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          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 2015 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Detroit (81-69)
 
            - Quahog (79-72)
 
            - Santa Ana (78-72)
 
            - Orange (72-78)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Orange vs. Detroit; Santa Ana vs. Quahog 
            
		  Detroit won 4 games to 2
		   Quahog won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Quahog vs. Detroit 
		  Season series: Detroit won 4-2 
          2015 Gore Cup Winner - Detroit won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Quahog vs. Detroit | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Quahog | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Detroit | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: none Detroit leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Quahog | 1 | 7 | 5 | Box  |  | Detroit | 3 | 5 | 3 |  WP - N.Syndergaard (1-0)  LP - Qua BP (0-1) HR: none Detroit leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Detroit | 5 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Quahog | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - C.Martinez (1-0)  LP - J.Peavy (0-1) HR: Det: A.Jones 2 (2); Qua: R.Goins (1), S.Perez (1) Detroit leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Detroit | 2 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Quahog | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - G.Gonzalez (1-0)  LP - Det BP (0-1) HR: Det: A.Jones (3); Qua: L.Morrison (1), L.Cain (1), K.Johnson (1), S.Perez (2) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Detroit | 3 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Quahog | 4 | 10 | 1 |  WP - C.Sale (1-0)  LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: Det: V.Martinez (1); Qua: T.Frazier (1), S.Perez (3) Quahog leads 3-2 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Quahog | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Detroit | 3 | 6 | 2 |  WP - L.Lynn (2-0)  LP - C.Kershaw (0-2) HR: Qua: S.Marte (1), G.Springer (1) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Quahog | 2 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Detroit | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - N.Syndergaard (2-0)  LP - J.Happ (0-1) HR: Qua: K.Johnson (2); Det: V.Martinez (2), M.Semien (1) Detroit wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Orange | 3 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Detroit | 8 | 12 | 2 |  WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - C.Carrasco (0-1) HR: Det: M.Semien (1), V.Martinez (1) Detroit leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Santa Ana | 4 | 13 | 1 | Box  |  | Quahog | 6 | 9 | 1 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: SA: J.Votto (1), K.Calhoun (1); Qua: L.Cain (1) Quahog leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Orange | 2 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Detroit | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - N.Syndergaard (1-0)  LP - L.McCullers (0-1) HR: Org: J.Peralta (1) Detroit leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Santa Ana | 6 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Quahog | 5 | 12 | 1 |  WP - SA BP (1-0)  LP - J.Happ (0-1) HR: SA: M.Machado (1), K.Calhoun 2 (3); Qua: L.Cain (2), T.Frazier (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Detroit | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Orange | 5 | 8 | 3 |  WP - H.Owens (1-0)  LP - J.Peavy (0-1) HR: Det: A.Rendon (1); Org: M.Moustakas (1), E.Gattis (1) Detroit leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Quahog | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Santa Ana | 4 | 5 | 3 |  WP - J.Fernandez (1-0)  LP - C.Martinez (0-1) HR: SA: J.Votto (2) Santa Ana leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Detroit | 8 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Orange | 4 | 6 | 2 |  WP - Det BP (1-0)  LP - C.Heston (0-1) HR: Det: K.Morales (1); Org: M.Moustakas (2) Detroit leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Quahog | 7 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Santa Ana | 4 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Qua BP (1-0)  LP - D.Holland (0-1) HR: Qua: B.Harper (1); SA: C.Yelich (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Detroit | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Orange | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Kelly (1-0)  LP - T.Wood (0-1) HR: Org: E.Gattis (2) Detroit leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Quahog | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Santa Ana | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - C.Sale (1-0)  LP - G.Richards (0-1) HR: Qua: K.Johnson (1); SA: S.Choo (1) Quahog leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Orange | 3 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Detroit | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Det BP (2-0)  LP - C.Carrasco (0-2) HR: Det: A.Jones (1), N.Arenado (1), J.Upton (1) Detroit wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Santa Ana | 3 | 16 | 1 | Box  |  | Quahog | 0 | 8 | 1 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-1)  LP - Qua BP (1-1) HR: SA: M.Machado (2), D.Norris (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Santa Ana | 5 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Quahog | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Happ (1-1)  LP - S.Strasburg (0-1) HR: Qua: B.Harper 2 (3), T.Frazier (2), K.Johnson (2) Quahog wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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