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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): 
          
            - Chicago (87-63)
 
            - St. Louis (76-74)
 
            - Maris (75-75)
 
            - Kitty Hawk (74-76)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Kitty Hawk vs. Chicago; Maris vs. St. Louis 
            
		  Chicago won 4 games to 2
		   Maris won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Maris vs. Chicago 
		  Season series: Chicago won 5-1 
          2018 Gore Cup Winner - Maris won 4 games to 0 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Maris | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Chicago | 1 | 2 | 8 |  WP - B.Snell (1-0)  LP - Chi BP (0-1) HR: Mar: S.Piscotty (1) Maris leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Maris | 10 | 17 | 0 | Box  |  | Chicago | 7 | 10 | 1 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - Chi BP (0-2) HR: Mar: J.Kipnis (1), N.Arenado (1), S.Piscotty (2), Y.Gurriel (1); Chi: M.Muncy (1), N.Castellanos (1), J.Ramirez 2 (2), E.Rosario (1) Maris leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 4 | 12 | 3 | Box  |  | Maris | 8 | 9 | 0 |  WP - D.Holland (1-0)  LP - D.Covey (0-1) HR: Chi: J.Ramirez (3), K.Wong (1); Mar: J.Baez (1), S.Piscotty (3), M.Trout (1) Maris leads 3-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 1 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Maris | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - N.Eovaldi (1-0)  LP - Chi BP (0-3) HR: Chi: N.Castellanos (2), M.Betts (1); Mar: G.Stanton (1), R.Grichuk (1) Maris wins series 4-0 |   
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kitty Hawk | 6 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Chicago | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - B.Johnson (1-0)  LP - M.Clevinger (0-1) HR: KH: M.Adams (1), D.Murphy 2 (2); Chi: R.Zimmerman (1) Kitty Hawk leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Maris | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | St. Louis | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Mar BP (1-0)  LP - StL BP (0-1) HR: Mar: J.Baez (1), M.Trout (1) Maris leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kitty Hawk | 4 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Chicago | 6 | 15 | 3 |  WP - T.Bauer (1-0)  LP - KH BP (0-1) HR: KH: A.Rizzo (1), M.Conforto (1); Chi: N.Castellanos (1), J.Ramirez (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Maris | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | St. Louis | 2 | 9 | 3 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - M.Mikolas (0-1) HR: Mar: N.Arenado (1) Maris leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 6 | 4 | 1 | Box  |  | Kitty Hawk | 2 | 8 | 0 |  WP - C.Buchholz (1-0)  LP - S.Newcomb (0-1) HR: none Chicago leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | St. Louis | 4 | 10 | 3 | Box  |  | Maris | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Teheran (1-0)  LP - D.Holland (0-1) HR: StL: M.Franco (1), J.Polanco (1) Maris leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 9 | 13 | 3 | Box  |  | Kitty Hawk | 6 | 4 | 0 |  WP - Chi BP (1-0)  LP - KH BP (0-2) HR: Chi: M.Muncy (1), R.Zimmerman 2 (3) Chicago leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | St. Louis | 5 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Maris | 2 | 14 | 0 |  WP - C.Rodon (1-0)  LP - N.Eovaldi (0-1) HR: StL: A.Benintendi (1); Mar: G.Stanton (1), F.Cervelli (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 2 | 1 | 2 | Box  |  | Kitty Hawk | 5 | 6 | 2 |  WP - I.Nova (1-0)  LP - T.Roark (0-1) HR: Chi: M.Muncy (2); KH: A.Rizzo (2) Chicago leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | St. Louis | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Maris | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Junis (1-0)  LP - StL BP (0-2) HR: StL: A.Simmons (1), M.Brantley (1); Mar: Y.Gurriel (1), R.Grichuk (1) Maris leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Kitty Hawk | 4 | 15 | 3 | Box  |  | Chicago | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - M.Clevinger (1-1)  LP - KH BP (0-3) HR: KH: M.Machado (1), A.Rizzo (3); Chi: M.Betts (1) Chicago wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Maris | 6 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | St. Louis | 3 | 10 | 1 |  WP - M.Boyd (1-0)  LP - J.deGrom (0-1) HR: Mar: J.Baez (2), N.Arenado (2), M.Trout 2 (3); StL: A.Pollock (1) Maris wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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