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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 2020 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Hot (30-24)
 
            - Brick (27-27)
 
            - House (27-27)
 
            - Atlanta (25-29)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Atlanta vs. Hot; House vs. Brick 
            
		  Hot won 4 games to 0
		   Brick won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Brick vs. Hot 
		  Season series: Hot won 3-2 
          2020 Gore Cup Winner - Hot won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Brick vs. Hot | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brick | 0 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Hot | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - M.Gonzales (1-0)  LP - J.deGrom (0-1) HR: Bri: B.Lowe (1); Hot: C.Seager (1), V.Guerrero Jr. (1) Hot leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brick | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Hot | 2 | 8 | 0 |  WP - M.Minor (1-0)  LP - C.Carrasco (0-1) HR: Bri: N.Lowe (1); Hot: K.Hiura (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hot | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Brick | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Luzardo (1-0)  LP - A.Wojciechowski (0-1) HR: Hot: L.Robert (1); Bri: J.Martinez (1), B.Lowe (2), Y.Diaz (1) Hot leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hot | 3 | 3 | 3 | Box  |  | Brick | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Bri BP (1-0)  LP - D.Bundy (0-1) HR: Bri: K.Lewis (1), B.Lowe (3) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hot | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Brick | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Fiers (1-0)  LP - Bri BP (1-1) HR: Hot: K.Hiura (2), M.Sano (1), V.Guerrero Jr. (2); Bri: K.Lewis (2) Hot leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brick | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Hot | 5 | 5 | 0 |  WP - Bri BP (2-1)  LP - M.Gonzales (1-1) HR: Bri: B.Lowe (4) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brick | 0 | 3 | 1 | Box  |  | Hot | 2 | 7 | 2 |  WP - C.Carrasco (1-1)  LP - M.Minor (1-1) HR: Hot: V.Guerrero Jr. (3) Hot wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atlanta | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Hot | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Gonzales (1-0)  LP - T.Bauer (0-1) HR: Atl: S.Hilliard (1), E.Rosario (1); Hot: M.Sano (1), L.Robert (1) Hot leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | House | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Brick | 7 | 7 | 1 |  WP - J.deGrom (1-0)  LP - G.Cole (0-1) HR: Hou: J.Soto (1), K.Tucker (1); Bri: K.Lewis (1) Brick leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atlanta | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Hot | 6 | 10 | 1 |  WP - C.Carrasco (1-0)  LP - Atl BP (0-1) HR: Hot: M.Ozuna 3 (3), L.Robert (2) Hot leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | House | 2 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Brick | 8 | 10 | 1 |  WP - M.Minor (1-0)  LP - P.Lopez (0-1) HR: Hou: C.Yelich (1); Bri: M.Brantley (1), E.Escobar (1), J.Polanco (1) Brick leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hot | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Luzardo (1-0)  LP - J.Berrios (0-1) HR: Hot: Y.Gomes (1) Hot leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brick | 5 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | House | 9 | 10 | 2 |  WP - Hou BP (1-0)  LP - M.Perez (0-1) HR: Hou: R.Devers 2 (2), S.Murphy (1) Brick leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hot | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 1 | 8 | 0 |  WP - D.Bundy (1-0)  LP - Atl BP (0-2) HR: Hot: M.Ozuna (4), M.Sano (2), G.Sanchez (1); Atl: W.Adames (1) Hot wins series 4-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brick | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | House | 4 | 8 | 3 |  WP - Z.Davies (1-0)  LP - Hou BP (1-1) HR: Bri: M.Trout (1), B.Lowe (1); Hou: S.Marte (1) Brick leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Brick | 2 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | House | 3 | 5 | 0 |  WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - Bri BP (0-1) HR: Bri: J.Martinez (1); Hou: K.Tucker (2), C.Yelich (2) Brick leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | House | 2 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Brick | 7 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.deGrom (2-0)  LP - G.Cole (0-2) HR: Hou: M.Franco (1); Bri: M.Trout (2), M.Machado (1) Brick wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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