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 2018 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Arcadia (95-55)
Lamoureux (82-68)
Powerplay (75-75)
St. Paul (74-76)
Semifinals - St. Paul vs. Arcadia; Powerplay vs. Lamoureux
St. Paul won 4 games to 3
Powerplay won 4 games to 3
Finals - St. Paul vs. Powerplay
Season series: Powerplay won 7-5
2018 Gore Cup Winner - St. Paul won 4 games to 2
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Finals
Game St. Paul vs. Powerplay
1
R H E St. Paul 2 8 2 Box
Powerplay 6 11 0 WP - J.Gant (1-0) LP - StP BP (0-1) HR: StP: Y.Moncada (1); Pow: G.Stanton (1), J.Aguilar (1), H.Renfroe (1) Powerplay leads 1-0
2
R H E St. Paul 4 11 1 Box
Powerplay 8 10 1 WP - K.Hendricks (1-0) LP - S.Strasburg (0-1) HR: StP: E.Thames (1), B.Harper (1), H.Perez (1), W.Ramos (1); Pow: J.Lowrie (1), J.Aguilar 2 (3) Powerplay leads 2-0
3
R H E Powerplay 3 10 0 Box
St. Paul 6 10 1 WP - K.Maeda (1-0) LP - C.Hamels (0-1) HR: Pow: G.Stanton (2); StP: B.Harper (2) Powerplay leads 2-1
4
R H E Powerplay 3 9 0 Box
St. Paul 5 7 0 WP - StP BP (1-1) LP - S.Newcomb (0-1) HR: Pow: J.Lowrie (2), K.Morales (1) Series tied 2-2
5
Extra Innings R H E Powerplay 1 7 0 Box
St. Paul 2 7 3 WP - J.Hellickson (1-0) LP - C.Anderson (0-1) HR: none St. Paul leads 3-2
6
R H E St. Paul 7 7 0 Box
Powerplay 1 8 0 WP - J.deGrom (1-0) LP - J.Gant (1-1) HR: StP: D.Swanson (1), A.Beltre (1), D.Palka (1); Pow: O.Albies (1), H.Renfroe (2) St. Paul wins series 4-2
7
Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E St. Paul 5 7 3 Box
Arcadia 4 9 1 WP - J.deGrom (1-0) LP - E.Lauer (0-1) HR: StP: H.Perez (1), B.Harper (1); Arc: D.Peralta 2 (2), T.Shaw (1) St. Paul leads 1-0
R H E Powerplay 3 7 1 Box
Lamoureux 4 5 1 WP - M.Scherzer (1-0) LP - Pow BP (0-1) HR: Pow: G.Stanton (1), H.Renfroe (1); Lam: Y.Alonso (1), P.DeJong (1) Lamoureux leads 1-0
2
R H E St. Paul 4 11 1 Box
Arcadia 5 6 0 WP - J.Junis (1-0) LP - L.Giolito (0-1) HR: StP: D.Swanson (1), B.Harper (2); Arc: D.Peralta (3) Series tied 1-1
R H E Powerplay 3 9 0 Box
Lamoureux 8 11 0 WP - C.Kluber (1-0) LP - K.Hendricks (0-1) HR: Pow: T.Barnhart (1); Lam: J.Ramirez (1), P.DeJong (2) Lamoureux leads 2-0
3
R H E Arcadia 7 9 0 Box
St. Paul 0 8 3 WP - J.Chacin (1-0) LP - K.Maeda (0-1) HR: Arc: J.Gyorko (1), D.Gregorius (1), R.Zimmerman (1) Arcadia leads 2-1
R H E Lamoureux 1 6 0 Box
Powerplay 2 7 0 WP - C.Hamels (1-0) LP - Lam BP (0-1) HR: Pow: G.Stanton (2) Lamoureux leads 2-1
4
R H E Arcadia 2 10 2 Box
St. Paul 5 8 0 WP - K.Gausman (1-0) LP - T.Williams (0-1) HR: Arc: D.Peralta (4); StP: D.Palka (1) Series tied 2-2
R H E Lamoureux 3 10 0 Box
Powerplay 4 6 0 WP - S.Newcomb (1-0) LP - A.Gomber (0-1) HR: Lam: Y.Alonso (2), S.Ohtani 2 (2) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Arcadia 4 5 0 Box
St. Paul 3 11 1 WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0) LP - J.Hellickson (0-1) HR: Arc: D.Gregorius (2); StP: A.Pollock (1) Arcadia leads 3-2
R H E Lamoureux 2 6 0 Box
Powerplay 6 7 0 WP - Pow BP (1-1) LP - Lam BP (0-2) HR: Pow: H.Renfroe (2) Powerplay leads 3-2
6
Extra Innings R H E St. Paul 3 10 0 Box
Arcadia 2 9 1 WP - J.deGrom (2-0) LP - Arc BP (0-1) HR: StP: Y.Moncada (1), D.Palka (2); Arc: T.Shaw (2) Series tied 3-3
R H E Powerplay 3 5 0 Box
Lamoureux 4 10 5 WP - M.Scherzer (2-0) LP - Pow BP (1-2) HR: Lam: M.Betts (1), T.White (1) Series tied 3-3
7
Extra Innings R H E St. Paul 6 10 0 Box
Arcadia 5 7 2 WP - StP BP (1-0) LP - J.Junis (1-1) HR: none St. Paul wins series 4-3
R H E Powerplay 7 10 0 Box
Lamoureux 4 8 2 WP - Pow BP (2-2) LP - C.Kluber (1-1) HR: Pow: N.Markakis (1), O.Albies (1), G.Stanton (3) Powerplay wins series 4-3
