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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): 
          
            - Meramec (25-29)
 
            - Crestwood (23-31)
 
            - Malibu (22-32)
 
            - Vinnie Bleeds (21-33)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Vinnie Bleeds vs. Meramec; Malibu vs. Crestwood 
            
		  Vinnie Bleeds won 4 games to 2
		   Crestwood won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Vinnie Bleeds vs. Crestwood 
		  Season series: Vinnie Bleeds won 3-2 
          2020 Gore Cup Winner - Vinnie Bleeds won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Vinnie Bleeds vs. Crestwood | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Vinnie Bleeds | 10 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Crestwood | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - VB BP (1-0)  LP - D.Hudson (0-1) HR: VB: J.Winker (1), H.Renfroe (1), A.Riley (1), B.Belt 2 (2); Cre: A.McCutchen (1) Vinnie Bleeds leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Vinnie Bleeds | 2 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Crestwood | 1 | 7 | 1 |  WP - VB BP (2-0)  LP - Cre BP (0-1) HR: VB: L.Gurriel (1), R.Perez (1) Vinnie Bleeds leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Crestwood | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Vinnie Bleeds | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - G.Marquez (1-0)  LP - R.Porcello (0-1) HR: Cre: G.Urshela (1); VB: C.Biggio (1) Vinnie Bleeds leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Crestwood | 13 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Vinnie Bleeds | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.Happ (1-0)  LP - J.Gray (0-1) HR: Cre: J.Aguilar (1), E.Rosario (1); VB: X.Bogaerts (1), S.Leon (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Crestwood | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Vinnie Bleeds | 5 | 4 | 0 |  WP - VB BP (3-0)  LP - M.Fiers (0-1) HR: Cre: W.Merrifield (1), E.Rosario (2); VB: V.Guerrero Jr. (1), L.Gurriel (2) Vinnie Bleeds leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Vinnie Bleeds | 8 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Crestwood | 6 | 11 | 2 |  WP - C.Bassitt (1-0)  LP - D.Hudson (0-2) HR: VB: S.Murphy (1); Cre: W.Merrifield (2), D.Gregorius (1), J.Candelario (1) Vinnie Bleeds wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Vinnie Bleeds | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Meramec | 4 | 5 | 0 |  WP - VB BP (1-0)  LP - S.Turnbull (0-1) HR: VB: X.Bogaerts (1), L.Robert (1), S.Murphy (1) Vinnie Bleeds leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Malibu | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Crestwood | 6 | 11 | 2 |  WP - D.Hudson (1-0)  LP - Mal BP (0-1) HR: Mal: D.Smith (1); Cre: W.Merrifield (1), R.McMahon (1) Crestwood leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Vinnie Bleeds | 6 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Meramec | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - C.Morton (1-0)  LP - L.Giolito (0-1) HR: VB: H.Renfroe (1), A.Riley (1); Mer: M.Rojas (1) Vinnie Bleeds leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Malibu | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Crestwood | 3 | 7 | 2 |  WP - Mal BP (1-1)  LP - J.Fleming (0-1) HR: Mal: A.Rendon (1); Cre: A.McCutchen (1), E.Rosario (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Meramec | 5 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Vinnie Bleeds | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Mer BP (1-0)  LP - R.Porcello (0-1) HR: Mer: L.Voit (1), C.Moran (1); VB: L.Robert (2), A.Riley (2), S.Murphy (2) Vinnie Bleeds leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Crestwood | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Malibu | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - G.Marquez (1-0)  LP - M.Gonzales (0-1) HR: Cre: J.Aguilar (1); Mal: B.Harper (1) Crestwood leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Meramec | 12 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Vinnie Bleeds | 3 | 5 | 1 |  WP - Mer BP (2-0)  LP - J.Gray (0-1) HR: Mer: D.Moore (1), L.Voit (2), C.Moran (2), A.Cabrera (1); VB: J.Winker (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Crestwood | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Malibu | 9 | 12 | 0 |  WP - J.Luzardo (1-0)  LP - Cre BP (0-1) HR: Cre: A.McCutchen (2), E.Rosario (2); Mal: A.Rendon (2), M.Chapman 2 (2), A.Frazier (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Meramec | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Vinnie Bleeds | 3 | 7 | 1 |  WP - B.Anderson (1-0)  LP - Mer BP (2-1) HR: Mer: L.Voit 2 (4); VB: B.Nimmo (1), B.Belt (1) Vinnie Bleeds leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Crestwood | 3 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Malibu | 2 | 4 | 0 |  WP - M.Fiers (1-0)  LP - S.Manaea (0-1) HR: Mal: F.Lindor (1) Crestwood leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Vinnie Bleeds | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Meramec | 2 | 11 | 0 |  WP - C.Bassitt (1-0)  LP - Mer BP (2-2) HR: VB: C.Biggio (1), B.Belt (2) Vinnie Bleeds wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Malibu | 0 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Crestwood | 4 | 8 | 1 |  WP - Cre BP (1-1)  LP - P.Lopez (0-1) HR: Cre: E.Rosario (3) Crestwood wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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