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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): 
          
            - Cuyahoga (85-65)
 
            - Lake Erie (79-71)
 
            - Wonton (72-78)
 
            - Cincinnati (70-80)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Cincinnati vs. Cuyahoga; Wonton vs. Lake Erie 
            
		  Cincinnati won 4 games to 0
		   Lake Erie won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Cincinnati vs. Lake Erie 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2018 Gore Cup Winner - Lake Erie won 4 games to 2 
            
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Lake Erie | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - A.Nola (1-0)  LP - LE BP (0-1) HR: LE: E.Suarez (1) Cincinnati leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 6 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Lake Erie | 7 | 12 | 0 |  WP - LE BP (1-1)  LP - Cin BP (0-1) HR: Cin: F.Lindor 2 (2); LE: A.Rizzo (1), E.Suarez (2), J.Schoop (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Lake Erie | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 5 | 0 |  WP - D.Keuchel (1-0)  LP - J.Guerra (0-1) HR: none Cincinnati leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lake Erie | 5 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - LE BP (2-1)  LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: LE: N.Ahmed (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lake Erie | 5 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 8 | 2 |  WP - T.Anderson (1-0)  LP - A.DeSclafani (0-1) HR: LE: K.Calhoun (1), P.Ervin (1); Cin: K.Pillar (1), S.Castro (1) Lake Erie leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 0 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Lake Erie | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.deGrom (1-0)  LP - Cin BP (0-2) HR: Cin: A.Jones (1) Lake Erie wins series 4-2 |   
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 8 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Cuyahoga | 4 | 5 | 0 |  WP - A.Nola (1-0)  LP - A.Suarez (0-1) HR: Cin: F.Lindor (1), A.Frazier (1), K.Pillar (1); Cuy: K.Marte (1) Cincinnati leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wonton | 1 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Lake Erie | 9 | 7 | 1 |  WP - J.deGrom (1-0)  LP - J.Chacin (0-1) HR: Won: R.Acuna (1), R.Odor (1); LE: N.Ahmed 2 (2) Lake Erie leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 7 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Cuyahoga | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - D.Price (1-0)  LP - J.Shields (0-1) HR: Cin: A.Bregman (1), A.Frazier (2), T.O'Neill (1); Cuy: S.Piscotty (1), S.Perez (1), B.Crawford (1) Cincinnati leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wonton | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Lake Erie | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Z.Godley (1-0)  LP - M.Leake (0-1) HR: Won: M.Machado (1), R.Odor (2) Lake Erie leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cuyahoga | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - D.Keuchel (1-0)  LP - J.Quintana (0-1) HR: Cuy: N.Castellanos (1); Cin: F.Lindor (2) Cincinnati leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lake Erie | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Wonton | 5 | 12 | 0 |  WP - K.Gausman (1-0)  LP - E.Lauer (0-1) HR: LE: T.Hernandez (1); Won: M.Olson (1) Lake Erie leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cuyahoga | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 10 | 6 | 2 |  WP - Cin BP (1-0)  LP - R.Porcello (0-1) HR: Cuy: S.Perez (2), B.Dozier (1); Cin: A.Bregman 2 (3) Cincinnati wins series 4-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Lake Erie | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Wonton | 4 | 12 | 1 |  WP - S.Bieber (1-0)  LP - C.Anderson (0-1) HR: LE: C.Blackmon (1), W.Myers (1) Lake Erie leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lake Erie | 5 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Wonton | 10 | 10 | 1 |  WP - Won BP (1-0)  LP - T.Anderson (0-1) HR: LE: E.Suarez (1); Won: S.Souza (1), M.Machado (2), M.Olson (2) Lake Erie leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wonton | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Lake Erie | 7 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.deGrom (2-0)  LP - J.Chacin (0-2) HR: Won: O.Herrera (1), R.Odor (3); LE: C.Blackmon (2), E.Suarez (2), N.Ahmed (3) Lake Erie wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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