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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): 
          
            - Louisville (30-24)
 
            - Phoenix (29-25)
 
            - Attack of the Killer (28-26)
 
            - Annapolis (28-26)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Annapolis vs. Louisville; Attack of the Killer vs. Phoenix 
            
		  Annapolis won 4 games to 2
		   Phoenix won 4 games to 0
             
          Finals - Annapolis vs. Phoenix 
		  Season series: Phoenix won 6-0 
          2020 Gore Cup Winner - Phoenix won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Annapolis vs. Phoenix | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Annapolis | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Phoenix | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - S.Bieber (1-0)  LP - L.Giolito (0-1) HR: Ana: R.Mountcastle (1); Pho: R.Hoskins (1), J.Martinez (1) Phoenix leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Annapolis | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Phoenix | 3 | 11 | 0 |  WP - D.Bundy (1-0)  LP - K.Maeda (0-1) HR: Ana: R.Mountcastle (2); Pho: E.Rosario (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Phoenix | 5 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Annapolis | 6 | 10 | 1 |  WP - Ana BP (1-0)  LP - L.Castillo (0-1) HR: Pho: M.Moustakas (1); Ana: P.Severino (1) Annapolis leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Phoenix | 7 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Annapolis | 1 | 8 | 2 |  WP - A.Nola (1-0)  LP - D.Duffy (0-1) HR: Pho: R.Hoskins (2), T.Hernandez (1), D.Smith (1); Ana: W.Adames (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Phoenix | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Annapolis | 8 | 13 | 0 |  WP - S.Alcantara (1-0)  LP - J.Urias (0-1) HR: Pho: J.Votto (1), E.Rosario (2); Ana: B.Harper 2 (2), M.Franco (1), J.Altuve (1), M.Canha (1) Annapolis leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Annapolis | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Phoenix | 4 | 7 | 1 |  WP - S.Bieber (2-0)  LP - L.Giolito (0-2) HR: Ana: M.Canha (2); Pho: J.Votto (2), M.Maldonado (1) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Annapolis | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Phoenix | 6 | 10 | 1 |  WP - K.Maeda (1-1)  LP - Ana BP (1-1) HR: Ana: M.Trout (1), W.Adames (2); Pho: D.Smith (2), F.Galvis (1) Phoenix wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Annapolis | 8 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Louisville | 1 | 5 | 2 |  WP - L.Giolito (1-0)  LP - B.Singer (0-1) HR: Ana: K.Marte (1), M.Kepler (1), J.Realmuto (1) Annapolis leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Attack of the Killer | 1 | 6 | 3 | Box  |  | Phoenix | 8 | 7 | 0 |  WP - S.Bieber (1-0)  LP - K.Hendricks (0-1) HR: AOTK: P.Goldschmidt (1); Pho: T.Hernandez 2 (2) Phoenix leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Annapolis | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Louisville | 5 | 6 | 2 |  WP - J.Fleming (1-0)  LP - D.Bundy (0-1) HR: none Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Attack of the Killer | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Phoenix | 6 | 8 | 1 |  WP - K.Maeda (1-0)  LP - D.Peterson (0-1) HR: AOTK: M.Ozuna 2 (2), W.Flores (1); Pho: R.Hoskins (1), T.Hernandez (3) Phoenix leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Louisville | 5 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Annapolis | 8 | 5 | 0 |  WP - Ana BP (1-0)  LP - Lou BP (0-1) HR: Ana: B.Harper (1), M.Trout (1), J.Realmuto (2) Annapolis leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Phoenix | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Attack of the Killer | 3 | 8 | 1 |  WP - Pho BP (1-0)  LP - B.Snell (0-1) HR: none Phoenix leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Louisville | 7 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Annapolis | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - Z.Plesac (1-0)  LP - D.Duffy (0-1) HR: Lou: M.Betts (1), R.Acuna (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Phoenix | 7 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Attack of the Killer | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - A.Nola (1-0)  LP - T.Cahill (0-1) HR: Pho: T.Hernandez 2 (5), J.Martinez (1), M.Maldonado (1); AOTK: R.Grossman (1) Phoenix wins series 4-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Louisville | 4 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Annapolis | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Ana BP (2-0)  LP - D.Hudson (0-1) HR: Lou: R.McMahon (1); Ana: M.Trout (2), M.Canha (1) Annapolis leads 3-2 |      | 
          
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Annapolis | 7 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Louisville | 3 | 6 | 2 |  WP - L.Giolito (2-0)  LP - B.Singer (0-2) HR: Lou: R.McMahon (2) Annapolis wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
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