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 2016 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Ohio (90-60)
Kansas City (79-71)
California (72-78)
Wastin Away (69-81)
Semifinals - Wastin Away vs. Ohio; California vs. Kansas City
Ohio won 4 games to 3
Kansas City won 4 games to 3
Finals - Kansas City vs. Ohio
Season series: Ohio won 6-0
2016 Gore Cup Winner - Ohio won 4 games to 0
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Finals
Game Kansas City vs. Ohio
1
R H E Kansas City 5 8 0 Box
Ohio 7 12 0 WP - C.Archer (1-0) LP - K.Graveman (0-1) HR: KC: J.Segura (1), J.Votto (1), M.Trumbo (1); Oh: H.Ramirez (1), T.Story (1), P.Alvarez (1) Ohio leads 1-0
2
R H E Kansas City 2 6 0 Box
Ohio 4 9 0 WP - J.Arrieta (1-0) LP - KC BP (0-1) HR: Oh: H.Ramirez (2), C.Santana (1) Ohio leads 2-0
3
R H E Ohio 10 13 0 Box
Kansas City 1 2 0 WP - J.Quintana (1-0) LP - T.Bauer (0-1) HR: Oh: M.Kemp (1), H.Ramirez (3), C.Santana (2), A.Russell (1); KC: J.Schoop (1) Ohio leads 3-0
4
R H E Ohio 6 6 1 Box
Kansas City 5 6 2 WP - I.Kennedy (1-0) LP - C.Bettis (0-1) HR: Oh: R.Braun 2 (2); KC: D.Espinosa (1) Ohio wins series 4-0
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Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Wastin Away 1 1 4 Box
Ohio 7 6 0 WP - C.Archer (1-0) LP - C.Sale (0-1) HR: Oh: P.Alvarez (1) Ohio leads 1-0
R H E California 4 10 0 Box
Kansas City 3 8 1 WP - J.Lester (1-0) LP - K.Graveman (0-1) HR: Col: W.Myers (1); KC: J.Votto (1), M.Trumbo (1), J.Bautista (1) California leads 1-0
2
R H E Wastin Away 8 10 0 Box
Ohio 5 5 0 WP - WA BP (1-0) LP - J.Arrieta (0-1) HR: WA: S.Rodriguez (1), J.Altuve (1), A.Rizzo 2 (2); Oh: M.Kemp (1) Series tied 1-1
R H E California 1 7 4 Box
Kansas City 5 8 0 WP - D.Price (1-0) LP - Col BP (0-1) HR: KC: J.Segura 2 (2), M.Trumbo (2) Series tied 1-1
3
Extra Innings R H E Ohio 4 6 0 Box
Wastin Away 5 13 0 WP - WA BP (2-0) LP - Oh BP (0-1) HR: Oh: R.Braun (1); WA: J.Lamb (1), C.Rupp (1) Wastin Away leads 2-1
Extra Innings R H E Kansas City 1 3 0 Box
California 0 6 2 WP - T.Bauer (1-0) LP - Col BP (0-2) HR: none Kansas City leads 2-1
4
R H E Ohio 4 11 0 Box
Wastin Away 1 8 0 WP - I.Kennedy (1-0) LP - WA BP (2-1) HR: Oh: R.Braun (2), C.Santana (1), J.Kipnis (1) Series tied 2-2
R H E Kansas City 0 6 0 Box
California 4 12 2 WP - S.Wright (1-0) LP - C.Bettis (0-1) HR: none Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Ohio 6 11 0 Box
Wastin Away 3 12 0 WP - H.Iwakuma (1-0) LP - T.Koehler (0-1) HR: Oh: E.Gattis (1) Ohio leads 3-2
R H E Kansas City 6 12 0 Box
California 5 6 2 WP - M.Gonzalez (1-0) LP - Col BP (0-3) HR: KC: J.Segura 2 (4), J.Votto (2), J.Schoop (1); Col: X.Bogaerts (1), D.Fowler (1) Kansas City leads 3-2
6
R H E Wastin Away 5 14 0 Box
Ohio 4 12 0 WP - C.Sale (1-1) LP - C.Archer (1-1) HR: WA: J.Altuve (2), Y.Tomas (1); Oh: R.Braun (3), H.Ramirez (1), E.Gattis (2) Series tied 3-3
R H E California 9 9 4 Box
Kansas City 0 3 1 WP - J.Lester (2-0) LP - K.Graveman (0-2) HR: Col: D.Fowler (2); KC: J.Bautista (2) Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Wastin Away 3 13 0 Box
Ohio 8 12 0 WP - J.Arrieta (1-1) LP - A.Griffin (0-1) HR: Oh: H.Ramirez 2 (3), A.Duvall (1) Ohio wins series 4-3
R H E California 2 7 0 Box
Kansas City 6 13 1 WP - D.Price (2-0) LP - Col BP (0-4) HR: KC: M.Trumbo (3) Kansas City wins series 4-3
