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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 2026 Entrants (in order of seeding):

Surly (95-55)
Elsinore (81-69)
Missing (77-73)
Cincinnati (70-80)

Semifinals - Cincinnati vs. Surly; Missing vs. Elsinore

Surly won 4 games to 3

Elsinore won 4 games to 1

Finals - Elsinore vs. Surly

Season series: Tied 3-3

2026 Gore Cup Winner - Elsinore won 4 games to 1

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Finals

Game

Elsinore vs. Surly

1

	R	H	E
Elsinore	7	11	1	Box
Surly	3	6	0	Box
WP - D.Cease (1-0) LP - J.Ryan (0-1) HR: Els: M.Betts (1), C.Mayo (1), J.Bauers (1), G.Mitchell (1); Sur: C.Benge (1) Elsinore leads 1-0

2

	R	H	E
Elsinore	2	6	0	Box
Surly	4	11	0	Box
WP - S.Gray (1-0) LP - R.Dobnak (0-1) HR: Els: H.Hernandez (1), C.Kelly (1) Series tied 1-1

3

	R	H	E
Surly	3	6	0	Box
Elsinore	4	13	2	Box
WP - A.Nola (1-0) LP - Sur BP (0-1) HR: Sur: B.Lee (1), J.Burger (1); Els: C.Mayo (2), H.Hernandez (2) Elsinore leads 2-1

4

	R	H	E
Surly	2	5	2	Box
Elsinore	8	11	0	Box
WP - Q.Mathews (1-0) LP - K.Harrison (0-1) HR: Sur: M.Machado (1); Els: B.Harper (1), G.Mitchell (2) Elsinore leads 3-1

5

	R	H	E
Surly	0	5	1	Box
Elsinore	6	10	0	Box
WP - C.Sanchez (1-0) LP - C.Scott (0-1) HR: Els: H.Hernandez (3) Elsinore wins series 4-1

6

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Semifinals

Game

Semifinal One

Semifinal Two

1

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Cincinnati	3	7	1	Box
Surly	2	6	0	Box
WP - J.Misiorowski (1-0) LP - J.Ryan (0-1) HR: Cin: B.Baty (1) Cincinnati leads 1-0

	R	H	E
Missing	0	6	1	Box
Elsinore	5	8	0	Box
WP - D.Cease (1-0) LP - Miss BP (0-1) HR: Miss: A.Pages (1); Els: E.Duran 2 (2), H.Hernandez (1), C.Kelly (1) Elsinore leads 1-0

2

	R	H	E
Cincinnati	4	6	4	Box
Surly	3	5	0	Box
WP - C.Schlittler (1-0) LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: Cin: C.Bellinger (1) Cincinnati leads 2-0

	R	H	E
Missing	2	8	0	Box
Elsinore	4	9	1	Box
WP - Els BP (1-0) LP - R.Weathers (0-1) HR: Els: K.Schwarber (1) Elsinore leads 2-0

3

	R	H	E
Surly	3	4	3	Box
Cincinnati	0	8	1	Box
WP - J.Luzardo (1-0) LP - Cin BP (0-1) HR: none Cincinnati leads 2-1

	R	H	E
Elsinore	4	10	0	Box
Missing	2	7	1	Box
WP - A.Nola (1-0) LP - Miss BP (0-2) HR: Els: C.Mayo (1), O.Albies (1); Miss: B.Eldridge (1) Elsinore leads 3-0

4

	R	H	E
Surly	6	6	0	Box
Cincinnati	3	2	1	Box
WP - Sur BP (1-0) LP - B.Elder (0-1) HR: Sur: M.Machado (1), R.Jeffers (1) Series tied 2-2

	R	H	E
Elsinore	2	9	1	Box
Missing	3	6	0	Box
WP - K.Gausman (1-0) LP - Els BP (1-1) HR: Els: K.Schwarber (2); Miss: C.Raleigh (1) Elsinore leads 3-1

5

	R	H	E
Surly	4	8	1	Box
Cincinnati	7	7	1	Box
WP - Cin BP (1-1) LP - C.Scott (0-1) HR: Cin: J.Lee (1), Y.Diaz (1) Cincinnati leads 3-2

	R	H	E
Elsinore	6	8	0	Box
Missing	3	10	0	Box
WP - C.Sanchez (1-0) LP - Miss BP (0-3) HR: Els: K.Schwarber 2 (4), F.Alvarez (1); Miss: C.Rafaela (1) Elsinore wins series 4-1

6

	R	H	E
Cincinnati	1	7	0	Box
Surly	4	14	1	Box
WP - J.Ryan (1-1) LP - J.Misiorowski (1-1) HR: Sur: M.Machado (2) Series tied 3-3

7

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Cincinnati	2	9	0	Box
Surly	3	2	0	Box
WP - S.Gray (1-1) LP - C.Schlittler (1-1) HR: Cin: L.Taveras (1) Surly wins series 4-3

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