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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 2019 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
            Fort Worth (85-65)Des Moines (83-67)Strawberry Fields (80-70)Boston (71-79)   | 
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    			| Semifinals - Boston vs. Fort Worth; Strawberry Fields vs. Des Moines   Boston won 4 games to 3
		   Des Moines won 4 games to 1
             Finals - Boston vs. Des Moines Season series: Tied 3-3 2019 Gore Cup Winner - Boston won 4 games to 0   Playoffs main page |  
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                    | Finals
                      
      
        
          | Game | Boston vs. Des Moines |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Boston | 9 | 15 | 1 | Box |  | Des Moines | 6 | 6 | 1 |  | WP - Bos BP (1-0)  LP - J.Lester (0-1) HR: Bos: A.Bregman (1), J.Soler (1), F.Mejia (1); DM: M.Kepler (1), J.Davis (1)
 Boston leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Boston | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Des Moines | 3 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - J.Flaherty (1-0)  LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: Bos: R.Chirinos (1); DM: K.Marte (1), M.Sano 2 (2)
 Boston leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Des Moines | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box |  | Boston | 9 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - M.Gonzales (1-0)  LP - C.Paddack (0-1) HR: DM: Y.Gurriel (1), J.Schoop (1); Bos: A.Meadows (1), J.Profar (1), J.Villar (1)
 Boston leads 3-0
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Des Moines | 3 | 1 | 2 | Box |  | Boston | 6 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - T.Alexander (1-0)  LP - P.Lopez (0-1) HR: DM: K.Marte (2); Bos: A.Bregman (2), J.Soler (2)
 Boston wins series 4-0
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Boston | 5 | 12 | 0 | Box |  | Fort Worth | 2 | 12 | 1 |  | WP - B.Snell (1-0)  LP - J.Verlander (0-1) HR: Bos: M.Brantley 2 (2), J.Soler (1); FW: P.Goldschmidt (1)
 Boston leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Strawberry Fields | 1 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Des Moines | 3 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - J.Lester (1-0)  LP - SF BP (0-1) HR: SF: G.Torres (1); DM: E.Rosario (1)
 Des Moines leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Boston | 5 | 10 | 2 | Box |  | Fort Worth | 8 | 13 | 1 |  | WP - S.Bieber (1-0)  LP - J.Flaherty (0-1) HR: Bos: J.Profar (1); FW: A.Pollock (1), M.Machado (1), B.Harper (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Strawberry Fields | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Des Moines | 6 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - DM BP (1-0)  LP - SF BP (0-2) HR: SF: K.Schwarber (1), H.Dozier (1); DM: Y.Gurriel (1)
 Des Moines leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Fort Worth | 7 | 13 | 1 | Box |  | Boston | 3 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - H.Ryu (1-0)  LP - M.Gonzales (0-1) HR: FW: J.Abreu (1), N.Ahmed (1); Bos: A.Meadows (1)
 Fort Worth leads 2-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Des Moines | 7 | 14 | 0 | Box |  | Strawberry Fields | 11 | 14 | 0 |  | WP - J.Quintana (1-0)  LP - C.Paddack (0-1) HR: DM: J.Davis (1); SF: C.Blackmon (1), K.Schwarber (2), H.Dozier 2 (3), M.Zunino (1)
 Des Moines leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Fort Worth | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Boston | 7 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - Bos BP (1-0)  LP - K.Maeda (0-1) HR: FW: B.Harper (2); Bos: A.Meadows (2)
 Series tied 2-2
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Des Moines | 8 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Strawberry Fields | 6 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - DM BP (2-0)  LP - M.Soroka (0-1) HR: DM: J.Polanco (1), K.Marte (1), M.Kepler (1); SF: K.Schwarber (3), T.Pham (1)
 Des Moines leads 3-1
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Fort Worth | 5 | 7 | 1 | Box |  | Boston | 4 | 10 | 1 |  | WP - Y.Kikuchi (1-0)  LP - L.Lynn (0-1) HR: FW: M.Machado (2); Bos: A.Meadows (3), A.Bregman (1), J.Villar (1)
 Fort Worth leads 3-2
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Des Moines | 5 | 9 | 2 | Box |  | Strawberry Fields | 4 | 12 | 1 |  | WP - Y.Darvish (1-0)  LP - B.Anderson (0-1) HR: DM: M.Kepler (2), M.Sano (1); SF: G.Torres 2 (3)
 Des Moines wins series 4-1
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Boston | 8 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Fort Worth | 5 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - Bos BP (2-0)  LP - FW BP (0-1) HR: Bos: A.Meadows (4), M.Brantley (3), A.Bregman (2), J.Villar (2), R.Chirinos 2 (2); FW: J.Abreu (2)
 Series tied 3-3
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          | 7 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Boston | 8 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Fort Worth | 2 | 8 | 2 |  | WP - Bos BP (3-0)  LP - S.Bieber (1-1) HR: Bos: J.Profar 2 (3)
 Boston wins series 4-3
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