | 0 |  WP - J.Teheran (1-0)  LP - N.Syndergaard (0-1) HR: LI: N.Castellanos (1) Middle Age leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Manalapan | 4 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Big Arch | 6 | 8 | 0 |  WP - M.Tanaka (1-0)  LP - J.Musgrove (0-1) HR: Man: J.Gyorko (1); BA: N.Arenado (2) Big Arch leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Middle Age | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Long Island | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - W.Miley (1-0)  LP - LI BP (0-1) HR: MA: F.Lindor 2 (2), J.Gallo (1) Middle Age wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Manalapan | 4 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Big Arch | 5 | 6 | 1 |  WP - J.Lester (1-0)  LP - K.Hendricks (0-1) HR: Man: K.Davis (2); BA: N.Arenado (3), R.Grichuk (3) Big Arch wins series 4-1 |      | 
         
        
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