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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 2013 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
            Detroit (82-68) Centre County (78-72) Hampton (74-76) California (73-77)    | 
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    			| Semifinals - California vs Detroit; Hampton vs Centre County   Finals - California vs Hampton - Season series: California 5-1   Playoffs main page |  
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                    | Finals
                      
      
        
          | Game | California vs. Hampton |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | California | 5 | 10 | 2 | Box |  | Hampton | 3 | 6 | 1 |  | WP - Cal BP (1-0)  LP - Y.Darvish (0-1) HR: Cal: A.Ramirez (1), C.Santana (1), N.Walker (1)
 California leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | California | 8 | 13 | 0 | Box |  | Hampton | 4 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - C.Sale (1-0)  LP - F.Liriano (0-1) HR: Cal: J.Hamilton (1), Y.Gomes (1); Hamp: J.Werth (1), N.Schierholtz (1)
 California leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Hampton | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box |  | California | 2 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - J.Lester (1-0)  LP - G.Gonzalez (0-1) HR: Hamp: A.Gonzalez (1)
 California leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Hampton | 2 | 12 | 2 | Box |  | California | 3 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - M.Moore (1-0)  LP - I.Nova (0-1) HR: Hamp: A.Gonzalez (2), B.McCann (1); Cal: D.Jennings (1)
 California leads 3-1
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Hampton | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box |  | California | 4 | 14 | 0 |  | WP - A.Burnett (1-0)  LP - Hamp BP (0-1) HR: Hamp: N.Schierholtz (2); Cal: A.Ramirez (2), N.Walker (2)
 California wins series 4-1
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | California | 7 | 6 | 1 | Box |  | Detroit | 5 | 11 | 4 |  | WP - J.Masterson (1-0)  LP - F.Hernandez (0-1) HR: Det: M.Trout (1), M.Cabrera (1), C.Crisp (1)
 California leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Hampton | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Centre County | 2 | 5 | 0 |  | WP - Y.Darvish (1-0)  LP - A.Cobb (0-1) HR: Hamp: A.Gonzalez (1), A.Dunn (1)
 Hampton leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | California | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Detroit | 5 | 7 | 2 |  | WP - Cal BP (1-0)  LP - Det BP (0-1) HR: Cal: J.Upton (1), T.Tulowitzki (1), A.Ramirez (1)
 California leads 2-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Hampton | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box |  | Centre County | 6 | 14 | 0 |  | WP - M.Minor (1-0)  LP - F.Liriano (0-1) HR: CC: E.Longoria (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Detroit | 2 | 7 | 2 | Box |  | California | 3 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - Cal BP (2-0)  LP - Det BP (0-2) HR: Det: M.Cabrera (2)
 California leads 3-0
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Centre County | 5 | 13 | 0 | Box |  | Hampton | 6 | 13 | 0 |  | WP - J.Lester (1-0)  LP - B.Norris (0-1) HR: CC: E.Longoria (2), A.Soriano 2 (2); Hamp: N.Schierholtz (1)
 Hampton leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Detroit | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | California | 6 | 8 | 2 |  | WP - M.Moore (1-0)  LP - Det BP (0-3) HR: Det: P.Fielder (1); Cal: J.Upton (2), J.Hamilton 2 (2)
 California wins series 4-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Centre County | 2 | 4 | 0 | Box |  | Hampton | 6 | 9 | 3 |  | WP - I.Nova (1-0)  LP - R.Porcello (0-1) HR: CC: M.Trumbo (1); Hamp: J.Werth (1), A.Gonzalez (2), Y.Escobar (1)
 Hampton leads 3-1
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          | 5 |  | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Centre County | 4 | 10 | 4 | Box |  | Hampton | 5 | 4 | 3 |  | WP - F.Doubront (1-0)  LP - CC BP (0-1) HR: CC: E.Longoria (3); Hamp: J.Werth (2)
 Hampton wins series 4-1
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