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):
Merryall (80-70)
Greek (80-70)
Woodside (73-77)
Ralston (68-82)
Semifinals - Ralston vs. Merryall; Woodside vs. Greek
Merryall won 4 games to 1
Woodside won 4 games to 2
Finals - Woodside vs. Merryall
Season series: Merryall won 5-1
2018 Gore Cup Winner - Merryall won 4 games to 3
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Finals
Game Woodside vs. Merryall
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R H E Woodside 7 12 0 Box
Merryall 3 7 2 WP - E.Jackson (1-0) LP - M.Minor (0-1) HR: Wood: J.Polanco (1) Woodside leads 1-0
2
R H E Woodside 7 11 1 Box
Merryall 4 7 5 WP - J.Zimmermann (1-0) LP - Mer BP (0-1) HR: Wood: C.Taylor (1), K.Calhoun (1), K.Davis (1), M.Haniger (1); Mer: G.Stanton (1), J.Bell (1) Woodside leads 2-0
3
R H E Merryall 4 10 0 Box
Woodside 3 11 0 WP - R.Ray (1-0) LP - Wood BP (0-1) HR: Mer: E.Escobar (1), J.Profar (1), M.Kepler (1); Wood: J.Polanco (2) Woodside leads 2-1
4
R H E Merryall 1 8 5 Box
Woodside 7 7 0 WP - J.Paxton (1-0) LP - E.Lauer (0-1) HR: Wood: J.Gyorko (1) Woodside leads 3-1
5
R H E Merryall 5 8 0 Box
Woodside 3 6 0 WP - Mer BP (1-1) LP - Wood BP (0-2) HR: Mer: J.Bell (2) Woodside leads 3-2
6
R H E Woodside 3 10 2 Box
Merryall 12 17 1 WP - M.Minor (1-1) LP - E.Jackson (1-1) HR: none Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Woodside 4 8 0 Box
Merryall 7 9 0 WP - Mer BP (2-1) LP - Wood BP (0-3) HR: Wood: J.Gyorko (2); Mer: N.Arenado (1), A.Judge (1), M.Kepler (2) Merryall wins series 4-3
Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Ralston 3 12 0 Box
Merryall 7 7 1 WP - M.Minor (1-0) LP - C.Kluber (0-1) HR: Ral: M.Chapman (1) Merryall leads 1-0
R H E Woodside 3 10 0 Box
Greek 8 13 0 WP - T.Bauer (1-0) LP - E.Jackson (0-1) HR: Wood: K.Davis (1); Gre: D.Gregorius (1), Y.Grandal 2 (2) Greek leads 1-0
2
R H E Ralston 2 10 0 Box
Merryall 3 7 0 WP - M.Foltynewicz (1-0) LP - Ral BP (0-1) HR: Ral: S.Perez (1) Merryall leads 2-0
R H E Woodside 6 7 0 Box
Greek 5 10 1 WP - J.Zimmermann (1-0) LP - J.Quintana (0-1) HR: Gre: J.Pederson (1), Y.Grandal (3) Series tied 1-1
3
Extra Innings R H E Merryall 6 13 2 Box
Ralston 5 8 0 WP - Mer BP (1-0) LP - D.Bundy (0-1) HR: Ral: N.Williams (1) Merryall leads 3-0
R H E Greek 4 4 1 Box
Woodside 6 15 0 WP - Wood BP (1-0) LP - Gre BP (0-1) HR: Gre: M.Moustakas (1); Wood: K.Calhoun (1), K.Seager (1), O.Narvaez (1) Woodside leads 2-1
4
R H E Merryall 4 9 0 Box
Ralston 8 7 0 WP - J.Berrios (1-0) LP - Z.Godley (0-1) HR: Mer: M.Gonzalez (1), M.Kepler (1); Ral: C.Bellinger (1), M.Chapman (2), D.LeMahieu (1), A.Simmons (1) Merryall leads 3-1
R H E Greek 3 5 0 Box
Woodside 9 11 0 WP - Wood BP (2-0) LP - C.Anderson (0-1) HR: Gre: A.Rizzo (1); Wood: W.Merrifield (1), K.Davis 2 (3), K.Seager (2) Woodside leads 3-1
5
R H E Merryall 5 10 0 Box
Ralston 4 6 0 WP - A.Heaney (1-0) LP - J.Junis (0-1) HR: Mer: G.Stanton (1); Ral: M.Chapman (3) Merryall wins series 4-1
R H E Greek 4 7 0 Box
Woodside 3 6 1 WP - J.Chacin (1-0) LP - Wood BP (2-1) HR: Gre: D.Gregorius 2 (3); Wood: K.Davis (4) Woodside leads 3-2
6
R H E Woodside 7 8 0 Box
Greek 5 11 1 WP - E.Jackson (1-1) LP - Gre BP (0-2) HR: Wood: K.Davis 2 (6); Gre: A.Rizzo (2) Woodside wins series 4-2
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