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):
Columbus (81-69)
Savannah (80-70)
Sarpy County (80-70)
Clean (78-72)
Semifinals - Clean vs. Columbus; Sarpy County vs. Savannah
Clean won 4 games to 1
Sarpy County won 4 games to 2
Finals - Clean vs. Sarpy County
Season series: Clean won 4-2
2017 Gore Cup Winner - Sarpy County won 4 games to 3
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Finals
Game Clean vs. Sarpy County
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R H E Clean 2 6 1 Box
Sarpy County 3 6 0 WP - J.Verlander (1-0) LP - Cln BP (0-1) HR: Scty: M.Chapman (1) Sarpy County leads 1-0
2
R H E Clean 2 5 1 Box
Sarpy County 6 9 0 WP - K.Gausman (1-0) LP - Cln BP (0-2) HR: Cln: D.Gregorius 2 (2); Scty: E.Hosmer (1), J.Schoop (1), A.Jones (1), M.Chapman (2), J.Iglesias (1) Sarpy County leads 2-0
3
R H E Sarpy County 3 12 0 Box
Clean 5 10 0 WP - C.Carrasco (1-0) LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: Scty: M.Chapman (3); Cln: R.Zimmerman (1), G.Sanchez (1) Sarpy County leads 2-1
4
R H E Sarpy County 2 5 0 Box
Clean 6 9 0 WP - C.Hamels (1-0) LP - Scty BP (0-1) HR: Cln: E.Rosario 2 (2), R.Zimmerman 2 (3), D.Gregorius (3) Series tied 2-2
5
Extra Innings R H E Sarpy County 2 7 2 Box
Clean 3 9 0 WP - J.Chacin (1-0) LP - Scty BP (0-2) HR: Scty: E.Hosmer (2), A.Jones (2) Clean leads 3-2
6
R H E Clean 2 11 0 Box
Sarpy County 6 2 0 WP - J.Verlander (2-0) LP - M.Bumgarner (0-1) HR: Cln: E.Rosario (3) Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Clean 1 6 0 Box
Sarpy County 6 7 0 WP - K.Gausman (2-0) LP - M.Stroman (0-1) HR: Cln: J.Votto (1), R.Odor 2 (2); Scty: J.Schoop (2), N.Mazara (1), M.Chapman (4) Sarpy County wins series 4-3
Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
Extra Innings R H E Clean 3 7 1 Box
Columbus 2 1 0 WP - M.Bumgarner (1-0) LP - J.Quintana (0-1) HR: none Clean leads 1-0
R H E Sarpy County 5 7 2 Box
Savannah 2 7 0 WP - J.Verlander (1-0) LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: Scty: M.Moustakas (1), J.Schoop (1) Sarpy County leads 1-0
2
R H E Clean 6 7 1 Box
Columbus 4 3 4 WP - Cln BP (1-0) LP - T.Bauer (0-1) HR: Cln: J.Votto (1) Clean leads 2-0
R H E Sarpy County 2 6 2 Box
Savannah 4 10 1 WP - D.Keuchel (1-0) LP - Scty BP (0-1) HR: Sav: M.Moreland 2 (2), P.Valaika (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Columbus 9 11 0 Box
Clean 3 3 0 WP - J.Junis (1-0) LP - C.Carrasco (0-1) HR: Col: M.Trout 2 (2), O.Arcia (1), Y.Solarte (1), C.Rupp (1); Cln: R.Odor (1) Clean leads 2-1
Extra Innings R H E Savannah 4 11 1 Box
Sarpy County 5 7 0 WP - S.Gray (1-0) LP - E.Santana (0-1) HR: none Sarpy County leads 2-1
4
R H E Columbus 3 9 4 Box
Clean 6 8 3 WP - P.Blackburn (1-0) LP - D.Straily (0-1) HR: Col: R.Cano 2 (2); Cln: K.Davis (1), R.Odor (2) Clean leads 3-1
R H E Savannah 4 6 0 Box
Sarpy County 7 8 0 WP - Scty BP (1-1) LP - J.Berrios (0-1) HR: Scty: R.Braun (1) Sarpy County leads 3-1
5
R H E Columbus 7 6 0 Box
Clean 15 17 1 WP - Cln BP (2-0) LP - S.Manaea (0-1) HR: Col: M.Trout (3), Y.Moncada (1), Y.Solarte (2); Cln: J.Votto (2), R.Zimmerman 2 (2), K.Davis (2), G.Sanchez (1), D.Gregorius (1) Clean wins series 4-1
Extra Innings R H E Savannah 4 7 0 Box
Sarpy County 3 7 0 WP - L.Castillo (1-0) LP - Scty BP (1-2) HR: Sav: E.Nunez (1), H.Pence (1), J.Gallo (1); Scty: A.Hedges (1) Sarpy County leads 3-2
6
R H E Sarpy County 5 8 0 Box
Savannah 4 12 0 WP - J.Verlander (2-0) LP - Sav BP (0-1) HR: Scty: J.Schoop (2); Sav: M.Moreland (3), F.Freeman (1) Sarpy County wins series 4-2
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