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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): 
          
            - Alvin (83-67)
 
            - Dawns (79-71)
 
            - New Jersey (78-72)
 
            - Hawaii (77-73)
 
           
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           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
                    
                      
      
        
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          New Jersey vs. Alvin | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New Jersey | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Alvin | 3 | 9 | 3 |  WP - NJ BP (1-0)  LP - M.Wacha (0-1) HR: NJ: D.Peralta (1) New Jersey leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | New Jersey | 6 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Alvin | 7 | 12 | 2 |  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 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Alvin | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | New Jersey | 0 | 9 | 0 |  WP - B.Suter (1-0)  LP - T.Roark (0-1) HR: Alv: M.Carpenter (2) Alvin leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Alvin | 0 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | New Jersey | 5 | 4 | 0 |  WP - Z.Davies (1-0)  LP - M.Moore (0-1) HR: NJ: J.Votto (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Alvin | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | New Jersey | 8 | 10 | 0 |  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 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New Jersey | 2 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Alvin | 4 | 12 | 1 |  WP - M.Wacha (1-1)  LP - NJ BP (1-1) HR: NJ: K.Calhoun (1); Alv: M.Cabrera (1) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New Jersey | 7 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Alvin | 0 | 10 | 4 |  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 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hawaii | 4 | 4 | 2 | Box  |  | Alvin | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - D.Keuchel (1-0)  LP - M.Wacha (0-1) HR: Alv: J.Parker (1) Hawaii leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New Jersey | 2 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Dawns | 4 | 6 | 1 |  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 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hawaii | 2 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Alvin | 7 | 12 | 0 |  WP - R.Dickey (1-0)  LP - Haw BP (0-1) HR: Alv: G.Stanton 2 (2), L.Morrison 2 (2) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New Jersey | 4 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Dawns | 6 | 8 | 3 |  WP - Daw BP (1-0)  LP - C.Martinez (0-1) HR: NJ: J.Turner (1); Daw: J.Bruce (2) Dawns leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Alvin | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Hawaii | 0 | 11 | 0 |  WP - J.Nelson (1-0)  LP - Haw BP (0-2) HR: Alv: G.Stanton (3) Alvin leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Dawns | 5 | 12 | 2 | Box  |  | New Jersey | 6 | 7 | 0 |  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 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Alvin | 10 | 14 | 1 | Box  |  | Hawaii | 8 | 12 | 0 |  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 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dawns | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | New Jersey | 7 | 11 | 0 |  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 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Alvin | 7 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Hawaii | 3 | 7 | 1 |  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 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dawns | 5 | 13 | 2 | Box  |  | New Jersey | 7 | 12 | 0 |  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 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | New Jersey | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Dawns | 4 | 10 | 1 |  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 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New Jersey | 4 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | Dawns | 3 | 9 | 0 |  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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