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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): 
          
            - Torrance (86-64)
 
            - Seattle (82-68)
 
            - Aardsma (77-73)
 
            - Spokane (76-74)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Spokane vs. Torrance; Aardsma vs. Seattle 
            
		  Spokane won 4 games to 2
		   Seattle won 4 games to 1
             
          Finals - Spokane vs. Seattle 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2015 Gore Cup Winner - Seattle won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Spokane | 0 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Seattle | 5 | 11 | 0 |  WP - J.Arrieta (1-0)  LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: none Seattle leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Spokane | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Seattle | 2 | 9 | 0 |  WP - C.Kluber (1-0)  LP - Sea BP (0-1) HR: Spok: C.Davis (1); Sea: N.Cruz (1), B.McCann (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Seattle | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Spokane | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - C.McHugh (1-0)  LP - S.Feldman (0-1) HR: Sea: P.Fielder (1) Spokane leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Seattle | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Spokane | 4 | 14 | 0 |  WP - C.Sale (1-0)  LP - J.Odorizzi (0-1) HR: Sea: N.Cruz (2), T.Plouffe (1); Spok: D.Gordon (1), G.Polanco (1), C.Davis (2) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Seattle | 3 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Spokane | 0 | 6 | 1 |  WP - A.Wood (1-0)  LP - M.Pelfrey (0-1) HR: none Seattle leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Spokane | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Seattle | 1 | 6 | 0 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-1)  LP - Sea BP (0-2) HR: none Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Spokane | 2 | 6 | 6 | Box  |  | Seattle | 8 | 11 | 0 |  WP - M.Estrada (1-0)  LP - C.Kluber (1-1) HR: Sea: S.Choo (1), J.Peralta (1) Seattle wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Spokane | 3 | 13 | 2 | Box  |  | Torrance | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - M.Bumgarner (1-0)  LP - Spok BP (0-1) HR: Torr: K.Bryant 2 (2), A.Rendon (1) Torrance leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Aardsma | 0 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Seattle | 5 | 12 | 0 |  WP - J.Arrieta (1-0)  LP - Aard BP (0-1) HR: Sea: N.Cruz (1), B.McCann (1), M.Byrd (1) Seattle leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Spokane | 8 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Torrance | 1 | 4 | 1 |  WP - C.Kluber (1-0)  LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: Spok: C.Davis 2 (2), B.Crawford (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Aardsma | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Seattle | 6 | 9 | 1 |  WP - Sea BP (1-0)  LP - Aard BP (0-2) HR: Sea: N.Cruz (2), K.Wong (1) Seattle leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Torrance | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Spokane | 3 | 8 | 4 |  WP - J.Garcia (1-0)  LP - C.McHugh (0-1) HR: Torr: G.Springer (1), E.Gattis (1); Spok: B.Swihart 2 (2), J.Mauer (1) Torrance leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Seattle | 4 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Aardsma | 3 | 6 | 1 |  WP - Sea BP (2-0)  LP - D.Salazar (0-1) HR: Sea: S.Choo (1) Seattle leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Torrance | 2 | 4 | 4 | Box  |  | Spokane | 10 | 9 | 2 |  WP - J.Odorizzi (1-0)  LP - W.Peralta (0-1) HR: Spok: G.Polanco (1), C.Davis (3) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Seattle | 3 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Aardsma | 7 | 11 | 1 |  WP - Aard BP (1-2)  LP - C.Sale (0-1) HR: Sea: N.Cruz (3) Seattle leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Torrance | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Spokane | 7 | 14 | 0 |  WP - Spok BP (1-1)  LP - S.Kazmir (0-1) HR: Torr: G.Springer (2); Spok: S.Marte (1) Spokane leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Seattle | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Aardsma | 3 | 11 | 0 |  WP - A.Wood (1-0)  LP - C.Carrasco (0-1) HR: Sea: S.Choo (2), C.Dickerson (1); Aard: M.Machado (1) Seattle wins series 4-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Spokane | 3 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | Torrance | 1 | 8 | 2 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - Torr BP (0-1) HR: Spok: C.Davis (4) Spokane wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
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