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):
Large Lenny's (17-16)
Rivendell (13-20)
Arkansas (20-13)
Gambler's (23-10)
Semifinals - Gambler's vs. Large Lenny's; Arkansas vs. Rivendell
Large Lenny's won 4 games to 2
Arkansas won 4 games to 0
Finals - Arkansas vs. Large Lenny's
Season series: Large Lenny's won 4-2
2023 Gore Cup Winner - Arkansas won 4 games to 2
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Finals
Game
Arkansas vs. Large Lenny's
1
R H E Arkansas 5 3 0 Box
Large Lenny's 2 8 0 WP - C.Burnes (1-0) LP - L.Severino (0-1) HR: Ark: C.Santana (1); LL: B.Witt Jr. (1), L.Arraez (1) Arkansas leads 1-0
2
R H E Arkansas 2 2 2 Box
Large Lenny's 7 7 0 WP - L.Giolito (1-0) LP - P.Lopez (0-1) HR: Ark: A.Barnes (1); LL: B.Witt Jr. (2), L.Arraez 2 (3) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Large Lenny's 8 13 0 Box
Arkansas 7 8 0 WP - LL BP (1-0) LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: Ark: C.Santana (2) Large Lenny's leads 2-1
4
R H E Large Lenny's 3 6 1 Box
Arkansas 4 5 0 WP - L.Lynn (1-0) LP - B.Singer (0-1) HR: LL: N.Castellanos (1) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Large Lenny's 2 12 1 Box
Arkansas 8 12 1 WP - C.Sanchez (1-0) LP - G.Canning (0-1) HR: LL: B.Witt Jr. (3), M.Betts (1); Ark: J.Crawford (1), L.Nootbaar 2 (2), A.Bregman (1) Arkansas leads 3-2
6
R H E Arkansas 3 5 1 Box
Large Lenny's 2 6 0 WP - C.Burnes (2-0) LP - L.Severino (0-2) HR: LL: P.Alonso (1) Arkansas wins series 4-2
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Semifinals
Game
Semifinal One
Semifinal Two
1
R H E Gambler's 7 5 2 Box
Large Lenny's 3 5 0 WP - K.Hendricks (1-0) LP - L.Severino (0-1) HR: Gam: R.Grichuk (1), J.Burger 2 (2) Gambler's leads 1-0
R H E Arkansas 4 7 0 Box
Rivendell 2 12 0 WP - C.Burnes (1-0) LP - J.Quintana (0-1) HR: Ark: G.Stanton (1) Arkansas leads 1-0
2
Extra Innings R H E Gambler's 6 11 2 Box
Large Lenny's 7 13 0 WP - LL BP (1-0) LP - Gam BP (0-1) HR: Gam: J.Burger (3); LL: N.Castellanos (1), R.Devers (1), M.Betts 2 (2) Series tied 1-1
R H E Arkansas 3 6 0 Box
Rivendell 2 6 0 WP - P.Lopez (1-0) LP - C.Schmidt (0-1) HR: Ark: J.Baez (1), C.Santana (1); Riv: B.Stott (1) Arkansas leads 2-0
3
R H E Large Lenny's 8 17 0 Box
Gambler's 3 11 0 WP - J.Luzardo (1-0) LP - B.Williamson (0-1) HR: LL: K.Tucker (1), N.Castellanos (2), M.Betts (3) Large Lenny's leads 2-1
R H E Rivendell 6 13 0 Box
Arkansas 7 7 1 WP - Ark BP (1-0) LP - P.Blackburn (0-1) HR: none Arkansas leads 3-0
4
R H E Large Lenny's 3 8 0 Box
Gambler's 9 14 0 WP - Gam BP (1-1) LP - LL BP (1-1) HR: LL: B.Witt Jr. (1); Gam: R.Grichuk (2), J.Burger (4), L.Gurriel (1) Series tied 2-2
R H E Rivendell 2 10 0 Box
Arkansas 6 6 0 WP - L.Lynn (1-0) LP - Riv BP (0-1) HR: Ark: J.Crawford (1), R.McMahon (1) Arkansas wins series 4-0
5
R H E Large Lenny's 8 17 1 Box
Gambler's 1 6 0 WP - G.Canning (1-0) LP - M.Clevinger (0-1) HR: LL: B.Witt Jr. (2), M.Dubon (1), R.Devers (2), P.Alonso (1) Large Lenny's leads 3-2
6
R H E Gambler's 4 7 0 Box
Large Lenny's 5 17 0 WP - LL BP (2-1) LP - Gam BP (1-2) HR: Gam: J.Burger 2 (6); LL: B.Witt Jr. (3), Y.Diaz (1) Large Lenny's wins series 4-2
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