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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):
- Omaha (86-64)
- Wrigleyville (81-69)
- Indy (75-75)
- Lake Michigan (73-77)
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Semifinals - Lake Michigan vs. Omaha; Indy vs. Wrigleyville
Omaha won 4 games to 1
Indy won 4 games to 2
Finals - Indy vs. Omaha
Season series: Omaha won 5-1
2026 Gore Cup Winner - Omaha won 4 games to 1
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Finals
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Indy vs. Omaha |
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| | R | H | E | | | Indy | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Omaha | 4 | 7 | 0 | WP - B.Woo (1-0) LP - T.Skubal (0-1) HR: Oma: R.Devers (1) Omaha leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Indy | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Omaha | 8 | 9 | 1 | WP - N.McLean (1-0) LP - J.Misiorowski (0-1) HR: Oma: E.De La Cruz (1), R.Devers 2 (3) Omaha leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Omaha | 6 | 12 | 3 | Box | | Indy | 3 | 8 | 1 | WP - T.Bibee (1-0) LP - H.Brown (0-1) HR: Oma: R.Devers (4); Ind: N.Gonzales (1) Omaha leads 3-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Omaha | 4 | 8 | 2 | Box | | Indy | 8 | 9 | 2 | WP - L.Gilbert (1-0) LP - M.Gore (0-1) HR: Oma: E.De La Cruz (2); Ind: M.Murakami (1), A.Rutschman (1), K.Okamoto (1) Omaha leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Omaha | 8 | 7 | 1 | Box | | Indy | 4 | 6 | 5 | WP - N.Martinez (1-0) LP - N.Cameron (0-1) HR: Oma: J.Wood (1), C.Meidroth (1); Ind: M.Olson 2 (2) Omaha wins series 4-1 |
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Semifinals
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Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| | R | H | E | | | Lake Michigan | 4 | 5 | 0 | Box | | Omaha | 5 | 6 | 1 | WP - Oma BP (1-0) LP - J.Ryan (0-1) HR: none Omaha leads 1-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Indy | 1 | 4 | 3 | Box | | Wrigleyville | 5 | 8 | 0 | WP - R.Johnson (1-0) LP - Ind BP (0-1) HR: none Wrigleyville leads 1-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Lake Michigan | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Omaha | 1 | 6 | 0 | WP - B.Miller (1-0) LP - Oma BP (1-1) HR: LM: P.Crow-Armstrong 2 (2) Series tied 1-1 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Indy | 3 | 8 | 2 | Box | | Wrigleyville | 5 | 6 | 0 | WP - C.Sale (1-0) LP - Ind BP (0-2) HR: Ind: M.Murakami (1); Wrig: P.Alonso (1) Wrigleyville leads 2-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Omaha | 6 | 5 | 3 | Box | | Lake Michigan | 3 | 7 | 1 | WP - T.Bibee (1-0) LP - T.Bradley (0-1) HR: Oma: R.Devers (1), C.DeLauter (1) Omaha leads 2-1 | |
| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Wrigleyville | 2 | 3 | 0 | Box | | Indy | 3 | 6 | 2 | WP - H.Brown (1-0) LP - Wrig BP (0-1) HR: Ind: M.Olson (1), J.Caballero (1) Wrigleyville leads 2-1 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Omaha | 7 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Lake Michigan | 5 | 10 | 2 | WP - Oma BP (2-1) LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: Oma: R.Devers 2 (3), H.Feduccia (1); LM: S.Steer (1) Omaha leads 3-1 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Wrigleyville | 0 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Indy | 3 | 6 | 1 | WP - L.Gilbert (1-0) LP - Wrig BP (0-2) HR: Ind: M.Olson 2 (3), H.Hernandez (1) Series tied 2-2 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Omaha | 11 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Lake Michigan | 2 | 9 | 0 | WP - N.Martinez (1-0) LP - J.Taillon (0-1) HR: Oma: E.De La Cruz (1), D.Crews (1), R.Devers (4), C.Meidroth (1); LM: P.Crow-Armstrong (3), M.Vargas (1) Omaha wins series 4-1 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Wrigleyville | 7 | 6 | 0 | Box | | Indy | 8 | 13 | 3 | WP - Ind BP (1-2) LP - D.Anderson (0-1) HR: Ind: M.Murakami 2 (3), K.Okamoto (1), H.Hernandez (2) Indy leads 3-2 | |
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