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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): 
          
            - Cleveland (84-66)
 
            - California (82-68)
 
            - Wysox (81-69)
 
            - Adelaide (75-75)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Adelaide vs. Cleveland; Wysox vs. California 
            
		  Cleveland won 4 games to 1
		   California won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - California vs. Cleveland 
		  Season series: California won 8-4 
          2015 Gore Cup Winner - California won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          California vs. Cleveland | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 8 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Cleveland | 5 | 6 | 2 |  WP - Cal BP (1-0)  LP - Cle BP (0-1) HR: Cal: N.Cruz (1), J.Bautista (1), J.Abreu (1); Cle: Y.Tomas (1) California leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 3 | 8 | 4 | Box  |  | Cleveland | 7 | 12 | 0 |  WP - Cle BP (1-1)  LP - M.Tanaka (0-1) HR: Cle: K.Morales (1), Y.Cespedes (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleveland | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 1 | 6 | 0 |  WP - T.Koehler (1-0)  LP - Cal BP (1-1) HR: Cle: K.Morales (2), B.Harper (1), J.Martinez (1), Y.Cespedes (2) Cleveland leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleveland | 1 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | California | 3 | 11 | 0 |  WP - C.Kluber (1-0)  LP - Cle BP (1-2) HR: Cal: N.Cruz (2), J.Abreu (2), W.Castillo (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleveland | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 7 | 11 | 0 |  WP - W.Chen (1-0)  LP - D.Haren (0-1) HR: Cle: D.Valencia (1), B.Belt (1), Y.Cespedes (3); Cal: J.Abreu (3) California leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 7 | 15 | 0 | Box  |  | Cleveland | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - M.Fiers (1-0)  LP - Cle BP (1-3) HR: Cal: C.Granderson 2 (2), N.Cruz (3), E.Longoria (1), T.Flowers (1); Cle: B.Belt (2), K.Morales (3) California wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Adelaide | 2 | 9 | 4 | Box  |  | Cleveland | 9 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Lester (1-0)  LP - J.Teheran (0-1) HR: Ade: J.Altuve (1); Cle: B.Harper 2 (2), Y.Cespedes (1), T.d'Arnaud (1) Cleveland leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wysox | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 4 | 4 | 0 |  WP - C.Archer (1-0)  LP - M.Fiers (0-1) HR: Cal: J.Abreu (1) Wysox leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Adelaide | 4 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Cleveland | 5 | 12 | 0 |  WP - S.Kazmir (1-0)  LP - Ade BP (0-1) HR: Ade: J.Altuve (2); Cle: K.Morales (1) Cleveland leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wysox | 7 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 4 | 9 | 1 |  WP - M.Bumgarner (1-0)  LP - M.Tanaka (0-1) HR: Wy: A.Pollock (1), M.Sano (1), K.Schwarber (1); Cal: C.Granderson (1), E.Longoria (1), A.Cabrera (1) Wysox leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleveland | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Adelaide | 3 | 12 | 1 |  WP - T.Koehler (1-0)  LP - S.Miller (0-1) HR: Cle: Y.Cespedes (2); Ade: N.Hundley (1) Cleveland leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | California | 3 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Wysox | 2 | 9 | 0 |  WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - Wy BP (0-1) HR: Cal: N.Cruz (1); Wy: W.Ramos (1) Wysox leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleveland | 3 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Adelaide | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - A.Simon (1-0)  LP - J.Peavy (0-1) HR: Cle: C.Coghlan (1), B.Belt (1); Ade: P.Alvarez (1) Cleveland leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Wysox | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Cal BP (1-0)  LP - J.Odorizzi (0-1) HR: Cal: N.Cruz 2 (3), J.Bautista (1), J.Gyorko (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleveland | 7 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Adelaide | 6 | 15 | 2 |  WP - Cle BP (1-0)  LP - N.Syndergaard (0-1) HR: Cle: D.Valencia (1), Y.Tomas (1); Ade: A.Jones (1) Cleveland wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Wysox | 2 | 5 | 2 |  WP - W.Chen (1-0)  LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: Cal: J.Bautista (2), W.Castillo (1); Wy: A.Pollock (2) California leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wysox | 10 | 15 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - C.Archer (2-0)  LP - Cal BP (1-1) HR: Wy: A.Eaton (1), A.Pollock (3), X.Bogaerts (1), J.Schoop (1), E.Rosario (1); Cal: J.Abreu (2), E.Longoria 2 (3) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wysox | 1 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | California | 7 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Tanaka (1-1)  LP - M.Bumgarner (1-1) HR: Cal: J.Gyorko (2), E.Longoria (4) California wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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