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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 2023 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Buckeye (81-69)
 
            - Arkansas (77-73)
 
            - Area 51 (73-77)
 
            - Skeleton (73-77)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Skeleton vs. Buckeye; Area 51 vs. Arkansas 
            
		  Skeleton won 4 games to 2
		   Area 51 won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Skeleton vs. Area 51 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Area 51 won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Skeleton vs. Area 51 | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Skeleton | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Area 51 | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - S.Alcantara (1-0)  LP - T.Skubal (0-1) HR: Skel: T.Murphy (1); A51: J.Burger 2 (2) Area 51 leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Skeleton | 7 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Area 51 | 5 | 11 | 0 |  WP - F.Peralta (1-0)  LP - S.Lugo (0-1) HR: Skel: E.De La Cruz (1); A51: J.Altuve (1), N.Lowe (1), J.Burger (3) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Area 51 | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Skeleton | 4 | 10 | 1 |  WP - R.Olson (1-0)  LP - A51 BP (0-1) HR: Skel: B.Nimmo (1), J.Rodriguez (1) Skeleton leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Area 51 | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Skeleton | 4 | 6 | 2 |  WP - Skel BP (1-0)  LP - B.Bello (0-1) HR: A51: M.Wallner (1) Skeleton leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Area 51 | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Skeleton | 3 | 6 | 1 |  WP - D.Cease (1-0)  LP - Skel BP (1-1) HR: A51: J.Altuve (2), J.Burger (4); Skel: A.Bohm (1) Skeleton leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Skeleton | 3 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | Area 51 | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - S.Alcantara (2-0)  LP - Skel BP (1-2) HR: Skel: J.Rodriguez (2); A51: M.Wallner (2), J.Soler (1), K.Ruiz (1) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Skeleton | 2 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Area 51 | 8 | 14 | 0 |  WP - S.Lugo (1-1)  LP - Skel BP (1-3) HR: A51: J.Soto 2 (2), J.Soler (2), J.Burger (5), W.Contreras (1) Area 51 wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Skeleton | 4 | 11 | 3 | Box  |  | Buckeye | 3 | 9 | 2 |  WP - T.Skubal (1-0)  LP - Buck BP (0-1) HR: Skel: A.Bohm (1) Skeleton leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Area 51 | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Arkansas | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - C.Burnes (1-0)  LP - S.Lugo (0-1) HR: A51: J.Burger (1); Ark: M.Semien 2 (2) Arkansas leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Skeleton | 2 | 12 | 3 | Box  |  | Buckeye | 3 | 10 | 1 |  WP - J.Montgomery (1-0)  LP - Skel BP (0-1) HR: Skel: J.Rodriguez (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Area 51 | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Arkansas | 3 | 9 | 1 |  WP - J.France (1-0)  LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: A51: J.Altuve (1) Arkansas leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckeye | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Skeleton | 8 | 12 | 2 |  WP - R.Olson (1-0)  LP - G.Kirby (0-1) HR: Buck: S.Suzuki (1), T.Casas (1); Skel: B.Nimmo 2 (2), J.Rodriguez 2 (3) Skeleton leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Arkansas | 3 | 11 | 3 | Box  |  | Area 51 | 6 | 4 | 0 |  WP - B.Bello (1-0)  LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: Ark: B.De La Cruz (1); A51: J.Soto (1), J.Burger (2) Arkansas leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckeye | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Skeleton | 6 | 9 | 1 |  WP - Skel BP (1-1)  LP - Buck BP (0-2) HR: Skel: A.Bohm (2), L.Nootbaar 2 (2), O.Arcia (1) Skeleton leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Arkansas | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Area 51 | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - A51 BP (1-0)  LP - Ark BP (0-1) HR: A51: J.Altuve (2), J.Turner (1), J.Burger (3) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckeye | 4 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Skeleton | 2 | 5 | 5 |  WP - L.Castillo (1-0)  LP - Skel BP (1-2) HR: none Skeleton leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Arkansas | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Area 51 | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Ark BP (1-1)  LP - S.Alcantara (0-1) HR: Ark: E.Hernandez (1), J.Siri (1), M.Moustakas (1); A51: W.Adames (1) Arkansas leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Skeleton | 8 | 16 | 1 | Box  |  | Buckeye | 3 | 7 | 3 |  WP - Skel BP (2-2)  LP - B.Snell (0-1) HR: Skel: A.Bohm 2 (4), L.Nootbaar (3), T.Murphy (1); Buck: K.Schwarber (1), E.Suarez (1) Skeleton wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Area 51 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Arkansas | 0 | 8 | 0 |  WP - S.Lugo (1-1)  LP - Ark BP (1-2) HR: A51: J.Altuve (3) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Area 51 | 10 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Arkansas | 7 | 12 | 0 |  WP - F.Valdez (1-1)  LP - J.France (1-1) HR: A51: J.Altuve 2 (5), W.Adames (2), W.Contreras (1); Ark: M.Semien 2 (4), P.Goldschmidt (1) Area 51 wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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