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):
Bungalo Bill's (83-67)
Houston (80-70)
Base (78-72)
Harper's Ferry (68-82)
Semifinals - Harper's Ferry vs. Bungalo Bill's; Base vs. Houston
Harper's Ferry won 4 games to 1
Houston won 4 games to 3
Finals - Harper's Ferry vs. Houston
Season series: Tied 6-6
2018 Gore Cup Winner - Houston won 4 games to 3
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Finals
Game Harper's Ferry vs. Houston
1
R H E Harper's Ferry 4 7 1 Box
Houston 3 7 4 WP - M.Scherzer (1-0) LP - Hou BP (0-1) HR: HF: Y.Moncada (1), C.Yelich (1); Hou: K.Davis (1) Harper's Ferry leads 1-0
2
R H E Harper's Ferry 3 7 1 Box
Houston 8 11 3 WP - G.Marquez (1-0) LP - HF BP (0-1) HR: Hou: A.Bregman (1), J.Ramirez 2 (2), J.Kipnis (1), M.Muncy (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Houston 5 11 0 Box
Harper's Ferry 4 8 1 WP - J.Shields (1-0) LP - HF BP (0-2) HR: Hou: B.Harper (1), J.Ramirez (3) Houston leads 2-1
4
R H E Houston 5 13 3 Box
Harper's Ferry 6 9 0 WP - L.Weaver (1-0) LP - L.Severino (0-1) HR: Hou: B.Harper (2), J.Ramirez (4) Series tied 2-2
5
Extra Innings R H E Houston 8 11 2 Box
Harper's Ferry 9 10 1 WP - S.Bieber (1-0) LP - L.Lynn (0-1) HR: Hou: A.Bregman (2), K.Davis 2 (3), M.Muncy (2), C.Cron (1), C.Bellinger (1); HF: J.Peraza (1), H.Renfroe (1), K.Seager (1) Harper's Ferry leads 3-2
6
R H E Harper's Ferry 3 11 0 Box
Houston 10 5 2 WP - C.Kershaw (1-0) LP - M.Scherzer (1-1) HR: HF: H.Renfroe (2), D.Palka (1); Hou: B.Harper (3), K.Davis (4), J.Kipnis (2) Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Harper's Ferry 4 10 1 Box
Houston 6 7 2 WP - G.Marquez (2-0) LP - G.Cole (0-1) HR: Hou: B.Harper (4) Houston wins series 4-3
Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
Extra Innings R H E Harper's Ferry 4 9 0 Box
Bungalo Bill's 3 6 0 WP - M.Scherzer (1-0) LP - BB BP (0-1) HR: HF: D.Palka 2 (2) Harper's Ferry leads 1-0
R H E Base 6 11 1 Box
Houston 5 7 3 WP - Base BP (1-0) LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: Base: S.Schebler (1); Hou: A.Bregman (1), M.Muncy 2 (2) Base leads 1-0
2
R H E Harper's Ferry 7 8 0 Box
Bungalo Bill's 2 8 0 WP - G.Cole (1-0) LP - J.Paxton (0-1) HR: HF: Y.Moncada (1), C.Yelich (1), S.Marte (1) Harper's Ferry leads 2-0
R H E Base 8 13 1 Box
Houston 6 8 0 WP - W.Chen (1-0) LP - G.Marquez (0-1) HR: Base: N.Williams (1), R.Odor (1), M.Garver (1); Hou: K.Davis 2 (2), M.Muncy (3), I.Kinsler (1) Base leads 2-0
3
R H E Bungalo Bill's 6 6 0 Box
Harper's Ferry 5 11 0 WP - C.Morton (1-0) LP - A.Wood (0-1) HR: BB: K.Marte (1), A.Jones (1); HF: C.Yelich (2), D.Palka 2 (4) Harper's Ferry leads 2-1
R H E Houston 4 6 2 Box
Base 3 4 2 WP - J.Shields (1-0) LP - Base BP (1-1) HR: Hou: C.Bellinger (1) Base leads 2-1
4
R H E Bungalo Bill's 3 7 0 Box
Harper's Ferry 6 9 1 WP - HF BP (1-0) LP - BB BP (0-2) HR: HF: C.Yelich (3), H.Renfroe (1), D.Palka (5) Harper's Ferry leads 3-1
R H E Houston 5 8 1 Box
Base 4 9 0 WP - L.Severino (1-0) LP - M.Leake (0-1) HR: Hou: J.Kipnis (1), M.Muncy (4); Base: R.Odor (2), C.Santana (1) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Bungalo Bill's 2 8 1 Box
Harper's Ferry 3 6 1 WP - HF BP (2-0) LP - J.Happ (0-1) HR: BB: J.Lowrie (1); HF: C.Yelich (4) Harper's Ferry wins series 4-1
R H E Houston 6 11 0 Box
Base 5 7 1 WP - Hou BP (1-0) LP - Base BP (1-2) HR: Hou: A.Bregman (2); Base: R.Odor (3) Houston leads 3-2
6
Extra Innings R H E Base 5 7 1 Box
Houston 4 10 3 WP - C.Carrasco (1-0) LP - C.Kershaw (0-2) HR: Hou: C.Cron (1) Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Base 4 12 0 Box
Houston 5 7 0 WP - G.Marquez (1-1) LP - W.Chen (1-1) HR: Base: R.Odor (4), H.Perez (1); Hou: B.Harper (1) Houston wins series 4-3
