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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 2018 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - K Street (88-62)
 
            - Aksarben (86-65)
 
            - Hawaii (78-72)
 
            - Darwin (78-72)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Darwin vs. K Street; Hawaii vs. Aksarben 
            
		  K Street won 4 games to 2
		   Hawaii won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Hawaii vs. K Street 
		  Season series: Hawaii won 4-2 
          2018 Gore Cup Winner - K Street won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Hawaii vs. K Street | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hawaii | 6 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | K Street | 3 | 5 | 1 |  WP - A.Wood (1-0)  LP - B.Snell (0-1) HR: Haw: J.Aguilar (1), O.Herrera (1), M.Franco 2 (2); KS: R.Hoskins (1) Hawaii leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hawaii | 3 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | K Street | 9 | 9 | 0 |  WP - A.Sanchez (1-0)  LP - D.Keuchel (0-1) HR: Haw: A.Bregman (1); KS: O.Albies (1), C.Bellinger (1), M.Olson (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | K Street | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Hawaii | 4 | 11 | 1 |  WP - W.LeBlanc (1-0)  LP - N.Pivetta (0-1) HR: Haw: K.Schwarber (1) K Street leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | K Street | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Hawaii | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - J.Arrieta (1-0)  LP - R.Ray (0-1) HR: KS: M.Kemp (1); Haw: K.Schwarber (2) K Street leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | K Street | 2 | 15 | 0 | Box  |  | Hawaii | 4 | 11 | 0 |  WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - KS BP (0-1) HR: KS: R.Hoskins (2); Haw: J.Aguilar (2), K.Schwarber (3) K Street leads 3-2 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Hawaii | 6 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | K Street | 7 | 7 | 1 |  WP - B.Snell (1-1)  LP - A.Wood (1-1) HR: Haw: Y.Alonso 2 (2), G.Torres (1), K.Schwarber (4), A.Hedges (1); KS: N.Cruz (1) K Street wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Darwin | 4 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | K Street | 3 | 12 | 0 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - KS BP (0-1) HR: Dar: J.Ramirez (1), J.Gallo 2 (2); KS: C.Bellinger (1), B.Nimmo (1) Darwin leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hawaii | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Aksarben | 4 | 13 | 0 |  WP - A.Wood (1-0)  LP - C.Kluber (0-1) HR: Haw: M.Betts (1), J.Aguilar (1), M.Franco (1); Aks: M.Haniger (1), M.Moustakas (1) Hawaii leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Darwin | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | K Street | 5 | 10 | 3 |  WP - A.Sanchez (1-0)  LP - Dar BP (0-1) HR: KS: N.Cruz 2 (2) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hawaii | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Aksarben | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - W.Buehler (1-0)  LP - D.Keuchel (0-1) HR: Aks: J.Realmuto (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | K Street | 3 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Darwin | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - A.Nola (1-0)  LP - KS BP (0-2) HR: Dar: K.Pillar (1), K.Bryant (1) Darwin leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Aksarben | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Hawaii | 1 | 3 | 1 |  WP - W.Miley (1-0)  LP - N.Pivetta (0-1) HR: Haw: J.Aguilar (2) Aksarben leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | K Street | 7 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Darwin | 6 | 4 | 0 |  WP - KS BP (1-2)  LP - M.Harvey (0-1) HR: Dar: J.Gallo (3) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Aksarben | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Hawaii | 10 | 10 | 0 |  WP - R.Ray (1-0)  LP - N.Syndergaard (0-1) HR: Haw: G.Springer (1), M.Betts (2), J.Aguilar (3) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | K Street | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Darwin | 5 | 11 | 1 |  WP - KS BP (2-2)  LP - G.Gonzalez (0-1) HR: none K Street leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Aksarben | 1 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Hawaii | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: none Hawaii leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Darwin | 1 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | K Street | 4 | 6 | 1 |  WP - B.Snell (1-0)  LP - M.Scherzer (1-1) HR: KS: J.Camargo (1) K Street wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hawaii | 4 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Aksarben | 6 | 15 | 0 |  WP - C.Kluber (1-1)  LP - Haw BP (0-1) HR: Haw: G.Torres (1), M.Betts (3), J.Aguilar (4); Aks: M.Haniger (2), M.Moustakas (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Hawaii | 4 | 8 | 3 | Box  |  | Aksarben | 3 | 7 | 2 |  WP - D.Keuchel (1-1)  LP - W.Buehler (1-1) HR: Haw: J.Aguilar (5), M.Franco (2) Hawaii wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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