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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): 
          
            - Belgium (87-63)
 
            - Istanbul (85-65)
 
            - California (77-73)
 
            - Imperial Point (74-76)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Imperial Point vs. Belgium; California vs. Istanbul 
            
		  Belgium won 4 games to 3
		   Istanbul won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Istanbul vs. Belgium 
		  Season series: Istanbul won 4-2 
          2015 Gore Cup Winner - Belgium won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Istanbul vs. Belgium | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Istanbul | 4 | 9 | 4 | Box  |  | Belgium | 5 | 5 | 0 |  WP - D.Price (1-0)  LP - S.Kazmir (0-1) HR: Ist: B.Harper (1), J.Bautista (1), E.Escobar (1); Bel: B.Dozier (1), A.Rendon (1) Belgium leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Istanbul | 2 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Belgium | 6 | 7 | 2 |  WP - M.Harvey (1-0)  LP - A.Heaney (0-1) HR: Ist: N.Cruz (1); Bel: J.Heyward (1), A.Pujols (1) Belgium leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Belgium | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Istanbul | 4 | 12 | 0 |  WP - Ist BP (1-0)  LP - Bel BP (0-1) HR: Ist: A.McCutchen (1), N.Cruz (2), A.Pierzynski (1) Belgium leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Belgium | 9 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Istanbul | 5 | 8 | 1 |  WP - J.Quintana (1-0)  LP - S.Miller (0-1) HR: Bel: B.Dozier (2), A.Pujols (2); Ist: A.McCutchen (2), J.Bautista (2) Belgium leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Belgium | 5 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | Istanbul | 6 | 8 | 4 |  WP - R.De La Rosa (1-0)  LP - T.Milone (0-1) HR: Bel: M.Moreland (1), P.Alvarez (1) Belgium leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Istanbul | 0 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Belgium | 2 | 4 | 0 |  WP - D.Price (2-0)  LP - S.Kazmir (0-2) HR: Ist: B.Harper (2) Belgium wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Imperial Point | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Belgium | 4 | 5 | 1 |  WP - C.Rodon (1-0)  LP - D.Price (0-1) HR: IP: C.Correa 2 (2), F.Lindor (1); Bel: B.Buxton (1) Imperial Point leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 9 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Istanbul | 4 | 2 | 2 |  WP - Cal BP (1-0)  LP - S.Kazmir (0-1) HR: Cal: J.Altuve 2 (2), J.Donaldson (1) California leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Imperial Point | 1 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Belgium | 2 | 3 | 2 |  WP - M.Harvey (1-0)  LP - IP BP (0-1) HR: IP: J.Bradley Jr. (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Istanbul | 4 | 5 | 3 |  WP - Cal BP (2-0)  LP - A.Heaney (0-1) HR: Cal: C.Beltran (1) California leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Belgium | 4 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Imperial Point | 3 | 13 | 0 |  WP - J.Fernandez (1-0)  LP - IP BP (0-2) HR: Bel: A.Pujols (1), Y.Escobar (1); IP: R.Cano (1) Belgium leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Istanbul | 4 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | California | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - C.Sale (0-1) HR: Ist: N.Cruz (1), J.Reddick (1); Cal: K.Schwarber (1) California leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Belgium | 3 | 10 | 3 | Box  |  | Imperial Point | 2 | 14 | 2 |  WP - J.Quintana (1-0)  LP - IP BP (0-3) HR: Bel: C.Iannetta (1) Belgium leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Istanbul | 5 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | California | 1 | 9 | 0 |  WP - S.Miller (1-0)  LP - A.Wood (0-1) HR: Ist: Y.Tomas (1), N.Cruz (2), J.Bautista (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Belgium | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Imperial Point | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Y.Ventura (1-0)  LP - T.Milone (0-1) HR: Bel: C.Iannetta (2); IP: J.Realmuto (1) Belgium leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Istanbul | 6 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | California | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Ist BP (1-0)  LP - J.Cueto (0-1) HR: Ist: B.Harper 2 (2), N.Cruz (3); Cal: E.Hosmer (1) Istanbul leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Imperial Point | 4 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Belgium | 1 | 7 | 4 |  WP - C.Rodon (2-0)  LP - D.Price (0-2) HR: IP: M.Carpenter (1); Bel: P.Alvarez (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Istanbul | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Tomlin (1-0)  LP - S.Kazmir (0-2) HR: Cal: E.Hosmer (2), C.Beltran (2); Ist: B.Harper (3), M.Teixeira (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Imperial Point | 3 | 13 | 2 | Box  |  | Belgium | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - M.Harvey (2-0)  LP - T.Ross (0-1) HR: IP: G.Polanco (1); Bel: B.Dozier (1) Belgium wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 2 | 6 | 3 | Box  |  | Istanbul | 3 | 12 | 0 |  WP - A.Heaney (1-1)  LP - Cal BP (2-1) HR: none Istanbul wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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