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):
Arkansas (87-63)
Long Island (82-68)
Malta (77-73)
Millard (73-77)
Semifinals - Millard vs. Arkansas; Malta vs. Long Island
Arkansas won 4 games to 1
Long Island won 4 games to 0
Finals - Long Island vs. Arkansas
Season series: Long Island won 4-2
2019 Gore Cup Winner - Arkansas won 4 games to 3
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Finals
Game Long Island vs. Arkansas
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R H E Long Island 12 10 0 Box
Arkansas 2 6 1 WP - A.Nola (1-0) LP - G.Marquez (0-1) HR: LI: K.Marte (1), R.Acuna (1) Long Island leads 1-0
2
R H E Long Island 0 4 2 Box
Arkansas 5 7 1 WP - M.Clevinger (1-0) LP - LI BP (0-1) HR: LI: S.Kingery (1); Ark: C.Santana (1), A.Cabrera (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Arkansas 5 9 2 Box
Long Island 4 12 0 WP - J.Samardzija (1-0) LP - S.Matz (0-1) HR: LI: S.Kingery (2), F.Freeman (1) Arkansas leads 2-1
4
Extra Innings R H E Arkansas 1 4 2 Box
Long Island 2 6 0 WP - C.Smith (1-0) LP - Ark BP (0-1) HR: none Series tied 2-2
5
Extra Innings R H E Arkansas 5 9 0 Box
Long Island 4 9 0 WP - C.Bassitt (1-0) LP - L.Lynn (0-1) HR: Ark: M.Sano (1), A.Cabrera (2) Arkansas leads 3-2
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R H E Long Island 4 6 0 Box
Arkansas 1 4 2 WP - A.Nola (2-0) LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: LI: R.Acuna (2); Ark: M.Sano (2) Series tied 3-3
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Extra Innings R H E Long Island 2 8 0 Box
Arkansas 3 7 3 WP - M.Clevinger (2-0) LP - LI BP (0-2) HR: Ark: C.Santana (2), H.Renfroe (1) Arkansas wins series 4-3
Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Millard 1 11 0 Box
Arkansas 5 9 0 WP - M.Scherzer (1-0) LP - Mill BP (0-1) HR: Mill: Y.Gurriel (1); Ark: N.Ahmed (1) Arkansas leads 1-0
R H E Malta 2 9 0 Box
Long Island 4 10 0 WP - A.Nola (1-0) LP - Mal BP (0-1) HR: Mal: J.McNeil (1), D.Vogelbach (1); LI: J.Schoop (1) Long Island leads 1-0
2
R H E Millard 2 7 0 Box
Arkansas 6 14 2 WP - M.Clevinger (1-0) LP - W.Buehler (0-1) HR: Mill: J.Realmuto (1); Ark: N.Ahmed (2), C.Santana (1), M.Sano (1) Arkansas leads 2-0
R H E Malta 2 6 3 Box
Long Island 12 11 0 WP - C.Paddack (1-0) LP - E.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: Mal: D.Vogelbach 2 (3); LI: J.Soto (1), R.Acuna (1), M.Kepler (1), J.Schoop (2) Long Island leads 2-0
3
R H E Arkansas 2 7 2 Box
Millard 8 10 1 WP - J.Paxton (1-0) LP - J.Samardzija (0-1) HR: Mill: J.Altuve (1), N.Arenado (1), E.Jimenez (1), A.Gordon (1) Arkansas leads 2-1
R H E Long Island 10 12 0 Box
Malta 4 8 2 WP - S.Matz (1-0) LP - Z.Gallen (0-1) HR: LI: J.Soto (2), R.Acuna (2), A.Rendon (1), P.Severino (1); Mal: J.McNeil 2 (3) Long Island leads 3-0
4
R H E Arkansas 9 10 0 Box
Millard 5 9 3 WP - G.Marquez (1-0) LP - A.Senzatela (0-1) HR: Ark: J.Bradley Jr. 2 (2), N.Mazara (1), J.Hicks (1); Mill: J.Altuve (2), Y.Gurriel (2) Arkansas leads 3-1
R H E Long Island 4 9 1 Box
Malta 3 7 3 WP - C.Smith (1-0) LP - Mal BP (0-2) HR: LI: M.Kepler (2); Mal: A.Rosario (1) Long Island wins series 4-0
5
R H E Arkansas 7 6 2 Box
Millard 4 9 2 WP - C.Bassitt (1-0) LP - T.Mahle (0-1) HR: Ark: E.Encarnacion (1), J.Bradley Jr. (3), C.Hernandez (1); Mill: S.Ohtani (1) Arkansas wins series 4-1
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