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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 2018 Entrants (in order of seeding):

  1. Oklahoma (90-60)
  2. Brooklyn (78-72)
  3. Malibu (69-81)
  4. Cincinnati (66-84)

 

Semifinals - Cincinnati vs. Oklahoma; Malibu vs. Brooklyn

 

Oklahoma won 4 games to 0

Brooklyn won 4 games to 3

 

Finals - Brooklyn vs. Oklahoma

Season series: Oklahoma won 7-5

2018 Gore Cup Winner - Oklahoma won 4 games to 3

 

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Finals

Game Brooklyn vs. Oklahoma

1

 RHE 
Brooklyn370

Box

Oklahoma581
WP - R.Hill (1-0) LP - C.Kluber (0-1)
HR: Brk: S.Marte (1), T.White (1)
Oklahoma leads 1-0
 

2

 RHE 
Brooklyn7121

Box

Oklahoma8130
WP - T.Williams (1-0) LP - Z.Eflin (0-1)
HR: Brk: J.Segura (1), R.Acuna (1), T.White (2); Ok: J.Ramirez (1), J.Martinez (1)
Oklahoma leads 2-0
 

3

 RHE 
Oklahoma182

Box

Brooklyn491
WP - D.Rodriguez (1-0) LP - Ok BP (0-1)
HR: Brk: R.Acuna (2), T.White (3)
Oklahoma leads 2-1
 

4

 RHE 
Oklahoma5140

Box

Brooklyn370
WP - R.Borucki (1-0) LP - Brk BP (0-1)
HR: Ok: S.Gennett (1), K.Suzuki (1); Brk: A.Cabrera (1)
Oklahoma leads 3-1
 

5

 RHE 
Oklahoma451

Box

Brooklyn5101
WP - Brk BP (1-1) LP - Ok BP (0-2)
HR: Ok: J.Votto (1); Brk: R.Acuna (3), S.Marte (2)
Oklahoma leads 3-2
 

6

 RHE 
Brooklyn690

Box

Oklahoma561
WP - Brk BP (2-1) LP - R.Hill (1-1)
HR: Brk: O.Narvaez (1); Ok: J.Martinez (2)
Series tied 3-3
 

7

 RHE 
Brooklyn173

Box

Oklahoma5110
WP - T.Williams (2-0) LP - Z.Eflin (0-2)
HR: Ok: J.Martinez (3)
Oklahoma wins series 4-3
 
   

 

Semifinals

Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two

1

 RHE 
Cincinnati083

Box

Oklahoma360
WP - R.Hill (1-0) LP - Cin BP (0-1)
HR: Cin: A.Eaton (1), B.Crawford (1)
Oklahoma leads 1-0
 
 RHE 
Malibu8124

Box

Brooklyn5100
WP - S.Strasburg (1-0) LP - C.Kluber (0-1)
HR: Mal: M.Chapman 2 (2); Brk: J.Lowrie (1), T.White (1)
Malibu leads 1-0
 

2

 RHE 
Cincinnati380

Box

Oklahoma580
WP - Ok BP (1-0) LP - Cin BP (0-2)
HR: Ok: J.Martinez (1), J.Votto (1)
Oklahoma leads 2-0
 
 RHE 
Malibu390

Box

Brooklyn482
WP - Z.Eflin (1-0) LP - Mal BP (0-1)
HR: none
Series tied 1-1
 

3

 RHE 
Oklahoma792

Box

Cincinnati663
WP - C.Carrasco (1-0) LP - T.Cahill (0-1)
HR: Ok: D.Peralta (1); Cin: J.Altuve (1), E.Suarez (1)
Oklahoma leads 3-0
 
 RHE 
Brooklyn352

Box

Malibu4100
WP - R.Lopez (1-0) LP - Brk BP (0-1)
HR: Brk: T.White (2)
Malibu leads 2-1
 

4

 RHE 
Oklahoma8101

Box

Cincinnati470
WP - R.Borucki (1-0) LP - A.DeSclafani (0-1)
HR: Ok: C.Blackmon 2 (2), M.Maldonado (1); Cin: R.Braun (1)
Oklahoma wins series 4-0
 
 RHE 
Brooklyn660

Box

Malibu4100
WP - K.Gibson (1-0) LP - D.Bundy (0-1)
HR: Mal: A.Mondesi (1)
Series tied 2-2
 

5

 
 RHE 
Brooklyn4122

Box

Malibu6100
WP - R.Ray (1-0) LP - K.Gausman (0-1)
HR: Brk: F.Freeman (1), E.Rosario (1), O.Narvaez (1); Mal: B.Harper (1), J.Alfaro (1)
Malibu leads 3-2
 

6

 
 RHE 
Malibu493

Box

Brooklyn590
WP - C.Kluber (1-1) LP - S.Strasburg (1-1)
HR: Mal: N.Castellanos (1); Brk: J.Lowrie (2)
Series tied 3-3
 

7

 
 RHE 
Malibu350

Box

Brooklyn8110
WP - Z.Eflin (2-0) LP - Mal BP (0-2)
HR: Brk: R.Acuna 2 (2), F.Freeman (2), J.Lowrie (3), O.Narvaez (2)
Brooklyn wins series 4-3
 
     

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
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