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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 2017 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
            Central City (83-67)California (82-68)Runnin' Redbirds (74-76)Ricky (72-78)   | 
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    			| Semifinals - Ricky vs. Central City; Runnin' Redbirds vs. California   Ricky won 4 games to 3
		   Runnin' Redbirds won 4 games to 3
             Finals - Ricky vs. Runnin' Redbirds Season series: Tied 3-3 2017 Gore Cup Winner - Runnin' Redbirds won 4 games to 1   Playoffs main page |  
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                    | Finals
                      
      
        
          | Game | Ricky vs. Runnin' Redbirds |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Ricky | 10 | 13 | 0 | Box |  | Runnin' Redbirds | 6 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - Ric BP (1-0)  LP - L.Severino (0-1) HR: Ric: A.Rizzo (1), K.Davis (1), S.Gennett (1), E.Gattis (1); RR: J.Votto (1)
 Ricky leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Ricky | 5 | 9 | 6 | Box |  | Runnin' Redbirds | 6 | 7 | 1 |  | WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - Ric BP (1-1) HR: Ric: J.Reddick (1); RR: T.Frazier (1), J.Reyes (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Runnin' Redbirds | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Ricky | 6 | 14 | 0 |  | WP - RR BP (1-0)  LP - Ric BP (1-2) HR: RR: A.Jones (1), M.Adams (1), R.Grichuk (1); Ric: E.Andrus (1)
 Runnin' Redbirds leads 2-1
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          | 4 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Runnin' Redbirds | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Ricky | 3 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - J.Paxton (1-0)  LP - Ric BP (1-3) HR: RR: T.Anderson (1), J.Votto (2)
 Runnin' Redbirds leads 3-1
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Runnin' Redbirds | 6 | 13 | 4 | Box |  | Ricky | 5 | 15 | 1 |  | WP - G.Richards (1-0)  LP - C.Sabathia (0-1) HR: RR: T.Frazier (2); Ric: A.Rizzo (2)
 Runnin' Redbirds wins series 4-1
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Ricky | 1 | 4 | 2 | Box |  | Central City | 4 | 10 | 3 |  | WP - J.deGrom (1-0)  LP - Ric BP (0-1) HR: CC: M.Semien (1)
 Central City leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Runnin' Redbirds | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | California | 2 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - L.Severino (1-0)  LP - C.Kuhl (0-1) HR: RR: A.Jones 2 (2), R.Braun (1), J.Reyes (1)
 Runnin' Redbirds leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Ricky | 11 | 13 | 0 | Box |  | Central City | 2 | 8 | 1 |  | WP - C.Carrasco (1-0)  LP - CC BP (0-1) HR: Ric: E.Andrus (1), J.Donaldson (1), A.Rizzo (1), N.Williams (1), T.Flowers (1); CC: C.Cron (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Runnin' Redbirds | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | California | 2 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - Cal BP (0-1) HR: RR: R.Braun (2)
 Runnin' Redbirds leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Central City | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Ricky | 8 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - K.Graveman (1-0)  LP - C.Archer (0-1) HR: CC: J.Martinez (1), G.Bird (1); Ric: K.Davis (1), S.Gennett (1), E.Gattis (1)
 Ricky leads 2-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | California | 7 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Runnin' Redbirds | 2 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - D.Straily (1-0)  LP - L.Weaver (0-1) HR: RR: T.Frazier (1)
 Runnin' Redbirds leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Central City | 7 | 5 | 3 | Box |  | Ricky | 6 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - CC BP (1-1)  LP - K.Maeda (0-1) HR: CC: M.Franco (1), R.Odor (1); Ric: S.Gennett (2)
 Series tied 2-2
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | California | 4 | 13 | 0 | Box |  | Runnin' Redbirds | 2 | 5 | 0 |  | WP - J.Teheran (1-0)  LP - RR BP (0-1) HR: Cal: C.Seager (1), W.Merrifield (1), O.Arcia (1); RR: J.Reyes (2)
 Series tied 2-2
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Central City | 4 | 7 | 1 | Box |  | Ricky | 5 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - Ric BP (1-1)  LP - E.Jackson (0-1) HR: CC: J.Martinez (2), R.Martin (1); Ric: S.Gennett (3)
 Ricky leads 3-2
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | California | 10 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Runnin' Redbirds | 7 | 13 | 0 |  | WP - Cal BP (1-1)  LP - J.Taillon (0-1) HR: Cal: W.Merrifield (2); RR: A.Jones (3), T.Frazier (2), R.Grichuk (1)
 California leads 3-2
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Ricky | 1 | 4 | 3 | Box |  | Central City | 6 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - J.deGrom (2-0)  LP - Ric BP (1-2) HR: CC: J.Martinez (3), C.Cron (2), R.Odor 2 (3)
 Series tied 3-3
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Runnin' Redbirds | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | California | 2 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - L.Severino (2-0)  LP - C.Kuhl (0-2) HR: RR: J.Votto (1)
 Series tied 3-3
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          | 7 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Ricky | 6 | 10 | 1 | Box |  | Central City | 5 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - Ric BP (2-2)  LP - D.Salazar (0-1) HR: Ric: J.Donaldson (2)
 Ricky wins series 4-3
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Runnin' Redbirds | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | California | 5 | 13 | 1 |  | WP - RR BP (1-1)  LP - I.Nova (0-1) HR: RR: J.Harrison (1), A.Jones 2 (5); Cal: G.Sanchez (1)
 Runnin' Redbirds wins series 4-3
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