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):
Cuyahoga (85-65)
Lake Erie (79-71)
Wonton (72-78)
Cincinnati (70-80)
Semifinals - Cincinnati vs. Cuyahoga; Wonton vs. Lake Erie
Cincinnati won 4 games to 0
Lake Erie won 4 games to 2
Finals - Cincinnati vs. Lake Erie
Season series: Tied 3-3
2018 Gore Cup Winner - Lake Erie won 4 games to 2
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Finals
Game Cincinnati vs. Lake Erie
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R H E Cincinnati 4 8 2 Box
Lake Erie 3 10 0 WP - A.Nola (1-0) LP - LE BP (0-1) HR: LE: E.Suarez (1) Cincinnati leads 1-0
2
R H E Cincinnati 6 5 2 Box
Lake Erie 7 12 0 WP - LE BP (1-1) LP - Cin BP (0-1) HR: Cin: F.Lindor 2 (2); LE: A.Rizzo (1), E.Suarez (2), J.Schoop (1) Series tied 1-1
3
Extra Innings R H E Lake Erie 2 7 0 Box
Cincinnati 3 5 0 WP - D.Keuchel (1-0) LP - J.Guerra (0-1) HR: none Cincinnati leads 2-1
4
R H E Lake Erie 5 12 0 Box
Cincinnati 3 8 0 WP - LE BP (2-1) LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: LE: N.Ahmed (1) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Lake Erie 5 5 0 Box
Cincinnati 4 8 2 WP - T.Anderson (1-0) LP - A.DeSclafani (0-1) HR: LE: K.Calhoun (1), P.Ervin (1); Cin: K.Pillar (1), S.Castro (1) Lake Erie leads 3-2
6
R H E Cincinnati 0 6 2 Box
Lake Erie 2 7 0 WP - J.deGrom (1-0) LP - Cin BP (0-2) HR: Cin: A.Jones (1) Lake Erie wins series 4-2
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Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Cincinnati 8 7 0 Box
Cuyahoga 4 5 0 WP - A.Nola (1-0) LP - A.Suarez (0-1) HR: Cin: F.Lindor (1), A.Frazier (1), K.Pillar (1); Cuy: K.Marte (1) Cincinnati leads 1-0
R H E Wonton 1 11 0 Box
Lake Erie 9 7 1 WP - J.deGrom (1-0) LP - J.Chacin (0-1) HR: Won: R.Acuna (1), R.Odor (1); LE: N.Ahmed 2 (2) Lake Erie leads 1-0
2
R H E Cincinnati 7 14 0 Box
Cuyahoga 4 9 0 WP - D.Price (1-0) LP - J.Shields (0-1) HR: Cin: A.Bregman (1), A.Frazier (2), T.O'Neill (1); Cuy: S.Piscotty (1), S.Perez (1), B.Crawford (1) Cincinnati leads 2-0
R H E Wonton 3 10 0 Box
Lake Erie 4 6 0 WP - Z.Godley (1-0) LP - M.Leake (0-1) HR: Won: M.Machado (1), R.Odor (2) Lake Erie leads 2-0
3
R H E Cuyahoga 3 9 0 Box
Cincinnati 6 9 0 WP - D.Keuchel (1-0) LP - J.Quintana (0-1) HR: Cuy: N.Castellanos (1); Cin: F.Lindor (2) Cincinnati leads 3-0
R H E Lake Erie 3 9 0 Box
Wonton 5 12 0 WP - K.Gausman (1-0) LP - E.Lauer (0-1) HR: LE: T.Hernandez (1); Won: M.Olson (1) Lake Erie leads 2-1
4
R H E Cuyahoga 7 10 0 Box
Cincinnati 10 6 2 WP - Cin BP (1-0) LP - R.Porcello (0-1) HR: Cuy: S.Perez (2), B.Dozier (1); Cin: A.Bregman 2 (3) Cincinnati wins series 4-0
Extra Innings R H E Lake Erie 5 10 0 Box
Wonton 4 12 1 WP - S.Bieber (1-0) LP - C.Anderson (0-1) HR: LE: C.Blackmon (1), W.Myers (1) Lake Erie leads 3-1
5
R H E Lake Erie 5 4 0 Box
Wonton 10 10 1 WP - Won BP (1-0) LP - T.Anderson (0-1) HR: LE: E.Suarez (1); Won: S.Souza (1), M.Machado (2), M.Olson (2) Lake Erie leads 3-2
6
R H E Wonton 2 9 0 Box
Lake Erie 7 9 0 WP - J.deGrom (2-0) LP - J.Chacin (0-2) HR: Won: O.Herrera (1), R.Odor (3); LE: C.Blackmon (2), E.Suarez (2), N.Ahmed (3) Lake Erie wins series 4-2
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