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):
Elsinore (86-64)
Guinness (84-66)
Sam Adams (77-73)
Surly (75-75)
Semifinals - Surly vs. Elsinore; Sam Adams vs. Guinness
Elsinore won 4 games to 2
Guinness won 4 games to 2
Finals - Guinness vs. Elsinore
Season series: Tied 3-3
2018 Gore Cup Winner - Elsinore won 4 games to 2
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Finals
Game Guinness vs. Elsinore
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R H E Guinness 4 7 0 Box
Elsinore 6 5 2 WP - C.Kershaw (1-0) LP - J.Taillon (0-1) HR: Els: E.Encarnacion (1) Elsinore leads 1-0
2
R H E Guinness 6 10 0 Box
Elsinore 2 5 0 WP - D.Price (1-0) LP - J.Teheran (0-1) HR: Guin: G.Polanco (1), E.Inciarte (1), M.Trout (1); Els: R.Odor (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Elsinore 3 10 0 Box
Guinness 0 6 0 WP - A.Heaney (1-0) LP - Guin BP (0-1) HR: Els: Y.Grandal (1) Elsinore leads 2-1
4
R H E Elsinore 5 9 0 Box
Guinness 6 7 0 WP - Guin BP (1-1) LP - E.Jackson (0-1) HR: Els: M.Cabrera (1), A.Eaton (1); Guin: M.Muncy (1), J.Turner (1), C.Cron (1), E.Gattis (1) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Elsinore 6 8 1 Box
Guinness 4 8 1 WP - Els BP (1-0) LP - Guin BP (1-2) HR: Els: R.Odor (2), T.White (1), Y.Grandal (2); Guin: M.Conforto (1) Elsinore leads 3-2
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R H E Guinness 2 6 0 Box
Elsinore 3 6 0 WP - C.Kershaw (2-0) LP - Guin BP (1-3) HR: Guin: M.Conforto (2) Elsinore wins series 4-2
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Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
Extra Innings R H E Surly 3 8 0 Box
Elsinore 4 7 3 WP - C.Kershaw (1-0) LP - T.Richards (0-1) HR: Sur: E.Suarez (1), B.Dozier (1) Elsinore leads 1-0
R H E Sam Adams 3 9 0 Box
Guinness 4 8 0 WP - J.Taillon (1-0) LP - G.Cole (0-1) HR: Guin: C.Cron (1) Guinness leads 1-0
2
R H E Surly 3 10 0 Box
Elsinore 5 12 0 WP - J.Teheran (1-0) LP - C.Rodon (0-1) HR: Sur: C.Yelich (1), M.Machado (1); Els: T.White (1), E.Longoria (1) Elsinore leads 2-0
R H E Sam Adams 0 5 1 Box
Guinness 4 5 2 WP - D.Price (1-0) LP - Sam BP (0-1) HR: Sam: W.Merrifield (1); Guin: G.Polanco (1), R.Zimmerman (1), E.Inciarte (1) Guinness leads 2-0
3
R H E Elsinore 4 9 2 Box
Surly 6 10 0 WP - Sur BP (1-0) LP - A.Heaney (0-1) HR: none Elsinore leads 2-1
R H E Guinness 3 9 2 Box
Sam Adams 7 8 3 WP - M.Fiers (1-0) LP - Guin BP (0-1) HR: Sam: A.Diaz (1), J.Realmuto 2 (2) Guinness leads 2-1
4
R H E Elsinore 4 9 0 Box
Surly 5 10 2 WP - Sur BP (2-0) LP - Els BP (0-1) HR: Els: R.Odor (1); Sur: M.Machado (2), N.Mazara (1) Series tied 2-2
R H E Guinness 3 5 2 Box
Sam Adams 6 11 0 WP - J.Chacin (1-0) LP - R.Porcello (0-1) HR: Guin: M.Trout (1) Series tied 2-2
5
Extra Innings R H E Elsinore 6 10 1 Box
Surly 5 9 2 WP - F.Pena (1-0) LP - Z.Godley (0-1) HR: Els: M.Cabrera (1), Y.Grandal (1); Sur: M.Machado 2 (4), N.Mazara (2) Elsinore leads 3-2
R H E Guinness 6 9 0 Box
Sam Adams 2 7 0 WP - C.Morton (1-0) LP - J.Happ (0-1) HR: Guin: M.Muncy (1), D.Gregorius (1), R.Zimmerman (2), C.Cron (2) Guinness leads 3-2
6
R H E Surly 3 7 2 Box
Elsinore 5 5 0 WP - C.Kershaw (2-0) LP - T.Richards (0-2) HR: Sur: C.Yelich (2); Els: E.Longoria (2) Elsinore wins series 4-2
R H E Sam Adams 3 9 1 Box
Guinness 5 8 2 WP - J.Taillon (2-0) LP - G.Cole (0-2) HR: Sam: A.Frazier (1); Guin: M.Muncy (2), M.Trout (2) Guinness wins series 4-2
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