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):
Lefty (85-65)
Red's (83-67)
Friendly (77-73)
Toonville (77-73)
Semifinals - Toonville vs. Lefty; Friendly vs. Red's
Lefty won 4 games to 3
Red's won 4 games to 1
Finals - Red's vs. Lefty
Season series: Tied 3-3
2018 Gore Cup Winner - Red's won 4 games to 1
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Finals
Game Red's vs. Lefty
1
R H E Red's 3 8 0 Box
Lefty 6 13 0 WP - D.Holland (1-0) LP - Red BP (0-1) HR: Red: D.LeMahieu (1); Left: S.Piscotty (1), S.Perez (1), A.Eaton (1) Lefty leads 1-0
2
R H E Red's 4 7 1 Box
Lefty 2 9 0 WP - C.Buchholz (1-0) LP - M.Mikolas (0-1) HR: Red: D.LeMahieu (2) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Lefty 3 8 0 Box
Red's 6 13 0 WP - Z.Greinke (1-0) LP - J.Gant (0-1) HR: Left: N.Arenado (1); Red: N.Markakis (1), C.Bellinger (1) Red's leads 2-1
4
R H E Lefty 2 7 1 Box
Red's 3 7 0 WP - K.Hendricks (1-0) LP - Left BP (0-1) HR: Left: T.Anderson (1); Red: M.Franco (1) Red's leads 3-1
5
R H E Lefty 5 13 0 Box
Red's 9 9 0 WP - Red BP (1-1) LP - N.Eovaldi (0-1) HR: Red: C.Culberson (1), C.Cron (1) Red's wins series 4-1
6
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Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
Extra Innings R H E Toonville 6 14 0 Box
Lefty 7 12 2 WP - D.Holland (1-0) LP - Toon BP (0-1) HR: Toon: K.Davis (1), D.Palka (1); Left: T.Anderson (1), J.Villar (1), J.Profar (1), E.Nunez (1) Lefty leads 1-0
R H E Friendly 1 5 0 Box
Red's 2 5 0 WP - B.Snell (1-0) LP - Frnd BP (0-1) HR: Frnd: L.Voit (1); Red: D.LeMahieu (1) Red's leads 1-0
2
R H E Toonville 5 13 1 Box
Lefty 3 4 0 WP - Toon BP (1-1) LP - Left BP (0-1) HR: Toon: K.Davis (2), H.Bader (1) Series tied 1-1
R H E Friendly 4 8 2 Box
Red's 10 12 0 WP - C.Buchholz (1-0) LP - Frnd BP (0-2) HR: Frnd: N.Goodrum (1), M.Chapman (1); Red: J.Segura (1), D.LeMahieu (2), J.Aguilar (1), C.Bellinger (1), M.Franco (1) Red's leads 2-0
3
R H E Lefty 2 8 3 Box
Toonville 5 11 0 WP - C.Morton (1-0) LP - J.Gant (0-1) HR: none Toonville leads 2-1
Extra Innings R H E Red's 4 9 0 Box
Friendly 3 10 3 WP - Z.Greinke (1-0) LP - Frnd BP (0-3) HR: Red: C.Cron 2 (2), I.Kiner-Falefa (1) Red's leads 3-0
4
R H E Lefty 4 6 1 Box
Toonville 8 16 2 WP - Toon BP (2-1) LP - D.Price (0-1) HR: Toon: D.Palka 2 (3) Toonville leads 3-1
R H E Red's 2 5 0 Box
Friendly 4 9 3 WP - J.Quintana (1-0) LP - K.Hendricks (0-1) HR: Frnd: Y.Grandal (1), L.Duda (1) Red's leads 3-1
5
R H E Lefty 6 14 0 Box
Toonville 4 8 0 WP - N.Eovaldi (1-0) LP - Toon BP (2-2) HR: Left: T.Anderson (2), J.Villar (2), J.Profar (2) Toonville leads 3-2
R H E Red's 7 10 0 Box
Friendly 4 7 0 WP - S.Matz (1-0) LP - L.Severino (0-1) HR: Red: D.LeMahieu (3), C.Cron (3), K.Schwarber (1); Frnd: Y.Grandal (2), D.Gregorius (1) Red's wins series 4-1
6
R H E Toonville 5 6 0 Box
Lefty 12 11 2 WP - D.Holland (2-0) LP - C.Archer (0-1) HR: Toon: K.Davis (3), M.Moreland (1), D.Palka 2 (5); Left: L.Gurriel 2 (2), N.Arenado (1), S.Piscotty (1), J.Abreu 2 (2), S.Perez (1), R.Grichuk (1) Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Toonville 3 5 1 Box
Lefty 4 8 1 WP - M.Mikolas (1-0) LP - A.Sanchez (0-1) HR: Toon: K.Davis (4); Left: S.Piscotty (2) Lefty wins series 4-3
