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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): 
          
            - Elsinore (86-64)
 
            - Guinness (84-66)
 
            - Sam Adams (77-73)
 
            - Surly (75-75)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Surly vs. Elsinore; Sam Adams vs. Guinness 
            
		  Elsinore won 4 games to 2
		   Guinness won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Guinness vs. Elsinore 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2018 Gore Cup Winner - Elsinore won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Guinness vs. Elsinore | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Guinness | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Elsinore | 6 | 5 | 2 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - J.Taillon (0-1) HR: Els: E.Encarnacion (1) Elsinore leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Guinness | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Elsinore | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - D.Price (1-0)  LP - J.Teheran (0-1) HR: Guin: G.Polanco (1), E.Inciarte (1), M.Trout (1); Els: R.Odor (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Elsinore | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Guinness | 0 | 6 | 0 |  WP - A.Heaney (1-0)  LP - Guin BP (0-1) HR: Els: Y.Grandal (1) Elsinore leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Elsinore | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Guinness | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Guin BP (1-1)  LP - E.Jackson (0-1) HR: Els: M.Cabrera (1), A.Eaton (1); Guin: M.Muncy (1), J.Turner (1), C.Cron (1), E.Gattis (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Elsinore | 6 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Guinness | 4 | 8 | 1 |  WP - Els BP (1-0)  LP - Guin BP (1-2) HR: Els: R.Odor (2), T.White (1), Y.Grandal (2); Guin: M.Conforto (1) Elsinore leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Guinness | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Elsinore | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - C.Kershaw (2-0)  LP - Guin BP (1-3) HR: Guin: M.Conforto (2) Elsinore wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Surly | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Elsinore | 4 | 7 | 3 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - T.Richards (0-1) HR: Sur: E.Suarez (1), B.Dozier (1) Elsinore leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Sam Adams | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Guinness | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Taillon (1-0)  LP - G.Cole (0-1) HR: Guin: C.Cron (1) Guinness leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Surly | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Elsinore | 5 | 12 | 0 |  WP - J.Teheran (1-0)  LP - C.Rodon (0-1) HR: Sur: C.Yelich (1), M.Machado (1); Els: T.White (1), E.Longoria (1) Elsinore leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Sam Adams | 0 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Guinness | 4 | 5 | 2 |  WP - D.Price (1-0)  LP - Sam BP (0-1) HR: Sam: W.Merrifield (1); Guin: G.Polanco (1), R.Zimmerman (1), E.Inciarte (1) Guinness leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Elsinore | 4 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Surly | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Sur BP (1-0)  LP - A.Heaney (0-1) HR: none Elsinore leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Guinness | 3 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Sam Adams | 7 | 8 | 3 |  WP - M.Fiers (1-0)  LP - Guin BP (0-1) HR: Sam: A.Diaz (1), J.Realmuto 2 (2) Guinness leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Elsinore | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Surly | 5 | 10 | 2 |  WP - Sur BP (2-0)  LP - Els BP (0-1) HR: Els: R.Odor (1); Sur: M.Machado (2), N.Mazara (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Guinness | 3 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Sam Adams | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - J.Chacin (1-0)  LP - R.Porcello (0-1) HR: Guin: M.Trout (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Elsinore | 6 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Surly | 5 | 9 | 2 |  WP - F.Pena (1-0)  LP - Z.Godley (0-1) HR: Els: M.Cabrera (1), Y.Grandal (1); Sur: M.Machado 2 (4), N.Mazara (2) Elsinore leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Guinness | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Sam Adams | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - C.Morton (1-0)  LP - J.Happ (0-1) HR: Guin: M.Muncy (1), D.Gregorius (1), R.Zimmerman (2), C.Cron (2) Guinness leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Surly | 3 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Elsinore | 5 | 5 | 0 |  WP - C.Kershaw (2-0)  LP - T.Richards (0-2) HR: Sur: C.Yelich (2); Els: E.Longoria (2) Elsinore wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Sam Adams | 3 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Guinness | 5 | 8 | 2 |  WP - J.Taillon (2-0)  LP - G.Cole (0-2) HR: Sam: A.Frazier (1); Guin: M.Muncy (2), M.Trout (2) Guinness wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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