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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): 
          
            - Arcadia (95-55)
 
            - Lamoureux (82-68)
 
            - Powerplay (75-75)
 
            - St. Paul (74-76)
 
           
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           Semifinals - St. Paul vs. Arcadia; Powerplay vs. Lamoureux 
            
		  St. Paul won 4 games to 3
		   Powerplay won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - St. Paul vs. Powerplay 
		  Season series: Powerplay won 7-5 
          2018 Gore Cup Winner - St. Paul won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          St. Paul vs. Powerplay | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | St. Paul | 2 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Powerplay | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - J.Gant (1-0)  LP - StP BP (0-1) HR: StP: Y.Moncada (1); Pow: G.Stanton (1), J.Aguilar (1), H.Renfroe (1) Powerplay leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | St. Paul | 4 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Powerplay | 8 | 10 | 1 |  WP - K.Hendricks (1-0)  LP - S.Strasburg (0-1) HR: StP: E.Thames (1), B.Harper (1), H.Perez (1), W.Ramos (1); Pow: J.Lowrie (1), J.Aguilar 2 (3) Powerplay leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Powerplay | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | St. Paul | 6 | 10 | 1 |  WP - K.Maeda (1-0)  LP - C.Hamels (0-1) HR: Pow: G.Stanton (2); StP: B.Harper (2) Powerplay leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Powerplay | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | St. Paul | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - StP BP (1-1)  LP - S.Newcomb (0-1) HR: Pow: J.Lowrie (2), K.Morales (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Powerplay | 1 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | St. Paul | 2 | 7 | 3 |  WP - J.Hellickson (1-0)  LP - C.Anderson (0-1) HR: none St. Paul leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | St. Paul | 7 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Powerplay | 1 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.deGrom (1-0)  LP - J.Gant (1-1) HR: StP: D.Swanson (1), A.Beltre (1), D.Palka (1); Pow: O.Albies (1), H.Renfroe (2) St. Paul wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | St. Paul | 5 | 7 | 3 | Box  |  | Arcadia | 4 | 9 | 1 |  WP - J.deGrom (1-0)  LP - E.Lauer (0-1) HR: StP: H.Perez (1), B.Harper (1); Arc: D.Peralta 2 (2), T.Shaw (1) St. Paul leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Powerplay | 3 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Lamoureux | 4 | 5 | 1 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - Pow BP (0-1) HR: Pow: G.Stanton (1), H.Renfroe (1); Lam: Y.Alonso (1), P.DeJong (1) Lamoureux leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | St. Paul | 4 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Arcadia | 5 | 6 | 0 |  WP - J.Junis (1-0)  LP - L.Giolito (0-1) HR: StP: D.Swanson (1), B.Harper (2); Arc: D.Peralta (3) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Powerplay | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Lamoureux | 8 | 11 | 0 |  WP - C.Kluber (1-0)  LP - K.Hendricks (0-1) HR: Pow: T.Barnhart (1); Lam: J.Ramirez (1), P.DeJong (2) Lamoureux leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Arcadia | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | St. Paul | 0 | 8 | 3 |  WP - J.Chacin (1-0)  LP - K.Maeda (0-1) HR: Arc: J.Gyorko (1), D.Gregorius (1), R.Zimmerman (1) Arcadia leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lamoureux | 1 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Powerplay | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - Lam BP (0-1) HR: Pow: G.Stanton (2) Lamoureux leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Arcadia | 2 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | St. Paul | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - K.Gausman (1-0)  LP - T.Williams (0-1) HR: Arc: D.Peralta (4); StP: D.Palka (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lamoureux | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Powerplay | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - S.Newcomb (1-0)  LP - A.Gomber (0-1) HR: Lam: Y.Alonso (2), S.Ohtani 2 (2) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Arcadia | 4 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | St. Paul | 3 | 11 | 1 |  WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0)  LP - J.Hellickson (0-1) HR: Arc: D.Gregorius (2); StP: A.Pollock (1) Arcadia leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lamoureux | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Powerplay | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Pow BP (1-1)  LP - Lam BP (0-2) HR: Pow: H.Renfroe (2) Powerplay leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | St. Paul | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Arcadia | 2 | 9 | 1 |  WP - J.deGrom (2-0)  LP - Arc BP (0-1) HR: StP: Y.Moncada (1), D.Palka (2); Arc: T.Shaw (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Powerplay | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Lamoureux | 4 | 10 | 5 |  WP - M.Scherzer (2-0)  LP - Pow BP (1-2) HR: Lam: M.Betts (1), T.White (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | St. Paul | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Arcadia | 5 | 7 | 2 |  WP - StP BP (1-0)  LP - J.Junis (1-1) HR: none St. Paul wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Powerplay | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Lamoureux | 4 | 8 | 2 |  WP - Pow BP (2-2)  LP - C.Kluber (1-1) HR: Pow: N.Markakis (1), O.Albies (1), G.Stanton (3) Powerplay wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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