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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): 
          
            - Kingston (30-24)
 
            - Coach Kafka's Dukedom (24-30)
 
            - Louisville (24-30)
 
            - Charlotte (22-32)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Charlotte vs. Kingston; Louisville vs. Coach Kafka's Dukedom 
            
		  Kingston won 4 games to 2
		   Coach Kafka's Dukedom won 4 games to 0
             
          Finals - Coach Kafka's Dukedom vs. Kingston 
		  Season series: Kingston won 5-1 
          2020 Gore Cup Winner - Coach Kafka's Dukedom won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Coach Kafka's Dukedom | 10 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Kingston | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Z.Davies (1-0)  LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: CKD: M.Betts 2 (2); King: J.Bell (1) Coach Kafka's Dukedom leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Coach Kafka's Dukedom | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Kingston | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - F.Valdez (1-0)  LP - King BP (0-1) HR: CKD: M.Betts (3), J.Martinez (1); King: R.Acuna (1), T.La Stella (1) Coach Kafka's Dukedom leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kingston | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Coach Kafka's Dukedom | 4 | 11 | 0 |  WP - A.Heaney (1-0)  LP - D.Cease (0-1) HR: King: K.Hayes (1), T.La Stella (2); CKD: L.Gurriel (1) Coach Kafka's Dukedom leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kingston | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Coach Kafka's Dukedom | 4 | 13 | 0 |  WP - G.Canning (1-0)  LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: King: K.Hayes (2), J.Aguilar (1) Coach Kafka's Dukedom leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kingston | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Coach Kafka's Dukedom | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - P.Lopez (1-0)  LP - B.Anderson (0-1) HR: King: M.Conforto (1), A.Bregman (1); CKD: M.Cabrera (1) Coach Kafka's Dukedom leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Coach Kafka's Dukedom | 3 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Kingston | 7 | 11 | 0 |  WP - K.Gausman (1-1)  LP - Z.Davies (1-1) HR: CKD: R.Devers 2 (2), B.Reynolds (1); King: R.Acuna (2), J.Bell (2) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Coach Kafka's Dukedom | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Kingston | 5 | 12 | 1 |  WP - CKD BP (1-0)  LP - J.Happ (0-1) HR: CKD: M.Betts (4), C.Moran (1), T.Pham (1); King: A.Judge 2 (2) Coach Kafka's Dukedom wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Charlotte | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Kingston | 5 | 10 | 1 |  WP - King BP (1-0)  LP - T.Gonsolin (0-1) HR: Char: J.Ramirez (1); King: K.Hayes (1), J.Aguilar (1) Kingston leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Louisville | 1 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Coach Kafka's Dukedom | 8 | 10 | 1 |  WP - Z.Davies (1-0)  LP - J.Cueto (0-1) HR: CKD: X.Bogaerts (1) Coach Kafka's Dukedom leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Charlotte | 0 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Kingston | 5 | 11 | 0 |  WP - J.Happ (1-0)  LP - M.Clevinger (0-1) HR: Char: J.Ramirez (2); King: C.Kelly (1) Kingston leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Louisville | 2 | 4 | 2 | Box  |  | Coach Kafka's Dukedom | 5 | 9 | 1 |  WP - F.Valdez (1-0)  LP - Lou BP (0-1) HR: Lou: J.Soto (1); CKD: M.Cabrera (1), C.Vazquez (1) Coach Kafka's Dukedom leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kingston | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Charlotte | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - King BP (2-0)  LP - W.Buehler (0-1) HR: King: M.Conforto (1), C.Kelly (2); Char: J.Ramirez (3) Kingston leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Coach Kafka's Dukedom | 5 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Louisville | 3 | 6 | 5 |  WP - CKD BP (1-0)  LP - E.Fedde (0-1) HR: CKD: R.Devers (1), C.Moran (1) Coach Kafka's Dukedom leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kingston | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Charlotte | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - J.Flaherty (1-0)  LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: King: C.Frazier (1) Kingston leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Coach Kafka's Dukedom | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Louisville | 2 | 10 | 1 |  WP - G.Canning (1-0)  LP - M.Boyd (0-1) HR: CKD: B.Reynolds (1), L.Gurriel (1); Lou: C.Yelich (1) Coach Kafka's Dukedom wins series 4-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kingston | 3 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Charlotte | 11 | 19 | 2 |  WP - L.McCullers (1-0)  LP - P.Lopez (0-1) HR: Char: J.Ramirez 2 (5), G.Stanton (1), K.Calhoun (1), M.Stassi (1) Kingston leads 3-2 |      | 
          
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Charlotte | 3 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Kingston | 7 | 9 | 0 |  WP - King BP (3-0)  LP - T.Gonsolin (0-2) HR: Char: R.Tellez (1); King: A.Judge (1), M.Conforto (2), T.Grisham (1), J.Aguilar (2), A.Bregman (1) Kingston wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
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