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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 2017 Entrants (in order of seeding):

  1. Alvin (83-67)
  2. Dawns (79-71)
  3. New Jersey (78-72)
  4. Hawaii (77-73)

 

Semifinals - Hawaii vs. Alvin; New Jersey vs. Dawns

 

Alvin won 4 games to 1

New Jersey won 4 games to 3

 

Finals - New Jersey vs. Alvin

Season series: Alvin won 8-4

2017 Gore Cup Winner - New Jersey won 4 games to 3

 

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Finals

Game New Jersey vs. Alvin

1

 RHE 
New Jersey470

Box

Alvin393
WP - NJ BP (1-0) LP - M.Wacha (0-1)
HR: NJ: D.Peralta (1)
New Jersey leads 1-0
 

2

Extra InningsRHE 
New Jersey6101

Box

Alvin7122
WP - Alv BP (1-0) LP - C.Martinez (0-1)
HR: NJ: N.Cruz (1); Alv: M.Carpenter (1), G.Stanton (1), Y.Molina (1), E.Escobar (1)
Series tied 1-1
 

3

 RHE 
Alvin360

Box

New Jersey090
WP - B.Suter (1-0) LP - T.Roark (0-1)
HR: Alv: M.Carpenter (2)
Alvin leads 2-1
 

4

 RHE 
Alvin052

Box

New Jersey540
WP - Z.Davies (1-0) LP - M.Moore (0-1)
HR: NJ: J.Votto (1)
Series tied 2-2
 

5

 RHE 
Alvin270

Box

New Jersey8100
WP - C.Carrasco (1-0) LP - Alv BP (1-1)
HR: Alv: G.Stanton (2); NJ: E.Encarnacion 2 (2), N.Cruz (2), D.Peralta (2)
New Jersey leads 3-2
 

6

 RHE 
New Jersey261

Box

Alvin4121
WP - M.Wacha (1-1) LP - NJ BP (1-1)
HR: NJ: K.Calhoun (1); Alv: M.Cabrera (1)
Series tied 3-3
 

7

 RHE 
New Jersey7101

Box

Alvin0104
WP - C.Martinez (1-1) LP - R.Dickey (0-1)
HR: NJ: K.Davis (1); Alv: L.Morrison (1)
New Jersey wins series 4-3
 
   

 

Semifinals

Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two

1

 RHE 
Hawaii442

Box

Alvin360
WP - D.Keuchel (1-0) LP - M.Wacha (0-1)
HR: Alv: J.Parker (1)
Hawaii leads 1-0
 
 RHE 
New Jersey291

Box

Dawns461
WP - J.Verlander (1-0) LP - C.Stratton (0-1)
HR: NJ: M.Zunino 2 (2); Daw: E.Suarez (1), J.Bruce (1)
Dawns leads 1-0
 

2

 RHE 
Hawaii281

Box

Alvin7120
WP - R.Dickey (1-0) LP - Haw BP (0-1)
HR: Alv: G.Stanton 2 (2), L.Morrison 2 (2)
Series tied 1-1
 
 RHE 
New Jersey440

Box

Dawns683
WP - Daw BP (1-0) LP - C.Martinez (0-1)
HR: NJ: J.Turner (1); Daw: J.Bruce (2)
Dawns leads 2-0
 

3

 RHE 
Alvin4100

Box

Hawaii0110
WP - J.Nelson (1-0) LP - Haw BP (0-2)
HR: Alv: G.Stanton (3)
Alvin leads 2-1
 
Extra InningsRHE 
Dawns5122

Box

New Jersey670
WP - NJ BP (1-0) LP - K.Gausman (0-1)
HR: Daw: C.Blackmon (1), J.Bruce (3); NJ: J.Turner (2)
Dawns leads 2-1
 

4

 RHE 
Alvin10141

Box

Hawaii8120
WP - Alv BP (1-0) LP - A.Wood (0-1)
HR: Alv: G.Stanton (4); Haw: B.Gamel (1), C.Rupp 2 (2), Z.Cozart (1)
Alvin leads 3-1
 
 RHE 
Dawns3110

Box

New Jersey7110
WP - Z.Davies (1-0) LP - J.Taillon (0-1)
HR: Daw: J.Martinez (1), A.Jones (1); NJ: M.Zunino (3)
Series tied 2-2
 

5

 RHE 
Alvin761

Box

Hawaii371
WP - M.Clevinger (1-0) LP - Haw BP (0-3)
HR: Alv: E.Rosario 2 (2), N.Arenado (1), L.Morrison 2 (4); Haw: B.Gamel (2)
Alvin wins series 4-1
 
 RHE 
Dawns5132

Box

New Jersey7120
WP - C.Carrasco (1-0) LP - J.Vargas (0-1)
HR: Daw: M.Machado 2 (2), W.Castillo (1); NJ: E.Encarnacion (1), W.Difo (1)
New Jersey leads 3-2
 

6

 
Extra InningsRHE 
New Jersey360

Box

Dawns4101
WP - J.Verlander (2-0) LP - NJ BP (1-1)
HR: NJ: E.Nunez (1), E.Encarnacion (2); Daw: A.Jones 2 (3), W.Castillo (2)
Series tied 3-3
 

7

 
 RHE 
New Jersey4102

Box

Dawns390
WP - C.Martinez (1-1) LP - Daw BP (1-1)
HR: NJ: J.Turner (3), N.Cruz (1), K.Davis (1)
New Jersey wins series 4-3
 
     

 

 

 

 
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