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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. Kingston (87-63)
  2. Arkansas (81-69)
  3. San Diego (74-76)
  4. Cincinnati (73-77)

 

Semifinals - Cincinnati vs. Kingston; San Diego vs. Arkansas

 

Kingston won 4 games to 2

Arkansas won 4 games to 3

 

Finals - Arkansas vs. Kingston

Season series: Arkansas won 4-2

2017 Gore Cup Winner - Arkansas won 4 games to 2

 

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Finals

Game Arkansas vs. Kingston

1

 RHE 
Arkansas3101

Box

Kingston691
WP - C.Kluber (1-0) LP - C.Sale (0-1)
HR: Ark: D.Gregorius (1), A.Rendon (1); King: A.Cabrera (1)
Kingston leads 1-0
 

2

Extra InningsRHE 
Arkansas4110

Box

Kingston5100
WP - J.Paxton (1-0) LP - J.Samardzija (0-1)
HR: Ark: D.Gregorius (2), Y.Grandal (1)
Kingston leads 2-0
 

3

 RHE 
Kingston3113

Box

Arkansas5101
WP - M.Clevinger (1-0) LP - A.Wood (0-1)
HR: King: K.Davis (1), J.Abreu (1)
Kingston leads 2-1
 

4

 RHE 
Kingston460

Box

Arkansas6100
WP - K.Graveman (1-0) LP - A.Cashner (0-1)
HR: King: N.Arenado (1), K.Davis (2); Ark: M.Kepler (1), I.Desmond (1)
Series tied 2-2
 

5

 RHE 
Kingston580

Box

Arkansas9100
WP - Ark BP (1-0) LP - C.Hamels (0-1)
HR: King: A.Cabrera (2); Ark: P.Goldschmidt (1), M.Kepler (2), C.Pinder 2 (2)
Arkansas leads 3-2
 

6

 RHE 
Arkansas390

Box

Kingston050
WP - C.Sale (1-1) LP - King BP (0-1)
HR: Ark: A.McCutchen (1), P.Goldschmidt (2), D.Gregorius (3), C.Pinder (3); King: A.Cabrera (3)
Arkansas wins series 4-2
 

7

 
   

 

Semifinals

Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two

1

 RHE 
Cincinnati070

Box

Kingston6120
WP - C.Kluber (1-0) LP - Cin BP (0-1)
HR: King: E.Thames (1)
Kingston leads 1-0
 
 RHE 
San Diego782

Box

Arkansas660
WP - Y.Darvish (1-0) LP - C.Sale (0-1)
HR: SD: K.Seager (1), Y.Puig (1); Ark: A.McCutchen (1), D.Gregorius (1)
San Diego leads 1-0
 

2

 RHE 
Cincinnati241

Box

Kingston8101
WP - T.Williams (1-0) LP - G.Gonzalez (0-1)
HR: Cin: M.Holliday (1); King: K.Davis (1), J.Abreu (1)
Kingston leads 2-0
 
 RHE 
San Diego091

Box

Arkansas320
WP - J.Samardzija (1-0) LP - J.Quintana (0-1)
HR: none
Series tied 1-1
 

3

 RHE 
Kingston7122

Box

Cincinnati8110
WP - M.Stroman (1-0) LP - A.Wood (0-1)
HR: King: N.Arenado 3 (3); Cin: C.Dickerson (1), E.Hosmer (1), E.Andrus (1)
Kingston leads 2-1
 
 RHE 
Arkansas490

Box

San Diego660
WP - J.Lester (1-0) LP - M.Clevinger (0-1)
HR: Ark: D.Gregorius 2 (3); SD: M.Gonzalez (1)
San Diego leads 2-1
 

4

 RHE 
Kingston690

Box

Cincinnati5110
WP - A.Cashner (1-0) LP - J.Verlander (0-1)
HR: King: E.Thames (2), J.Abreu (2); Cin: J.Gallo (1), M.Joyce (1)
Kingston leads 3-1
 
 RHE 
Arkansas3101

Box

San Diego4100
WP - SD BP (1-0) LP - Ark BP (0-1)
HR: SD: R.Zimmerman (1), J.Upton (1), K.Seager (2)
San Diego leads 3-1
 

5

Extra InningsRHE 
Kingston2101

Box

Cincinnati390
WP - J.Chacin (1-0) LP - C.Hamels (0-1)
HR: Cin: E.Longoria (1), J.Gallo (2)
Kingston leads 3-2
 
 RHE 
Arkansas8131

Box

San Diego680
WP - Ark BP (1-1) LP - J.Tomlin (0-1)
HR: Ark: P.Goldschmidt 3 (3); SD: C.Taylor (1), J.Upton (2)
San Diego leads 3-2
 

6

 RHE 
Cincinnati2111

Box

Kingston590
WP - C.Kluber (2-0) LP - J.Arrieta (0-1)
HR: Cin: J.Bruce (1)
Kingston wins series 4-2
 
 RHE 
San Diego370

Box

Arkansas7111
WP - Ark BP (2-1) LP - Y.Darvish (1-1)
HR: none
Series tied 3-3
 

7

 
 RHE 
San Diego150

Box

Arkansas670
WP - J.Samardzija (2-0) LP - J.Quintana (0-2)
HR: Ark: P.Goldschmidt (4), M.Maldonado (1)
Arkansas wins series 4-3
 
     

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
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