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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): 
          
            - Kingston (81-69)
 
            - Burnin' (80-70)
 
            - Hot (78-72)
 
            - Mammoth (77-73)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Mammoth vs. Kingston; Hot vs. Burnin' 
            
		  Kingston won 4 games to 1
		   Burnin' won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Burnin' vs. Kingston 
		  Season series: Kingston won 4-2 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Kingston won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Burnin' vs. Kingston | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Burnin' | 6 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Kingston | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Burn BP (1-0)  LP - C.Burnes (0-1) HR: Burn: B.Harper 2 (2), R.McMahon (1), Y.Diaz (1) Burnin' leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Burnin' | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Kingston | 5 | 10 | 1 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - Burn BP (1-1) HR: King: O.Albies (1), L.Nootbaar (1), B.Drury (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kingston | 7 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Burnin' | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - G.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - J.Berrios (0-1) HR: King: T.Turner 2 (2); Burn: B.Harper (3), R.McMahon (2) Kingston leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kingston | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Burnin' | 3 | 1 | 2 |  WP - B.Garrett (1-0)  LP - J.Gray (0-1) HR: none Kingston leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kingston | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Burnin' | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - G.Canning (1-0)  LP - B.Ober (0-1) HR: Burn: W.Merrifield (1), S.Ohtani (1) Kingston leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Burnin' | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Kingston | 6 | 11 | 1 |  WP - C.Burnes (1-1)  LP - Burn BP (1-2) HR: Burn: B.Harper (4), Y.Diaz (2); King: T.Turner (3), N.Velazquez (1) Kingston wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Mammoth | 0 | 2 | 1 | Box  |  | Kingston | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - C.Burnes (1-0)  LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: Mam: W.Flores (1); King: S.Torkelson 2 (2) Kingston leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hot | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Burnin' | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.Steele (1-0)  LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: Burn: T.Edman (1) Burnin' leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Mammoth | 3 | 8 | 3 | Box  |  | Kingston | 4 | 9 | 1 |  WP - C.Ragans (1-0)  LP - B.Miller (0-1) HR: Mam: W.Adames 2 (2); King: W.Contreras (1) Kingston leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hot | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Burnin' | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - M.Wacha (1-0)  LP - C.Schmidt (0-1) HR: Hot: M.Olson (1) Burnin' leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kingston | 1 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Mammoth | 6 | 10 | 2 |  WP - M.Clevinger (1-0)  LP - G.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: King: N.Velazquez (1), W.Contreras (2); Mam: M.Muncy (1), E.Suarez (1), W.Flores (2) Kingston leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Burnin' | 0 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Hot | 8 | 12 | 0 |  WP - B.Woodruff (1-0)  LP - Burn BP (0-1) HR: Hot: J.Sanchez (1), J.Rodriguez (1), M.Olson (2), K.Marte (1) Burnin' leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kingston | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Mammoth | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - C.Sanchez (0-1) HR: King: T.Turner (1), A.Garcia (1), W.Contreras (3); Mam: O.Arcia (1), W.Flores (3), A.Judge (1) Kingston leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Burnin' | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Hot | 8 | 6 | 1 |  WP - Hot BP (1-0)  LP - J.Gray (0-1) HR: Burn: T.Hernandez (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kingston | 8 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Mammoth | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - B.Garrett (1-0)  LP - E.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: King: M.Semien (1), S.Torkelson (3), A.Garcia (2), N.Velazquez (2); Mam: E.Suarez (2), M.Wallner (1) Kingston wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Burnin' | 6 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Hot | 1 | 5 | 0 |  WP - S.Ohtani (1-0)  LP - Hot BP (1-1) HR: Burn: W.Merrifield (1), S.Ohtani (1), T.Hernandez (2) Burnin' leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Hot | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Burnin' | 5 | 5 | 2 |  WP - Hot BP (2-1)  LP - J.Steele (1-1) HR: Hot: M.Olson (3) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Hot | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Burnin' | 5 | 7 | 1 |  WP - M.Wacha (2-0)  LP - C.Schmidt (0-2) HR: Hot: B.Reynolds (1); Burn: T.Edman (2) Burnin' wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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