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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 2017 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Cleveland (76-74)
 
            - Buckeyeland (75-75)
 
            - Wysox (74-76)
 
            - Cincinnati (70-80)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Cincinnati vs. Cleveland; Wysox vs. Buckeyeland 
            
		  Cleveland won 4 games to 2
		   Buckeyeland won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Buckeyeland vs. Cleveland 
		  Season series: Tied 6-6 
          2017 Gore Cup Winner - Buckeyeland won 4 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckeyeland | 6 | 14 | 1 | Box  |  | Cleveland | 2 | 10 | 5 |  WP - C.Kluber (1-0)  LP - Cle BP (0-1) HR: Buck: T.Shaw (1); Cle: A.Frazier (1), J.Martinez 2 (2) Buckeyeland leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckeyeland | 3 | 3 | 3 | Box  |  | Cleveland | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.Lester (1-0)  LP - C.Archer (0-1) HR: Cle: J.Realmuto (1), M.Kepler (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleveland | 3 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Buckeyeland | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Buck BP (1-0)  LP - Cle BP (0-2) HR: Buck: E.Inciarte (1), J.Abreu (1) Buckeyeland leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleveland | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Buckeyeland | 5 | 11 | 2 |  WP - D.Bundy (1-0)  LP - S.Lugo (0-1) HR: Cle: J.Martinez (3), B.Harper (1); Buck: N.Cruz (1), E.Longoria (1) Buckeyeland leads 3-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Cleveland | 5 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | Buckeyeland | 6 | 11 | 1 |  WP - J.Chacin (1-0)  LP - Cle BP (0-3) HR: Buck: N.Cruz (2) Buckeyeland wins series 4-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 11 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Cleveland | 5 | 12 | 1 |  WP - D.Keuchel (1-0)  LP - J.Arrieta (0-1) HR: Cin: L.Cain (1), N.Castellanos (1), B.McCann (1), S.Castro (1); Cle: A.Rendon (1) Cincinnati leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wysox | 1 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Buckeyeland | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - C.Kluber (1-0)  LP - Wy BP (0-1) HR: Buck: E.Inciarte (1), K.Marte (1) Buckeyeland leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Cleveland | 5 | 13 | 2 |  WP - J.Lester (1-0)  LP - Cin BP (0-1) HR: Cle: A.Rendon (2), A.Lind (1), B.Harper (1), L.Duda (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wysox | 4 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Buckeyeland | 7 | 13 | 0 |  WP - C.Archer (1-0)  LP - R.Stephenson (0-1) HR: Wy: W.Contreras (1), M.Sano (1); Buck: E.Inciarte (2), N.Cruz (1), T.Shaw (1) Buckeyeland leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Cleveland | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 5 | 6 | 2 |  WP - J.Shields (1-0)  LP - D.Straily (0-1) HR: Cle: D.Valencia (1); Cin: J.Votto (1) Cincinnati leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckeyeland | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Wysox | 7 | 8 | 1 |  WP - M.Bumgarner (1-0)  LP - M.Boyd (0-1) HR: Buck: G.Sanchez (1), N.Cruz 2 (3); Wy: P.DeJong (1), Y.Moncada (1) Buckeyeland leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleveland | 5 | 2 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 9 | 2 |  WP - S.Lugo (1-0)  LP - S.Romano (0-1) HR: Cin: A.Jones (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckeyeland | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Wysox | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - D.Bundy (1-0)  LP - J.Samardzija (0-1) HR: Buck: D.Peralta (1), N.Cruz (4), E.Longoria (1), C.Spangenberg (1); Wy: M.Sano (2) Buckeyeland leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleveland | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 6 | 1 |  WP - J.Garcia (1-0)  LP - C.Richard (0-1) HR: Cle: J.Lowrie (1), A.Rendon (3); Cin: J.Votto (2) Cleveland leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Buckeyeland | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Wysox | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - I.Nova (1-0)  LP - J.Chacin (0-1) HR: Buck: T.Shaw (2) Buckeyeland leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | Cleveland | 7 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.Arrieta (1-1)  LP - D.Keuchel (1-1) HR: none Cleveland wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wysox | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Buckeyeland | 2 | 8 | 1 |  WP - L.Weaver (1-0)  LP - C.Kluber (1-1) HR: Wy: M.Margot (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wysox | 5 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Buckeyeland | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Buck BP (1-0)  LP - R.Stephenson (0-2) HR: none Buckeyeland wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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