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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 2010 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
            KC (86-64)Detroit (85-65)Buffalo (79-71)Liverpool (79-71)   | 
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    			| Semifinals - Liverpool vs KC; Buffalo vs Detroit   Finals - Detroit vs KC - KC won season series 4-2     Playoffs main page |  
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                    | Finals
                      
      
        
          | Game | Detroit vs. KC |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Detroit | 11 | 13 | 2 | Box |  | KC | 3 | 10 | 2 |  | WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - C.Buchholz (0-1) HR: Det: G.Sanchez (1), R.Braun (1), C.Young (1), B.Upton (1); KC: I.Davis (1)
 Detroit leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Detroit | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box |  | KC | 7 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - B.Duensing (1-0)  LP - Det BP (0-1) HR: KC: N.Swisher (1), A.Dunn (1), D.Young (1), I.Davis (2)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | KC | 5 | 14 | 1 | Box |  | Detroit | 3 | 9 | 3 |  | WP - J.Garcia (1-0)  LP - Det BP (0-2) HR: KC: N.Swisher (2), W.Betemit (1); Det: H.Ramirez (1), B.Upton (2)
 KC leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | KC | 6 | 6 | 0 | Box |  | Detroit | 8 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - Det BP (1-2)  LP - J.Niese (0-1) HR: Det: H.Ramirez (2), C.Granderson (1)
 Series tied 2-2
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          | 5 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | KC | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box |  | Detroit | 5 | 6 | 2 |  | WP - W.Davis (1-0)  LP - KC BP (0-1) HR: Det: G.Sanchez (2), R.Braun (2)
 Detroit leads 3-2
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Detroit | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | KC | 1 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - B.Myers (2-0)  LP - KC BP (0-2) HR: Det: B.Upton (3)
 Detroit wins series 4-2
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Liverpool | 1 | 2 | 2 | Box |  | KC | 6 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - C.Buchholz (1-0)  LP - Liv BP (0-1) HR: KC: A.Dunn (1)
 KC leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Buffalo | 0 | 4 | 0 | Box |  | Detroit | 5 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - B.Myers (1-0)  LP - Buf BP (0-1) HR: Buf: M.Reynolds (1); Det: H.Ramirez (1), R.Braun (1)
 Detroit leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Liverpool | 4 | 6 | 3 | Box |  | KC | 8 | 13 | 1 |  | WP - B.Duensing (1-0)  LP - Liv BP (0-2) HR: Liv: M.Young (1); KC: N.Swisher (1), D.Young (1), K.Johnson (1), W.Betemit (1)
 KC leads 2-0
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Buffalo | 6 | 9 | 2 | Box |  | Detroit | 7 | 6 | 2 |  | WP - Det BP (1-0)  LP - M.Pelfrey (0-1) HR: Buf: S.Victorino (1); Det: B.Posey 2 (2)
 Detroit leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | KC | 3 | 3 | 0 | Box |  | Liverpool | 4 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - A.Pettitte (1-0)  LP - KC BP (0-1) HR: Liv: P.Konerko (1)
 KC leads 2-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Detroit | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Buffalo | 7 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - E.Santana (1-0)  LP - J.Verlander (0-1) HR: Buf: S.Victorino (2), A.Rios (1), M.Reynolds (2), K.Hill (1)
 Detroit leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | KC | 7 | 9 | 2 | Box |  | Liverpool | 6 | 7 | 3 |  | WP - KC BP (1-1)  LP - Liv BP (0-3) HR: KC: N.Swisher 2 (3), A.Dunn (2)
 KC leads 3-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Detroit | 1 | 8 | 2 | Box |  | Buffalo | 6 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - K.Slowey (1-0)  LP - M.Bumgarner (0-1) HR: Det: H.Ramirez (2); Buf: J.Pierre (1), A.Rios (2)
 Series tied 2-2
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | KC | 6 | 9 | 5 | Box |  | Liverpool | 9 | 14 | 0 |  | WP - B.Enright (1-0)  LP - B.Arroyo (0-1) HR: KC: N.Swisher (4), A.Dunn 2 (4); Liv: T.Tulowitzki (1), M.Young (2)
 KC leads 3-2
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Detroit | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Buffalo | 4 | 7 | 2 |  | WP - W.Davis (1-0)  LP - Buf BP (0-2) HR: Det: P.Alvarez (1), B.Upton (1); Buf: S.Victorino (3)
 Detroit leads 3-2
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Liverpool | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box |  | KC | 6 | 12 | 2 |  | WP - C.Buchholz (2-0)  LP - R.Dickey (0-1) HR: Liv: A.Ethier (1), M.Kemp (1)
 KC wins series 4-2
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Buffalo | 1 | 5 | 2 | Box |  | Detroit | 5 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - B.Myers (2-0)  LP - Buf BP (0-3) HR: Det: W.Rhymes (1), G.Sanchez (1)
 Detroit wins series 4-2
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