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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): 
          
            - Saltville (87-63)
 
            - Roberto's (81-69)
 
            - Hiroshima (75-75)
 
            - Patricia Avenue (69-81)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Patricia Avenue vs. Saltville; Hiroshima vs. Roberto's 
            
		  Patricia Avenue won 4 games to 0
		   Roberto's won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Patricia Avenue vs. Roberto's 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2017 Gore Cup Winner - Patricia Avenue won 4 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Patricia Avenue | 8 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Roberto's | 5 | 6 | 4 |  WP - PA BP (1-0)  LP - K.Maeda (0-1) HR: PA: M.Semien (1), N.Cruz (1), B.McCann (1) Patricia Avenue leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Patricia Avenue | 10 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Roberto's | 4 | 8 | 1 |  WP - M.Foltynewicz (1-0)  LP - A.Miranda (0-1) HR: PA: M.Kemp (1), B.McCann (2); Rob: N.Mazara (1), C.Iannetta (1) Patricia Avenue leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Roberto's | 9 | 14 | 1 | Box  |  | Patricia Avenue | 10 | 12 | 2 |  WP - J.Arrieta (1-0)  LP - M.Stroman (0-1) HR: Rob: J.Altuve (1), E.Longoria (1), C.Gonzalez (1); PA: P.Goldschmidt 3 (3), N.Cruz (2), N.Markakis (1) Patricia Avenue leads 3-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Roberto's | 5 | 15 | 0 | Box  |  | Patricia Avenue | 0 | 10 | 0 |  WP - G.Gonzalez (1-0)  LP - PA BP (1-1) HR: Rob: Y.Puig (1), E.Longoria (2) Patricia Avenue leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Roberto's | 1 | 14 | 2 | Box  |  | Patricia Avenue | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - C.Morton (1-0)  LP - Rob BP (0-1) HR: Rob: A.Russell (1) Patricia Avenue wins series 4-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Patricia Avenue | 6 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Saltville | 5 | 11 | 1 |  WP - PA BP (1-0)  LP - M.Estrada (0-1) HR: Salt: C.Blackmon (1), W.Flores (1) Patricia Avenue leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hiroshima | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Roberto's | 2 | 10 | 0 |  WP - T.Roark (1-0)  LP - Rob BP (0-1) HR: Hir: G.Parra (1), S.Souza (1), J.Realmuto 2 (2) Hiroshima leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Patricia Avenue | 6 | 6 | 3 | Box  |  | Saltville | 4 | 10 | 4 |  WP - M.Foltynewicz (1-0)  LP - J.Hellickson (0-1) HR: PA: N.Cruz (1); Salt: H.Kendrick (1) Patricia Avenue leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hiroshima | 9 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Roberto's | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - C.Carrasco (1-0)  LP - A.Miranda (0-1) HR: Hir: I.Kinsler (1); Rob: J.Altuve (1) Hiroshima leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Saltville | 3 | 2 | 2 | Box  |  | Patricia Avenue | 4 | 6 | 1 |  WP - J.Arrieta (1-0)  LP - Salt BP (0-1) HR: Salt: N.Arenado (1); PA: D.Valencia (1) Patricia Avenue leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Roberto's | 8 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Hiroshima | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - M.Stroman (1-0)  LP - B.Peacock (0-1) HR: Rob: E.Nunez (1), Y.Puig (1), N.Mazara (1); Hir: M.Cabrera (1), S.Souza (2) Hiroshima leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Saltville | 3 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Patricia Avenue | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - K.Hendricks (1-0)  LP - C.Anderson (0-1) HR: Salt: N.Arenado (2); PA: B.Gamel (1), P.Goldschmidt (1), D.Valencia (2) Patricia Avenue wins series 4-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Roberto's | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Hiroshima | 6 | 12 | 1 |  WP - C.Stratton (1-0)  LP - G.Gonzalez (0-1) HR: Hir: W.Merrifield (1), J.Mercer (1) Hiroshima leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Roberto's | 5 | 12 | 2 | Box  |  | Hiroshima | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - R.Hill (1-0)  LP - C.Kluber (0-1) HR: Rob: E.Nunez 2 (3), L.Duda (1); Hir: M.Ozuna (1), S.Souza (3) Hiroshima leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hiroshima | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Roberto's | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - K.Maeda (1-0)  LP - T.Roark (1-1) HR: Rob: W.Myers (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hiroshima | 2 | 3 | 0 | Box  |  | Roberto's | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - A.Miranda (1-1)  LP - C.Carrasco (1-1) HR: Rob: L.Duda (2), E.Longoria (1), W.Myers (2), C.Gonzalez (1) Roberto's wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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