|  | 
			
				| 
|  | Happy Halloween Guest - Login |  |  
    			| 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 2018 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
            Palmer, McNally, Cueller, Dobson (88-62)Phoenix (81-69)NYC2ATL (80-70)Troop C (78-72)   | 
                 |  
    			| Semifinals - Troop C vs. Palmer, McNally, Cueller, Dobson; NYC2ATL vs. Phoenix   Troop C won 4 games to 2
		   Phoenix won 4 games to 3
             Finals - Troop C vs. Phoenix Season series: Troop C won 7-5 2018 Gore Cup Winner - Troop C won 4 games to 3   Playoffs main page |  
    			| 
                  
                    | Finals
                      
      
        
          | Game | Troop C vs. Phoenix |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Troop C | 1 | 6 | 0 | Box |  | Phoenix | 4 | 10 | 1 |  | WP - D.Price (1-0)  LP - Troo BP (0-1) HR: Troo: D.Gregorius (1); Pho: R.Hoskins (1)
 Phoenix leads 1-0
 | 
 |  
          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Troop C | 6 | 8 | 1 | Box |  | Phoenix | 4 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - G.Marquez (1-0)  LP - L.Castillo (0-1) HR: Troo: M.Gonzalez (1), D.Dietrich (1); Pho: T.Shaw (1)
 Series tied 1-1
 | 
 |  
          | 3 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Phoenix | 3 | 8 | 2 | Box |  | Troop C | 4 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - A.Cobb (1-0)  LP - Pho BP (0-1) HR: Pho: T.Shaw (2); Troo: N.Arenado (1)
 Troop C leads 2-1
 | 
 |  
          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Phoenix | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Troop C | 3 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - A.Wood (1-0)  LP - B.Keller (0-1) HR: Pho: R.Odor (1); Troo: N.Arenado (2)
 Series tied 2-2
 | 
 |  
          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Phoenix | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Troop C | 6 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - J.Shields (1-0)  LP - S.Bieber (0-1) HR: Pho: M.Moustakas (1); Troo: D.Gregorius 2 (3), C.Cron (1)
 Troop C leads 3-2
 | 
 |  
          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Troop C | 1 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Phoenix | 10 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - D.Price (2-0)  LP - S.Newcomb (0-1) HR: Troo: N.Arenado (3), M.Zunino (1); Pho: J.Martinez 2 (2), T.Barnhart (1), E.Escobar (1)
 Series tied 3-3
 | 
 |  
          | 7 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Troop C | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Phoenix | 2 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - G.Marquez (2-0)  LP - Pho BP (0-2) HR: Troo: N.Arenado (4), D.Gregorius (4)
 Troop C wins series 4-3
 | 
 |  
          |  |  |    Semifinals
                      
      
        
          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Troop C | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Palmer, McNally, Cueller, Dobson | 4 | 7 | 3 |  | WP - Troo BP (1-0)  LP - D.Holland (0-1) HR: Troo: S.Castro (1)
 Troop C leads 1-0
 | 
 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | NYC2ATL | 9 | 7 | 1 | Box |  | Phoenix | 5 | 3 | 1 |  | WP - NYC BP (1-0)  LP - D.Price (0-1) HR: NYC: K.Calhoun (1), K.Davis (1), H.Renfroe (1), R.O'Hearn (1); Pho: E.Rosario (1), J.Aguilar (1)
 NYC2ATL leads 1-0
 | 
 |  
          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Troop C | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Palmer, McNally, Cueller, Dobson | 5 | 13 | 0 |  | WP - PMCD BP (1-0)  LP - Troo BP (1-1) HR: PMCD: M.Machado (1), G.Polanco (1)
 Series tied 1-1
 | 
 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | NYC2ATL | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Phoenix | 4 | 14 | 1 |  | WP - H.Ryu (1-0)  LP - L.Castillo (0-1) HR: NYC: G.Torres (1); Pho: R.Odor (1), R.Hoskins (1)
 NYC2ATL leads 2-0
 | 
 |  
          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Palmer, McNally, Cueller, Dobson | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box |  | Troop C | 5 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - A.Cobb (1-0)  LP - P.Corbin (0-1) HR: PMCD: M.Carpenter (1); Troo: J.Wendle (1), N.Markakis (1)
 Troop C leads 2-1
 | 
 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Phoenix | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | NYC2ATL | 4 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - A.Nola (1-0)  LP - NYC BP (1-1) HR: Pho: R.Odor (2), J.Martinez (1), R.Zimmerman (1), J.Aguilar (2); NYC: K.Davis (2), M.Andujar (1)
 NYC2ATL leads 2-1
 | 
 |  
          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Palmer, McNally, Cueller, Dobson | 4 | 3 | 0 | Box |  | Troop C | 1 | 8 | 2 |  | WP - N.Eovaldi (1-0)  LP - B.Keller (0-1) HR: Troo: O.Herrera (1)
 Series tied 2-2
 | 
 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Phoenix | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | NYC2ATL | 8 | 7 | 1 |  | WP - C.Morton (1-0)  LP - A.Wood (0-1) HR: Pho: R.Hoskins (2); NYC: M.Andujar (2), A.Hedges (1)
 NYC2ATL leads 3-1
 | 
 |  
          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Palmer, McNally, Cueller, Dobson | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Troop C | 6 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - Troo BP (2-1)  LP - J.Lester (0-1) HR: PMCD: G.Polanco (2), J.Abreu (1); Troo: N.Markakis (2)
 Troop C leads 3-2
 | 
 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Phoenix | 7 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | NYC2ATL | 4 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - P.Lopez (1-0)  LP - S.Matz (0-1) HR: Pho: R.Odor (3), R.Hoskins (3), T.Shaw (1); NYC: K.Calhoun (2), M.Andujar (3)
 NYC2ATL leads 3-2
 | 
 |  
          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Troop C | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Palmer, McNally, Cueller, Dobson | 4 | 13 | 0 |  | WP - S.Newcomb (1-0)  LP - D.Holland (0-2) HR: Troo: D.Gregorius 2 (2); PMCD: M.Carpenter (2), M.Machado (2)
 Troop C wins series 4-2
 | 
 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | NYC2ATL | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Phoenix | 5 | 10 | 2 |  | WP - D.Price (1-1)  LP - C.Buchholz (0-1) HR: NYC: K.Davis (3)
 Series tied 3-3
 | 
 |  
          | 7 |  | |  | R | H | E |  |  | NYC2ATL | 3 | 11 | 1 | Box |  | Phoenix | 4 | 10 | 1 |  | WP - L.Castillo (1-1)  LP - H.Ryu (1-1) HR: NYC: H.Renfroe (2); Pho: R.Zimmerman (2)
 Phoenix wins series 4-3
 | 
 |  
          |  |  |  |        |  |  |  
    			|  
 |  
    			|  |  
    			|  
 
 
 
 |  |