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 2019 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Fort Worth (85-65)
Des Moines (83-67)
Strawberry Fields (80-70)
Boston (71-79)
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
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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
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
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
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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Semifinals
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
