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):
Hackensack (86-64)
NYC2ATL (79-71)
SGV (76-74)
Chip (74-76)
Semifinals - Chip vs. Hackensack; SGV vs. NYC2ATL
Chip won 4 games to 0
NYC2ATL won 4 games to 1
Finals - Chip vs. NYC2ATL
Season series: NYC2ATL won 5-1
2019 Gore Cup Winner - NYC2ATL won 4 games to 1
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Finals
Game Chip vs. NYC2ATL
1
R H E Chip 5 9 1 Box
NYC2ATL 6 9 0 WP - C.Smith (1-0) LP - S.Strasburg (0-1) HR: Chip: M.Yastrzemski (1), D.Gregorius (1), M.Garver (1), G.Springer (1); NYC: J.Altuve (1), T.Story (1) NYC2ATL leads 1-0
2
R H E Chip 3 7 0 Box
NYC2ATL 4 11 1 WP - NYC BP (1-0) LP - L.Giolito (0-1) HR: NYC: J.Altuve (2) NYC2ATL leads 2-0
3
Extra Innings R H E NYC2ATL 5 10 0 Box
Chip 6 10 1 WP - Chip BP (1-0) LP - A.Sanchez (0-1) HR: NYC: C.Walker (1); Chip: J.Heyward (1) NYC2ATL leads 2-1
4
Extra Innings R H E NYC2ATL 4 9 2 Box
Chip 3 7 0 WP - NYC BP (2-0) LP - Chip BP (1-1) HR: NYC: J.McNeil (1); Chip: Y.Gurriel (1) NYC2ATL leads 3-1
5
R H E NYC2ATL 12 15 0 Box
Chip 4 4 3 WP - NYC BP (3-0) LP - C.Paddack (0-1) HR: NYC: J.Altuve (3), J.McNeil (2), T.Story (2), A.Benintendi (1) NYC2ATL wins series 4-1
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Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Chip 7 8 0 Box
Hackensack 2 3 2 WP - S.Strasburg (1-0) LP - Hack BP (0-1) HR: Chip: R.Hoskins (1), K.Bryant 2 (2), G.Springer (1) Chip leads 1-0
R H E SGV 3 8 2 Box
NYC2ATL 4 7 1 WP - NYC BP (1-0) LP - J.Verlander (0-1) HR: NYC: J.Altuve (1) NYC2ATL leads 1-0
2
Extra Innings R H E Chip 6 6 1 Box
Hackensack 5 8 1 WP - L.Giolito (1-0) LP - M.Stroman (0-1) HR: Chip: M.Yastrzemski (1), Y.Gurriel 2 (2); Hack: E.Escobar (1), R.McMahon (1) Chip leads 2-0
R H E SGV 2 3 2 Box
NYC2ATL 12 10 1 WP - J.Musgrove (1-0) LP - T.Bauer (0-1) HR: NYC: J.Altuve (2), H.Castro (1) NYC2ATL leads 2-0
3
R H E Hackensack 1 4 3 Box
Chip 6 9 0 WP - R.Ray (1-0) LP - Hack BP (0-2) HR: Chip: Y.Gurriel (3), D.Gregorius 2 (2) Chip leads 3-0
R H E NYC2ATL 2 11 1 Box
SGV 3 4 0 WP - M.Gonzales (1-0) LP - NYC BP (1-1) HR: NYC: A.Judge (1); SGV: F.Reyes (1), C.Cron (1) NYC2ATL leads 2-1
4
R H E Hackensack 4 12 0 Box
Chip 7 12 2 WP - Chip BP (1-0) LP - E.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: Chip: T.Pham (1), D.Gregorius (3), J.Heyward (1) Chip wins series 4-0
Extra Innings R H E NYC2ATL 4 8 0 Box
SGV 3 10 4 WP - J.Gray (1-0) LP - SGV BP (0-1) HR: none NYC2ATL leads 3-1
5
R H E NYC2ATL 6 5 1 Box
SGV 4 8 2 WP - NYC BP (2-1) LP - D.Lamet (0-1) HR: NYC: T.Story (1); SGV: C.Cron (2) NYC2ATL wins series 4-1
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