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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 2015 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
            Ft. Lauderdale (86-64)Budweiser (76-74)North (75-75)Edmonton (75-75)   | 
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    			| Semifinals - Edmonton vs. Ft. Lauderdale; North vs. Budweiser   Ft. Lauderdale won 4 games to 1
		   North won 4 games to 2
             Finals - North vs. Ft. Lauderdale Season series: Ft. Lauderdale won 7-5 2015 Gore Cup Winner - Ft. Lauderdale won 4 games to 1   Playoffs main page |  
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                    | Finals
                      
      
        
          | Game | North vs. Ft. Lauderdale |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | North | 0 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Ft. Lauderdale | 3 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - R.Hill (1-0)  LP - Nor BP (0-1) HR: Nor: J.Martinez (1); FtL: N.Cruz (1), D.Gregorius (1), D.Valencia (1)
 Ft. Lauderdale leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | North | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Ft. Lauderdale | 12 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - FtL BP (1-0)  LP - M.Tanaka (0-1) HR: Nor: B.Dozier (1), J.Abreu (1); FtL: N.Cruz (2), A.Jones (1), L.Duda 3 (3), E.Rosario (1)
 Ft. Lauderdale leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Ft. Lauderdale | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box |  | North | 8 | 12 | 2 |  | WP - G.Richards (1-0)  LP - C.Carrasco (0-1) HR: Nor: M.Ozuna (1), P.Fielder (1)
 Ft. Lauderdale leads 2-1
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          | 4 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Ft. Lauderdale | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | North | 3 | 14 | 0 |  | WP - J.Quintana (1-0)  LP - M.Estrada (0-1) HR: Nor: J.Abreu (2), D.Wright (1), J.Martinez (2)
 Ft. Lauderdale leads 3-1
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Ft. Lauderdale | 3 | 4 | 2 | Box |  | North | 2 | 7 | 1 |  | WP - J.Eickhoff (1-0)  LP - R.Porcello (0-1) HR: FtL: E.Rosario (2); Nor: J.Abreu (3)
 Ft. Lauderdale wins series 4-1
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Edmonton | 0 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Ft. Lauderdale | 1 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - J.deGrom (1-0)  LP - Edm BP (0-1) HR: FtL: D.Valencia (1)
 Ft. Lauderdale leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | North | 4 | 5 | 0 | Box |  | Budweiser | 3 | 10 | 2 |  | WP - Z.Greinke (1-0)  LP - G.Cole (0-1) HR: Bud: B.Hamilton (1)
 North leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Edmonton | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Ft. Lauderdale | 3 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - C.McHugh (1-0)  LP - D.Keuchel (0-1) HR: Edm: J.Peralta (1), T.Plouffe (1); FtL: D.Valencia (2)
 Series tied 1-1
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | North | 2 | 5 | 1 | Box |  | Budweiser | 3 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - M.Tanaka (0-1) HR: Nor: M.Brantley (1), B.Dozier (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Ft. Lauderdale | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Edmonton | 2 | 6 | 3 |  | WP - C.Carrasco (1-0)  LP - Edm BP (0-2) HR: FtL: N.Cruz (1); Edm: C.Gonzalez (1), M.Kemp (1)
 Ft. Lauderdale leads 2-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Budweiser | 8 | 11 | 2 | Box |  | North | 4 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - G.Richards (0-1) HR: Bud: K.Bryant 2 (2); Nor: J.Abreu (1)
 Budweiser leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Ft. Lauderdale | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Edmonton | 2 | 8 | 2 |  | WP - J.Quintana (1-0)  LP - A.Cashner (0-1) HR: FtL: A.Jones (1), D.Valencia (3)
 Ft. Lauderdale leads 3-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Budweiser | 5 | 14 | 2 | Box |  | North | 8 | 15 | 0 |  | WP - Nor BP (1-0)  LP - Y.Gallardo (0-1) HR: Bud: J.Schoop 2 (2); Nor: J.Abreu (2)
 Series tied 2-2
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Ft. Lauderdale | 5 | 6 | 1 | Box |  | Edmonton | 4 | 8 | 1 |  | WP - J.Eickhoff (1-0)  LP - C.Anderson (0-1) HR: FtL: N.Cruz (2); Edm: C.Gonzalez (2), T.Plouffe (2), C.Santana (1)
 Ft. Lauderdale wins series 4-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Budweiser | 1 | 6 | 0 | Box |  | North | 4 | 12 | 1 |  | WP - R.Porcello (1-0)  LP - Bud BP (0-1) HR: none
 North leads 3-2
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          | 6 |  | |  | R | H | E |  |  | North | 5 | 9 | 3 | Box |  | Budweiser | 3 | 4 | 4 |  | WP - Z.Greinke (2-0)  LP - Bud BP (0-2) HR: Nor: D.Wright (1), J.Martinez (1)
 North wins series 4-2
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