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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): 
            Kansas City (83-67)Ohio (81-69)California (80-70)Boardwalk (77-73)   | 
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    			| Semifinals - Boardwalk vs Kansas City; California vs Ohio   Finals - Boardwalk vs Ohio - Season series tied 3-3 2012 Gore Cup Winner - Ohio in 7 Games   Playoffs main page |  
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                    | Finals
                      
      
        
          | Game | Boardwalk vs. Ohio |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Boardwalk | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Ohio | 2 | 9 | 1 |  | WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - G.Gonzalez (0-1) HR: Brdw: Y.Molina (1)
 Boardwalk leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Boardwalk | 4 | 13 | 0 | Box |  | Ohio | 6 | 13 | 0 |  | WP - H.Iwakuma (1-0)  LP - Brdw BP (0-1) HR: Brdw: C.Utley (1), J.Kubel (1); Oh: B.Posey (1), P.Fielder (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Ohio | 6 | 15 | 0 | Box |  | Boardwalk | 3 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - Oh BP (1-0)  LP - A.Burnett (0-1) HR: Oh: I.Kinsler (1), P.Fielder (2), A.De Aza (1)
 Ohio leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Ohio | 5 | 5 | 0 | Box |  | Boardwalk | 6 | 9 | 2 |  | WP - Brdw BP (1-1)  LP - A.Sanchez (0-1) HR: none
 Series tied 2-2
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Ohio | 11 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Boardwalk | 3 | 10 | 3 |  | WP - J.Peavy (1-0)  LP - R.Dempster (0-1) HR: Oh: C.Hart (1), P.Fielder (3), A.Gordon 2 (2); Brdw: K.Seager (1)
 Ohio leads 3-2
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Boardwalk | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Ohio | 0 | 6 | 2 |  | WP - C.Hamels (2-0)  LP - Oh BP (1-1) HR: Oh: B.Posey (2)
 Series tied 3-3
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          | 7 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Boardwalk | 3 | 7 | 1 | Box |  | Ohio | 4 | 9 | 1 |  | WP - H.Iwakuma (2-0)  LP - Brdw BP (1-2) HR: none
 Ohio wins series 4-3
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          |  |  |    Semifinals
                      
      
        
          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Boardwalk | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Kansas City | 4 | 9 | 2 |  | WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - Brdw BP (0-1) HR: Brdw: K.Seager (1); KC: A.Rizzo (1), R.Andino (1)
 Kansas City leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | California | 3 | 13 | 0 | Box |  | Ohio | 4 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - G.Gonzalez (1-0)  LP - Cal BP (0-1) HR: Cal: C.Rasmus (1); Oh: P.Fielder (1)
 Ohio leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Boardwalk | 5 | 10 | 2 | Box |  | Kansas City | 1 | 5 | 0 |  | WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - KC BP (0-1) HR: Brdw: P.Konerko (1), C.Utley (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | California | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Ohio | 5 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - H.Iwakuma (1-0)  LP - R.Halladay (0-1) HR: none
 Ohio leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Kansas City | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Boardwalk | 8 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - A.Burnett (1-0)  LP - Y.Gallardo (0-1) HR: KC: J.Hardy (1), A.Rizzo (2), A.Soriano (1)
 Boardwalk leads 2-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Ohio | 7 | 13 | 0 | Box |  | California | 2 | 6 | 2 |  | WP - L.Harrell (1-0)  LP - Cal BP (0-2) HR: Oh: C.Hart (1), H.Ramirez (1)
 Ohio leads 3-0
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Kansas City | 4 | 11 | 1 | Box |  | Boardwalk | 7 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - R.Dickey (1-0)  LP - L.Mendoza (0-1) HR: KC: C.Gomez (1); Brdw: J.Reyes (1), K.Seager 2 (3)
 Boardwalk leads 3-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Ohio | 7 | 14 | 1 | Box |  | California | 5 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - A.Sanchez (1-0)  LP - Cal BP (0-3) HR: Oh: C.Hart (2), R.Braun (1), P.Fielder (2); Cal: J.Mayberry Jr. (1), K.Youkilis (1), C.Rasmus (2)
 Ohio wins series 4-0
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Kansas City | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Boardwalk | 1 | 5 | 0 |  | WP - C.Tillman (1-0)  LP - E.Jackson (0-1) HR: KC: A.Soriano (2)
 Boardwalk leads 3-2
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          | 6 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Boardwalk | 4 | 14 | 1 | Box |  | Kansas City | 3 | 6 | 3 |  | WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - KC BP (0-2) HR: Brdw: Y.Molina (1)
 Boardwalk wins series 4-2
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