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 2019 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Total (84-66)
Hollis (82-68)
The Thing (77-73)
Staten Island (69-81)
Semifinals - Staten Island vs. Total; The Thing vs. Hollis
Total won 4 games to 1
The Thing won 4 games to 2
Finals - The Thing vs. Total
Season series: Tied 3-3
2019 Gore Cup Winner - Total won 4 games to 3
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Finals
Game The Thing vs. Total
1
R H E The Thing 3 7 0 Box
Total 5 6 1 WP - J.Odorizzi (1-0) LP - TT BP (0-1) HR: TT: A.Garcia (1); Tot: S.Marte (1), J.Donaldson (1), A.Aquino (1) Total leads 1-0
2
R H E The Thing 1 8 2 Box
Total 4 9 0 WP - A.Sanchez (1-0) LP - TT BP (0-2) HR: TT: O.Albies (1), M.Olson (1), S.Choo (1); Tot: M.Canha (1), O.Narvaez (1) Total leads 2-0
3
R H E Total 1 8 1 Box
The Thing 2 8 0 WP - K.Hendricks (1-0) LP - Tot BP (0-1) HR: Tot: T.Mancini (1) Total leads 2-1
4
R H E Total 5 10 0 Box
The Thing 7 6 0 WP - TT BP (1-2) LP - A.Houser (0-1) HR: Tot: T.Mancini (2), M.Semien (1); TT: O.Albies (2), M.Olson (2) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Total 5 8 0 Box
The Thing 9 15 2 WP - T.Williams (1-0) LP - Z.Davies (0-1) HR: Tot: J.Donaldson (2), T.Mancini (3); TT: G.Torres (1), M.Olson (3), S.Choo (2) The Thing leads 3-2
6
Extra Innings R H E The Thing 7 15 0 Box
Total 8 8 2 WP - J.Odorizzi (2-0) LP - H.Ryu (0-1) HR: TT: R.Devers (1), C.Cron (1); Tot: M.Semien (2) Series tied 3-3
7
R H E The Thing 4 9 0 Box
Total 6 13 0 WP - Tot BP (1-1) LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: TT: R.Devers (2); Tot: T.Mancini (4), M.Semien (3), O.Narvaez (2) Total wins series 4-3
Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Staten Island 1 3 4 Box
Total 4 8 0 WP - J.Odorizzi (1-0) LP - SI BP (0-1) HR: SI: R.Nunez (1); Tot: J.Donaldson (1) Total leads 1-0
R H E The Thing 3 8 3 Box
Hollis 6 7 2 WP - C.Morton (1-0) LP - H.Ryu (0-1) HR: TT: O.Albies (1); Holl: A.Bregman (1), J.Abreu (1) Hollis leads 1-0
2
Extra Innings R H E Staten Island 3 12 0 Box
Total 2 9 0 WP - M.Gonzales (1-0) LP - Tot BP (0-1) HR: SI: J.Martinez (1) Series tied 1-1
R H E The Thing 5 5 0 Box
Hollis 4 7 1 WP - TT BP (1-0) LP - W.Buehler (0-1) HR: Holl: C.Blackmon (1), J.Heyward (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Total 9 13 1 Box
Staten Island 7 10 4 WP - Tot BP (1-1) LP - D.Smyly (0-1) HR: Tot: S.Marte (1), A.Aquino (1); SI: J.Bell (1), R.Chirinos (1) Total leads 2-1
R H E Hollis 7 16 0 Box
The Thing 11 14 0 WP - TT BP (2-0) LP - R.Lopez (0-1) HR: Holl: C.Vazquez (1), B.Goodwin (1); TT: G.Torres (1), C.Cron (1), Y.Molina (1) The Thing leads 2-1
4
R H E Total 9 9 1 Box
Staten Island 7 10 3 WP - Tot BP (2-1) LP - J.Lester (0-1) HR: Tot: A.Aquino (2), T.Mancini (1); SI: T.Story (1), S.Piscotty (1) Total leads 3-1
R H E Hollis 5 8 1 Box
The Thing 6 7 4 WP - TT BP (3-0) LP - H.Bailey (0-1) HR: Holl: C.Vazquez (2), B.Goodwin (2) The Thing leads 3-1
5
R H E Total 7 10 0 Box
Staten Island 5 8 4 WP - Tot BP (3-1) LP - M.Kelly (0-1) HR: Tot: A.Aquino 3 (5) Total wins series 4-1
R H E Hollis 8 9 0 Box
The Thing 3 6 2 WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0) LP - T.Williams (0-1) HR: Holl: C.Blackmon (2); TT: R.Devers (1) The Thing leads 3-2
6
Extra Innings R H E The Thing 2 5 1 Box
Hollis 1 8 0 WP - H.Ryu (1-1) LP - Holl BP (0-1) HR: Holl: Y.Moncada (1) The Thing wins series 4-2
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