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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):
- Banta (84-66)
- Flagstaff (84-66)
- Vitamin (79-71)
- Burnt (74-76)
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Semifinals - Burnt vs. Banta; Vitamin vs. Flagstaff
Banta won 4 games to 3
Flagstaff won 4 games to 1
Finals - Flagstaff vs. Banta
Season series: Banta won 4-2
2026 Gore Cup Winner - Banta won 4 games to 2
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Finals
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Flagstaff vs. Banta |
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| | R | H | E | | | Flagstaff | 4 | 17 | 1 | Box | | Banta | 5 | 4 | 0 | WP - B.Pfaadt (1-0) LP - G.Williams (0-1)
HR: Ban: C.Yelich (1), C.Jensen (1)
Banta leads 1-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Flagstaff | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Banta | 4 | 4 | 0 | WP - L.Gilbert (1-0) LP - M.King (0-1)
HR: Flag: L.Garcia (1), J.Marsee (1); Ban: J.Pena (1)
Banta leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Banta | 7 | 9 | 2 | Box | | Flagstaff | 8 | 13 | 1 | WP - Flag BP (1-0) LP - W.Warren (0-1)
HR: Ban: H.Ramos (1), C.Jensen (2); Flag: O.Lopez (1), C.Raleigh (1)
Banta leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Banta | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box | | Flagstaff | 6 | 12 | 1 | WP - Flag BP (2-0) LP - G.Kirby (0-1)
HR: Ban: J.Pena 2 (3)
Series tied 2-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Banta | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Flagstaff | 3 | 9 | 0 | WP - Ban BP (1-0) LP - Flag BP (2-1)
HR: Ban: J.Pena (4), T.France (1), C.Yelich (2); Flag: L.Garcia (2)
Banta leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Flagstaff | 2 | 4 | 0 | Box | | Banta | 8 | 5 | 0 | WP - B.Pfaadt (2-0) LP - G.Williams (0-2)
HR: Ban: C.Jensen (3)
Banta wins series 4-2 |
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Semifinals
| Game |
Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| | R | H | E | | | Burnt | 5 | 14 | 1 | Box | | Banta | 3 | 10 | 0 | WP - Y.Yamamoto (1-0) LP - B.Pfaadt (0-1)
HR: Ban: L.Butler (1)
Burnt leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Vitamin | 5 | 5 | 0 | Box | | Flagstaff | 7 | 10 | 0 | WP - G.Williams (1-0) LP - H.Brown (0-1)
HR: Vit: C.Carroll (1), J.Soto (1); Flag: A.Martinez (1)
Flagstaff leads 1-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Burnt | 4 | 8 | 1 | Box | | Banta | 3 | 10 | 0 | WP - Bur BP (1-0) LP - L.Gilbert (0-1)
HR: none
Burnt leads 2-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Vitamin | 4 | 8 | 1 | Box | | Flagstaff | 5 | 10 | 0 | WP - M.King (1-0) LP - Vit BP (0-1)
HR: Vit: E.Valdez (1), J.Mack (1); Flag: J.Wetherholt (1), C.Raleigh (1), J.Altuve (1)
Flagstaff leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Banta | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Burnt | 1 | 6 | 0 | WP - W.Warren (1-0) LP - B.Miller (0-1)
HR: none
Burnt leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Flagstaff | 4 | 5 | 0 | Box | | Vitamin | 3 | 6 | 2 | WP - Flag BP (1-0) LP - A.Nola (0-1)
HR: Flag: J.McCarthy (1); Vit: J.Caminero 2 (2), J.Caballero (1)
Flagstaff leads 3-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Banta | 4 | 7 | 1 | Box | | Burnt | 3 | 10 | 2 | WP - G.Kirby (1-0) LP - Bur BP (1-1)
HR: Ban: Y.Alvarez (1), T.France (1); Bur: B.Eldridge (1)
Series tied 2-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Flagstaff | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box | | Vitamin | 3 | 5 | 0 | WP - P.Skenes (1-0) LP - Flag BP (1-1)
HR: Vit: C.Carroll (2)
Flagstaff leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Banta | 5 | 3 | 0 | Box | | Burnt | 6 | 10 | 1 | WP - Bur BP (2-1) LP - M.Perez (0-1)
HR: Bur: K.Marte (1)
Burnt leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Flagstaff | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box | | Vitamin | 2 | 3 | 0 | WP - C.Cavalli (1-0) LP - Vit BP (0-2)
HR: Flag: J.McCarthy (2), B.Bichette (1)
Flagstaff wins series 4-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Burnt | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box | | Banta | 6 | 10 | 0 | WP - Ban BP (1-0) LP - Bur BP (2-2)
HR: Ban: Y.Alvarez (2), T.France (2), C.Jensen (1), Z.Neto (1)
Series tied 3-3 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Burnt | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Banta | 5 | 10 | 0 | WP - L.Gilbert (1-1) LP - J.Misiorowski (0-1)
HR: Ban: J.Pena (1), L.Butler (2)
Banta wins series 4-3 |
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