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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): 
          
            - Rough Ned's (91-59)
 
            - Kansas City (85-65)
 
            - Del Mar (77-73)
 
            - Columbus (69-81)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Columbus vs. Rough Ned's; Del Mar vs. Kansas City 
            
		  Rough Ned's won 4 games to 3
		   Del Mar won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Del Mar vs. Rough Ned's 
		  Season series: Rough Ned's won 8-4 
          2015 Gore Cup Winner - Del Mar won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Del Mar vs. Rough Ned's | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Del Mar | 4 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Rough Ned's | 3 | 5 | 0 |  WP - J.Zimmermann (1-0)  LP - F.Hernandez (0-1) HR: DM: Y.Cespedes (1), B.Lawrie (1); RN: C.Gonzalez (1) Del Mar leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Del Mar | 5 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Rough Ned's | 7 | 7 | 1 |  WP - N.Syndergaard (1-0)  LP - M.Pineda (0-1) HR: DM: M.Cabrera (1), P.Alvarez (1); RN: J.Pederson (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Rough Ned's | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Del Mar | 1 | 10 | 0 |  WP - C.Rodon (1-0)  LP - J.Garcia (0-1) HR: RN: C.Gonzalez 2 (3); DM: Y.Cespedes (2) Rough Ned's leads 2-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Rough Ned's | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Del Mar | 7 | 13 | 3 |  WP - DM BP (1-0)  LP - G.Gonzalez (0-1) HR: RN: A.Pujols 2 (2), W.Ramos (1); DM: K.Schwarber 2 (2) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Rough Ned's | 11 | 14 | 1 | Box  |  | Del Mar | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - S.Miller (1-0)  LP - W.Peralta (0-1) HR: RN: D.Dietrich (1), M.Machado (1), C.Gonzalez 2 (5) Rough Ned's leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Del Mar | 7 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Rough Ned's | 5 | 12 | 0 |  WP - J.Zimmermann (2-0)  LP - RN BP (0-1) HR: DM: M.Cabrera 2 (3), Y.Cespedes (3), F.Lindor (1); RN: C.Gonzalez (6), N.Castellanos (1) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Del Mar | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Rough Ned's | 5 | 7 | 3 |  WP - DM BP (2-0)  LP - RN BP (0-2) HR: DM: N.Cruz 2 (2), P.Alvarez (2); RN: I.Desmond (1) Del Mar wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Columbus | 2 | 6 | 3 | Box  |  | Rough Ned's | 7 | 9 | 0 |  WP - F.Hernandez (1-0)  LP - Col BP (0-1) HR: RN: J.Ellsbury (1), M.Betts (1), C.Gonzalez (1) Rough Ned's leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Del Mar | 0 | 5 | 4 | Box  |  | Kansas City | 8 | 10 | 0 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - J.Zimmermann (0-1) HR: KC: J.Votto (1) Kansas City leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Columbus | 3 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Rough Ned's | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - J.Lester (1-0)  LP - RN BP (0-1) HR: Col: B.McCann (1); RN: M.Machado (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Del Mar | 1 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Kansas City | 4 | 8 | 1 |  WP - D.Price (1-0)  LP - M.Pineda (0-1) HR: KC: J.Peralta (1) Kansas City leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Rough Ned's | 11 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Columbus | 3 | 15 | 3 |  WP - C.Rodon (1-0)  LP - J.Shields (0-1) HR: RN: J.Ellsbury (2), C.Gonzalez (2), A.Pujols (1), I.Desmond (1) Rough Ned's leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kansas City | 0 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Del Mar | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.Garcia (1-0)  LP - G.Richards (0-1) HR: DM: Y.Cespedes (1), P.Alvarez (1) Kansas City leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Rough Ned's | 3 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Columbus | 5 | 8 | 2 |  WP - J.Lackey (1-0)  LP - G.Gonzalez (0-1) HR: RN: I.Desmond (2); Col: J.Bradley Jr. (1), J.Donaldson (1), B.Swihart (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kansas City | 2 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Del Mar | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - L.McCullers (1-0)  LP - KC BP (0-1) HR: KC: J.Votto (2); DM: B.Lawrie (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Rough Ned's | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Columbus | 1 | 3 | 1 |  WP - S.Matz (1-0)  LP - R.De La Rosa (0-1) HR: none Rough Ned's leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kansas City | 4 | 12 | 2 | Box  |  | Del Mar | 6 | 9 | 2 |  WP - W.Peralta (1-0)  LP - C.Kluber (0-1) HR: DM: F.Lindor (1) Del Mar leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Columbus | 3 | 7 | 3 | Box  |  | Rough Ned's | 2 | 7 | 1 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - RN BP (0-2) HR: Col: B.McCann (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Del Mar | 1 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | Kansas City | 5 | 14 | 0 |  WP - C.Kershaw (2-0)  LP - J.Zimmermann (0-2) HR: none Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Columbus | 2 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Rough Ned's | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - RN BP (1-2)  LP - J.Lester (1-1) HR: RN: C.Gonzalez 2 (4), M.Sano (1) Rough Ned's wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Del Mar | 3 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Kansas City | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - M.Pineda (1-1)  LP - D.Price (1-1) HR: DM: Y.Cespedes (2); KC: J.Votto (3) Del Mar wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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