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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): 
          
            - KC (83-67)
 
            - Houston (80-70)
 
            - Doctor (71-79)
 
            - Kentucky (68-82)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Kentucky vs. KC; Doctor vs. Houston 
            
		  KC won 4 games to 1
		   Houston won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Houston vs. KC 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2022 Gore Cup Winner - Houston won 4 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Houston | 0 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | KC | 2 | 4 | 1 |  WP - M.Fried (1-0)  LP - Hou BP (0-1) HR: KC: M.Chapman (1) KC leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Houston | 7 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | KC | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - C.Quantrill (1-0)  LP - A.Manoah (0-1) HR: Hou: O.Cruz (1), M.Muncy (1), A.McCutchen (1); KC: J.Cronenworth (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | KC | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Houston | 5 | 8 | 1 |  WP - K.Freeland (1-0)  LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: KC: W.Adames (1) Houston leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | KC | 1 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Houston | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - A.Cobb (1-0)  LP - KC BP (0-1) HR: none Houston leads 3-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | KC | 6 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Houston | 7 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Hou BP (1-1)  LP - E.Cabrera (0-1) HR: KC: J.Cronenworth (2), W.Adames (2); Hou: M.Semien (1), M.Muncy (2), E.Escobar (1) Houston wins series 4-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kentucky | 2 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | KC | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - M.Fried (1-0)  LP - L.Giolito (0-1) HR: Ken: L.Wade (1); KC: L.Rengifo (1) KC leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Doctor | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Houston | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Hou BP (1-0)  LP - J.deGrom (0-1) HR: Doc: N.Cruz (1); Hou: A.McCutchen 2 (2), L.Nootbaar (1) Houston leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kentucky | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | KC | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - A.Manoah (0-1) HR: Ken: M.Machado (1), L.Wade (2) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Doctor | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Houston | 3 | 5 | 0 |  WP - S.McClanahan (1-0)  LP - Hou BP (1-1) HR: Doc: S.Haggerty (1), M.Olson (1), J.Soto (1), A.Bregman (1); Hou: R.Arozarena (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | KC | 7 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Kentucky | 4 | 12 | 3 |  WP - L.Gilbert (1-0)  LP - Ken BP (0-1) HR: KC: W.Adames (1), M.Chapman 2 (2); Ken: Y.Alvarez 3 (3) KC leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Houston | 7 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Doctor | 2 | 6 | 1 |  WP - K.Freeland (1-0)  LP - M.Kelly (0-1) HR: Hou: O.Cruz (1), A.Rosario (1); Doc: N.Gordon (1) Houston leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | KC | 3 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Kentucky | 1 | 7 | 0 |  WP - C.Javier (1-0)  LP - J.Kaprielian (0-1) HR: none KC leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Houston | 2 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Doctor | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.Springs (1-0)  LP - A.Cobb (0-1) HR: Hou: O.Cruz (2); Doc: A.Benintendi (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | KC | 5 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Kentucky | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - KC BP (1-0)  LP - N.Cortes (0-1) HR: KC: J.Cronenworth (1), J.Bell (1); Ken: B.Bichette (1) KC wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Houston | 8 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Doctor | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - K.Bubic (1-0)  LP - M.Kopech (0-1) HR: Hou: P.Goldschmidt (1), A.Rosario (2), E.Escobar (1); Doc: J.McCarthy (1), C.Correa (1) Houston leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Doctor | 2 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Houston | 3 | 6 | 1 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - J.deGrom (0-2) HR: Doc: Y.Molina (1); Hou: W.Contreras (1) Houston wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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