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 2017 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Malta (88-62)
Gambler's (88-62)
Bates Motel (74-76)
Mississippi (66-84)
Semifinals - Mississippi vs. Malta; Bates Motel vs. Gambler's
Malta won 4 games to 0
Gambler's won 4 games to 2
Finals - Gambler's vs. Malta
Season series: Tied 6-6
2017 Gore Cup Winner - Gambler's won 4 games to 2
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Finals
Game Gambler's vs. Malta
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R H E Gambler's 8 9 0 Box
Malta 3 6 0 WP - Gam BP (1-0) LP - C.Sale (0-1) HR: Gam: B.Dozier (1), J.Upton (1); Mal: M.Kepler (1) Gambler's leads 1-0
2
R H E Gambler's 7 13 0 Box
Malta 4 8 1 WP - T.Roark (1-0) LP - C.Archer (0-1) HR: Gam: E.Andrus (1), B.Dozier 2 (3), J.Upton (2); Mal: J.Smoak (1), A.Pujols (1) Gambler's leads 2-0
3
R H E Malta 2 8 0 Box
Gambler's 6 14 0 WP - C.Kuhl (1-0) LP - T.Bauer (0-1) HR: Mal: M.Kepler (2) Gambler's leads 3-0
4
R H E Malta 3 10 0 Box
Gambler's 2 8 0 WP - M.Gonzalez (1-0) LP - Gam BP (1-1) HR: Mal: A.Pujols (2) Gambler's leads 3-1
5
R H E Malta 6 9 0 Box
Gambler's 5 10 0 WP - Mal BP (1-0) LP - R.Montero (0-1) HR: Mal: M.Margot (1); Gam: E.Andrus (2), R.Zimmerman 2 (2) Gambler's leads 3-2
6
R H E Gambler's 10 14 0 Box
Malta 4 5 1 WP - Gam BP (2-1) LP - Mal BP (1-1) HR: Gam: B.Dozier (4), J.Votto (1), R.Zimmerman 2 (4), T.Frazier (1); Mal: P.DeJong (1) Gambler's wins series 4-2
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Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Mississippi 0 6 3 Box
Malta 9 12 0 WP - C.Sale (1-0) LP - D.Keuchel (0-1) HR: Miss: J.Turner (1); Mal: M.Kepler 2 (2) Malta leads 1-0
R H E Bates Motel 1 5 0 Box
Gambler's 5 10 0 WP - L.Weaver (1-0) LP - J.Paxton (0-1) HR: Gam: B.Dozier (1), J.Votto (1) Gambler's leads 1-0
2
R H E Mississippi 4 11 4 Box
Malta 6 7 2 WP - Mal BP (1-0) LP - Miss BP (0-1) HR: Miss: K.Schwarber (1), J.Kipnis (1); Mal: K.Bryant (1), X.Bogaerts (1), M.Kepler (3) Malta leads 2-0
R H E Bates Motel 6 14 1 Box
Gambler's 3 4 1 WP - C.Morton (1-0) LP - T.Roark (0-1) HR: BM: M.Sano 2 (2); Gam: B.Dozier (2) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Malta 4 3 0 Box
Mississippi 3 4 2 WP - Mal BP (2-0) LP - J.Cueto (0-1) HR: none Malta leads 3-0
R H E Gambler's 6 8 1 Box
Bates Motel 4 5 0 WP - Gam BP (1-0) LP - J.Happ (0-1) HR: Gam: J.Votto (2), J.Upton 2 (2), T.Frazier (1) Gambler's leads 2-1
4
R H E Malta 8 5 0 Box
Mississippi 4 11 3 WP - M.Gonzalez (1-0) LP - E.Volquez (0-1) HR: Mal: X.Bogaerts (2); Miss: J.Turner (2) Malta wins series 4-0
R H E Gambler's 4 5 0 Box
Bates Motel 5 9 3 WP - BM BP (1-0) LP - J.Zimmermann (0-1) HR: Gam: R.Grichuk (1) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Gambler's 5 10 0 Box
Bates Motel 4 11 1 WP - R.Montero (1-0) LP - C.Sabathia (0-1) HR: Gam: B.Dozier (3); BM: M.Haniger (1) Gambler's leads 3-2
6
R H E Bates Motel 5 15 0 Box
Gambler's 6 10 1 WP - T.Skaggs (1-0) LP - J.Paxton (0-2) HR: BM: B.Phillips (1), G.Springer (1), S.Gennett (1); Gam: J.Votto (3), B.Posey (1) Gambler's wins series 4-2
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