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 2013 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Denver (89-61)
Motown (88-62)
Las Vegas (76-74)
Troy (74-76)
Semifinals - Troy vs Denver; Las Vegas vs Motown
Finals - Motown vs Denver - Season series: Split 3-3
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Finals
Game Motown vs. Denver
1
R H E Motown 2 12 0 Box
Denver 3 6 0 WP - M.Scherzer (1-0) LP - Mot BP (0-1) HR: Den: E.Longoria (1) Denver leads 1-0
2
R H E Motown 3 8 0 Box
Denver 6 18 0 WP - Y.Darvish (1-0) LP - C.Sale (0-1) HR: Mot: M.Trumbo (1); Den: E.Longoria (2), S.Perez (1), J.Lucroy (1) Denver leads 2-0
3
R H E Denver 0 8 0 Box
Motown 6 10 1 WP - S.Strasburg (1-0) LP - C.Lee (0-1) HR: Den: A.McCutchen (1); Mot: P.Goldschmidt 2 (2), M.Trumbo (2) Denver leads 2-1
4
Extra Innings R H E Denver 4 5 4 Box
Motown 5 9 0 WP - Mot BP (1-1) LP - K.Medlen (0-1) HR: none Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Denver 4 10 0 Box
Motown 5 9 2 WP - J.Lackey (1-0) LP - Y.Gallardo (0-1) HR: Den: E.Longoria (3), K.Morales (1), J.Lucroy (2); Mot: M.Trumbo (3) Motown leads 3-2
6
R H E Motown 1 5 3 Box
Denver 2 6 1 WP - M.Scherzer (2-0) LP - Mot BP (1-2) HR: Mot: P.Goldschmidt (3) Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Motown 2 3 2 Box
Denver 7 12 1 WP - Y.Darvish (2-0) LP - C.Sale (0-2) HR: Mot: C.Ruiz (1); Den: A.McCutchen (2) Denver wins series 4-3
Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Troy 2 5 0 Box
Denver 3 10 1 WP - Y.Darvish (1-0) LP - M.Latos (0-1) HR: Troy: S.Choo (1); Den: A.McCutchen (1) Denver leads 1-0
R H E Las Vegas 2 5 2 Box
Motown 3 7 0 WP - B.Colon (1-0) LP - M.Moore (0-1) HR: LV: G.Jones (1) Motown leads 1-0
2
R H E Troy 4 12 0 Box
Denver 0 6 0 WP - M.Cain (1-0) LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: Troy: D.Ortiz (1) Series tied 1-1
R H E Las Vegas 3 12 0 Box
Motown 5 6 0 WP - C.Sale (1-0) LP - N.Eovaldi (0-1) HR: LV: N.Walker (1), J.Gyorko (1); Mot: P.Goldschmidt (1), N.Schierholtz (1), A.Lind (1) Motown leads 2-0
3
R H E Denver 6 9 1 Box
Troy 4 4 2 WP - Den BP (1-0) LP - J.Shields (0-1) HR: Troy: W.Ramos (1) Denver leads 2-1
R H E Motown 7 11 1 Box
Las Vegas 4 9 1 WP - S.Strasburg (1-0) LP - LV BP (0-1) HR: Mot: D.Freese (1), P.Goldschmidt (2), M.Trumbo (1); LV: B.McCann (1), J.Gyorko (2) Motown leads 3-0
4
R H E Denver 2 8 0 Box
Troy 0 8 0 WP - K.Medlen (1-0) LP - Troy BP (0-1) HR: Troy: W.Ramos (2) Denver leads 3-1
R H E Motown 4 6 0 Box
Las Vegas 3 9 0 WP - C.Rusin (1-0) LP - P.Corbin (0-1) HR: Mot: N.Schierholtz (2) Motown wins series 4-0
5
R H E Denver 5 7 0 Box
Troy 6 10 0 WP - W.Peralta (1-0) LP - Den BP (1-1) HR: Den: S.Perez (1), K.Morales (1); Troy: R.Zimmerman (1), W.Ramos (3) Denver leads 3-2
6
Extra Innings R H E Troy 2 9 1 Box
Denver 1 8 0 WP - M.Latos (1-1) LP - Den BP (1-2) HR: none Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Troy 1 7 1 Box
Denver 7 10 0 WP - M.Scherzer (1-1) LP - M.Cain (1-1) HR: none Denver wins series 4-3
