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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 2022 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Punxsutawney (85-65)
 
            - Brooklyn (81-69)
 
            - Iowa (73-77)
 
            - Buckeye (73-77)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Buckeye vs. Punxsutawney; Iowa vs. Brooklyn 
            
		  Punxsutawney won 4 games to 3
		   Brooklyn won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Brooklyn vs. Punxsutawney 
		  Season series: Tied 6-6 
          2022 Gore Cup Winner - Brooklyn won 4 games to 0 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Punxsutawney | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Z.Gallen (1-0)  LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: Brk: S.Kwan (1) Brooklyn leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Punxsutawney | 2 | 11 | 0 |  WP - S.Strider (1-0)  LP - Punx BP (0-1) HR: Brk: A.Judge (1), M.Chapman (1), D.Varsho (1); Punx: A.Santander (1) Brooklyn leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Punxsutawney | 3 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 7 | 12 | 0 |  WP - L.Gilbert (1-0)  LP - Punx BP (0-2) HR: Punx: G.Torres (1), M.Trout (1); Brk: A.Judge (2), C.Cron (1), J.Fraley (1), D.Varsho 2 (3) Brooklyn leads 3-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Punxsutawney | 2 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - G.Cole (1-0)  LP - Punx BP (0-3) HR: Punx: M.Trout (2); Brk: C.Cron (2), R.McMahon 2 (2) Brooklyn wins series 4-0 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Buckeye | 4 | 12 | 3 | Box  |  | Punxsutawney | 3 | 4 | 4 |  WP - B.Snell (1-0)  LP - C.Javier (0-1) HR: Punx: M.Trout (1), A.Santander 2 (2) Buckeye leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Iowa | 2 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Z.Gallen (1-0)  LP - IA BP (0-1) HR: Brk: K.Tucker (1), A.Judge (1), C.Cron (1) Brooklyn leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckeye | 4 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Punxsutawney | 5 | 8 | 2 |  WP - Y.Darvish (1-0)  LP - S.Bieber (0-1) HR: Buck: T.Hernandez (1); Punx: M.Trout (2), S.Ohtani (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Iowa | 5 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - IA BP (1-1)  LP - Brk BP (0-1) HR: IA: L.Rengifo (1), V.Guerrero Jr. (1), K.Wong (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Punxsutawney | 3 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Buckeye | 1 | 5 | 0 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - N.Lodolo (0-1) HR: none Punxsutawney leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn | 7 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Iowa | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - L.Gilbert (1-0)  LP - J.deGrom (0-1) HR: Brk: B.Drury 2 (2), J.Pena (1), M.Chapman 2 (2) Brooklyn leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Punxsutawney | 2 | 4 | 2 | Box  |  | Buckeye | 6 | 11 | 1 |  WP - J.Suarez (1-0)  LP - I.Anderson (0-1) HR: Punx: J.Gallo (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn | 7 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Iowa | 6 | 11 | 1 |  WP - G.Cole (1-0)  LP - IA BP (1-2) HR: Brk: A.Judge 2 (3), C.Cron (2), B.Drury (3) Brooklyn leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Punxsutawney | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Buckeye | 4 | 12 | 0 |  WP - G.Kirby (1-0)  LP - M.Kopech (0-1) HR: Punx: A.Bregman (1); Buck: C.Walker (1) Buckeye leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Iowa | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - J.Ryan (1-0)  LP - Brk BP (0-2) HR: none Brooklyn leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckeye | 1 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Punxsutawney | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Punx BP (1-0)  LP - Buck BP (0-1) HR: Buck: A.Bohm (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Iowa | 7 | 13 | 1 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - Z.Gallen (1-1) HR: IA: L.Rengifo 2 (3), J.Baez (1), K.Wong (2), Y.Gomes (1); Brk: K.Tucker (2), A.Judge 2 (5) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckeye | 3 | 16 | 0 | Box  |  | Punxsutawney | 5 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Y.Darvish (2-0)  LP - Buck BP (0-2) HR: Buck: K.Schwarber (1); Punx: D.Swanson (1), S.Ohtani (2), A.Bregman (2) Punxsutawney wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Iowa | 2 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 4 | 5 | 0 |  WP - S.Strider (1-0)  LP - C.Bassitt (0-1) HR: Brk: A.Judge (6) Brooklyn wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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