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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 2018 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
            Hannibal's (85-65)Wadsworth (83-67)Black (79-71)Clearwater (77-73)   | 
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    			| Semifinals - Clearwater vs. Hannibal's; Black vs. Wadsworth   Clearwater won 4 games to 2
		   Wadsworth won 4 games to 2
             Finals - Clearwater vs. Wadsworth Season series: Clearwater won 10-2 2018 Gore Cup Winner - Wadsworth won 4 games to 2   Playoffs main page |  
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                    | Finals
                      
      
        
          | Game | Clearwater vs. Wadsworth |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Clearwater | 4 | 9 | 2 | Box |  | Wadsworth | 6 | 13 | 0 |  | WP - B.Snell (1-0)  LP - Clr BP (0-1) HR: Clr: J.Aguilar (1); Wad: N.Castellanos (1), M.Trout (1)
 Wadsworth leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Clearwater | 3 | 7 | 1 | Box |  | Wadsworth | 10 | 19 | 0 |  | WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - S.Newcomb (0-1) HR: Clr: C.Yelich (1), G.Polanco (1); Wad: R.Odor (1), M.Chapman 2 (2)
 Wadsworth leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Wadsworth | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Clearwater | 8 | 13 | 0 |  | WP - J.Guerra (1-0)  LP - M.Tanaka (0-1) HR: Wad: A.Rizzo (1), M.Andujar (1); Clr: C.Yelich (2), N.Arenado (1)
 Wadsworth leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Wadsworth | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box |  | Clearwater | 3 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - W.Buehler (1-0)  LP - N.Pivetta (0-1) HR: Wad: R.Odor (2), M.Trout (2), M.Andujar (2); Clr: G.Polanco (2), F.Cervelli (1)
 Wadsworth leads 3-1
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Wadsworth | 2 | 3 | 0 | Box |  | Clearwater | 5 | 5 | 2 |  | WP - J.Happ (1-0)  LP - S.Bieber (0-1) HR: Clr: C.Yelich (3), G.Polanco (3)
 Wadsworth leads 3-2
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Clearwater | 3 | 3 | 1 | Box |  | Wadsworth | 4 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - Wad BP (1-0)  LP - Clr BP (0-2) HR: Wad: M.Chapman (3)
 Wadsworth wins series 4-2
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Clearwater | 8 | 15 | 3 | Box |  | Hannibal's | 1 | 2 | 0 |  | WP - C.Carrasco (1-0)  LP - D.Keuchel (0-1) HR: Clr: J.Segura (1), C.Yelich (1), Y.Moncada (1); Han: A.Rendon (1)
 Clearwater leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Black | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Wadsworth | 3 | 5 | 0 |  | WP - C.Sale (1-0)  LP - B.Snell (0-1) HR: Blk: K.Davis (1); Wad: M.Chapman (1)
 Black leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Clearwater | 0 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Hannibal's | 7 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - J.Paxton (1-0)  LP - Clr BP (0-1) HR: Han: C.Blackmon (1), S.Gennett (1), G.Torres 2 (2)
 Series tied 1-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Black | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Wadsworth | 6 | 11 | 1 |  | WP - M.Tanaka (1-0)  LP - Z.Eflin (0-1) HR: Blk: J.Baez (1), C.Cron 2 (2); Wad: R.Odor 2 (2), M.Trout (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Hannibal's | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Clearwater | 5 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - Han BP (1-0)  LP - J.Guerra (0-1) HR: Han: J.Realmuto (1)
 Hannibal's leads 2-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Wadsworth | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box |  | Black | 8 | 15 | 0 |  | WP - C.Anderson (1-0)  LP - Wad BP (0-1) HR: Wad: A.Rizzo (1); Blk: E.Rosario (1), J.Baez (2), K.Davis (2), E.Suarez (1), Y.Grandal 2 (2)
 Black leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Hannibal's | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Clearwater | 5 | 11 | 1 |  | WP - N.Pivetta (1-0)  LP - Han BP (1-1) HR: Han: O.Albies (1); Clr: S.Ohtani (1)
 Series tied 2-2
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Wadsworth | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Black | 3 | 8 | 1 |  | WP - W.Buehler (1-0)  LP - J.Quintana (0-1) HR: Wad: R.Odor (3), Y.Molina (1); Blk: Y.Grandal (3)
 Series tied 2-2
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Hannibal's | 2 | 13 | 0 | Box |  | Clearwater | 4 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - J.Happ (1-0)  LP - M.Gonzales (0-1) HR: Han: S.Gennett (2), R.Healy (1); Clr: N.Arenado (1)
 Clearwater leads 3-2
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Wadsworth | 11 | 21 | 1 | Box |  | Black | 4 | 7 | 1 |  | WP - Wad BP (1-1)  LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: Wad: N.Castellanos (1), D.Descalso (1), A.Rizzo (2)
 Wadsworth leads 3-2
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Clearwater | 6 | 6 | 2 | Box |  | Hannibal's | 4 | 9 | 2 |  | WP - C.Carrasco (2-0)  LP - D.Keuchel (0-2) HR: Clr: N.Arenado (2), R.Braun (1); Han: C.Blackmon 2 (3)
 Clearwater wins series 4-2
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Black | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box |  | Wadsworth | 5 | 11 | 1 |  | WP - B.Snell (1-1)  LP - C.Sale (1-1) HR: Wad: M.Trout 2 (3)
 Wadsworth wins series 4-2
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