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 2019 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Perambulation on the Eve of (79-71)
Rock (79-71)
All Day (77-73)
Too Much (72-78)
Semifinals - Too Much vs. Perambulation on the Eve of; All Day vs. Rock
Too Much won 4 games to 3
All Day won 4 games to 3
Finals - Too Much vs. All Day
Season series: All Day won 4-2
2019 Gore Cup Winner - All Day won 4 games to 1
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Finals
Game
Too Much vs. All Day
1
R H E Too Much 4 4 2 Box
All Day 6 8 2 WP - AD BP (1-0) LP - P.Corbin (0-1) HR: TM: J.McNeil (1) All Day leads 1-0
2
R H E Too Much 2 6 2 Box
All Day 4 7 0 WP - AD BP (2-0) LP - A.DeSclafani (0-1) HR: AD: M.Olson (1), A.Nola (1) All Day leads 2-0
3
R H E All Day 4 7 2 Box
Too Much 5 11 0 WP - TM BP (1-0) LP - M.Wacha (0-1) HR: AD: M.Kepler 2 (2), M.Olson (2) All Day leads 2-1
4
R H E All Day 6 11 0 Box
Too Much 5 10 0 WP - A.Young (1-0) LP - M.Fiers (0-1) HR: AD: M.Olson (3), K.Schwarber (1), J.McCann (1); TM: L.Voit (1) All Day leads 3-1
5
R H E All Day 6 8 0 Box
Too Much 3 9 0 WP - C.Anderson (1-0) LP - J.Lucchesi (0-1) HR: AD: R.Hoskins (1), M.Olson 2 (5); TM: J.Turner (1), W.Adames (1) All Day wins series 4-1
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Semifinals
Game
Semifinal One
Semifinal Two
1
R H E Too Much 4 7 1 Box
Perambulation on the Eve of 5 10 3 WP - J.deGrom (1-0) LP - P.Corbin (0-1) HR: TM: J.Turner (1); Pera: C.Walker (1), B.Anderson (1), M.Canha (1) Perambulation on the Eve of leads 1-0
R H E All Day 2 6 0 Box
Rock 4 11 0 WP - H.Ryu (1-0) LP - AD BP (0-1) HR: Rock: J.Donaldson 2 (2), X.Bogaerts (1) Rock leads 1-0
2
R H E Too Much 3 6 1 Box
Perambulation on the Eve of 2 6 0 WP - TM BP (1-0) LP - Pera BP (0-1) HR: TM: B.Posey (1) Series tied 1-1
R H E All Day 5 7 0 Box
Rock 4 7 0 WP - AD BP (1-1) LP - J.Musgrove (0-1) HR: AD: M.Olson (1), J.McCann (1); Rock: P.Alonso (1), N.Cruz (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Perambulation on the Eve of 3 5 0 Box
Too Much 4 5 1 WP - K.Hendricks (1-0) LP - B.Anderson (0-1) HR: Pera: L.Gurriel (1) Too Much leads 2-1
Extra Innings R H E Rock 5 11 1 Box
All Day 6 16 0 WP - C.Anderson (1-0) LP - Rock BP (0-1) HR: Rock: A.Pollock (1), J.Donaldson (3), N.Cruz (2); AD: A.Santander (1), A.Nola (1), J.McCann (2) All Day leads 2-1
4
R H E Perambulation on the Eve of 7 7 2 Box
Too Much 5 7 0 WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0) LP - M.Fiers (0-1) HR: Pera: M.Ozuna (1); TM: J.McNeil (1), L.Voit (1), A.Bregman (1) Series tied 2-2
R H E Rock 3 9 4 Box
All Day 10 12 2 WP - A.Young (1-0) LP - I.Nova (0-1) HR: AD: K.Schwarber (1), J.McCann (3) All Day leads 3-1
5
R H E Perambulation on the Eve of 3 7 2 Box
Too Much 5 7 2 WP - J.Lucchesi (1-0) LP - Pera BP (0-2) HR: Pera: N.Castellanos (1); TM: C.Pinder (1), A.Bregman (2) Too Much leads 3-2
R H E Rock 7 9 0 Box
All Day 6 5 0 WP - Rock BP (1-1) LP - J.Waguespack (0-1) HR: Rock: G.Sanchez 2 (2) All Day leads 3-2
6
R H E Too Much 3 6 2 Box
Perambulation on the Eve of 8 12 0 WP - J.deGrom (2-0) LP - TM BP (1-1) HR: Pera: T.Story (1), C.Santana (1), N.Castellanos (2), D.Jansen (1) Series tied 3-3
R H E All Day 1 7 0 Box
Rock 4 9 0 WP - H.Ryu (2-0) LP - Z.Davies (0-1) HR: AD: A.Aquino (1), J.McCann (4); Rock: M.Gonzalez (1) Series tied 3-3
7
Extra Innings R H E Too Much 8 9 2 Box
Perambulation on the Eve of 7 8 2 WP - S.Manaea (1-0) LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: TM: J.McNeil (2), J.Turner (2), A.Benintendi (1); Pera: C.Santana (2), N.Castellanos (3), M.Ozuna (2), C.Walker (2) Too Much wins series 4-3
R H E All Day 7 10 0 Box
Rock 5 9 0 WP - S.Brault (1-0) LP - J.Musgrove (0-2) HR: AD: A.Aquino (2), K.Schwarber (2), A.Santander (2), B.Dixon (1), J.McCann (5); Rock: P.Alonso (2), N.Cruz (3), A.Frazier (1) All Day wins series 4-3