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 2025 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Mt. Eaton (28-17)
Southside (19-26)
Stacks of High Society (23-22)
Motor City (20-25)
Semifinals - Motor City vs. Mt. Eaton; Stacks of High Society vs. Southside
Mt. Eaton won 4 games to 1
Southside won 4 games to 2
Finals - Southside vs. Mt. Eaton
Season series: Tied 3-3
2025 Gore Cup Winner - Southside won 4 games to 2
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Finals
Game Southside vs. Mt. Eaton
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R H E Southside 3 8 1 Box
Mt. Eaton 5 7 0 WP - G.Crochet (1-0) LP - SS BP (0-1) HR: SS: A.Vaughn (1); ME: M.Garcia (1), T.Soderstrom (1), M.Trout (1) Mt. Eaton leads 1-0
2
R H E Southside 8 12 0 Box
Mt. Eaton 7 10 0 WP - E.Cabrera (1-0) LP - A.Abbott (0-1) HR: SS: J.Ramirez (1), S.Ohtani (1); ME: R.Greene 2 (2), A.Barger (1) Series tied 1-1
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Extra Innings R H E Mt. Eaton 3 10 0 Box
Southside 4 10 1 WP - S.Ohtani (1-0) LP - ME BP (0-1) HR: ME: G.Torres (1); SS: S.Ohtani (2), F.Fermin (1) Southside leads 2-1
4
R H E Mt. Eaton 3 6 0 Box
Southside 4 8 1 WP - T.Glasnow (1-0) LP - G.Williams (0-1) HR: ME: J.Realmuto (1); SS: S.Ohtani (3), C.Seager (1) Southside leads 3-1
5
Extra Innings R H E Mt. Eaton 3 6 0 Box
Southside 2 7 1 WP - Z.Littell (1-0) LP - B.Miller (0-1) HR: none Southside leads 3-2
6
R H E Southside 6 8 1 Box
Mt. Eaton 1 8 0 WP - T.Skubal (1-0) LP - G.Crochet (1-1) HR: SS: J.Ramirez (2), B.Doyle (1); ME: M.Trout (2) Southside wins series 4-2
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Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
Extra Innings R H E Motor City 3 10 1 Box
Mt. Eaton 4 11 0 WP - G.Crochet (1-0) LP - MC BP (0-1) HR: MC: N.Kurtz (1), E.Tovar (1); ME: J.Realmuto (1), M.Trout (1) Mt. Eaton leads 1-0
R H E Stacks of High Society 4 9 1 Box
Southside 6 11 0 WP - T.Skubal (1-0) LP - SHS BP (0-1) HR: SHS: R.Lewis (1), M.Shaw (1); SS: S.Kwan 2 (2), S.Ohtani (1), P.Crow-Armstrong (1), C.Seager (1), B.Stott (1) Southside leads 1-0
2
R H E Motor City 6 11 1 Box
Mt. Eaton 8 10 2 WP - A.Abbott (1-0) LP - C.Bassitt (0-1) HR: MC: S.Perez (1), B.Rooker (1), G.Stanton (1); ME: R.Greene (1), A.Barger (1) Mt. Eaton leads 2-0
R H E Stacks of High Society 6 10 0 Box
Southside 4 5 0 WP - W.Warren (1-0) LP - E.Cabrera (0-1) HR: SHS: V.Guerrero Jr. (1), B.Nimmo (1), M.Shaw (2); SS: S.Kwan (3), S.Ohtani (2), A.Vaughn (1), F.Fermin (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Mt. Eaton 3 9 0 Box
Motor City 8 9 0 WP - M.Keller (1-0) LP - F.Peralta (0-1) HR: ME: R.Greene (2); MC: G.Springer 2 (2), N.Kurtz (2), B.Rooker (2) Mt. Eaton leads 2-1
R H E Southside 5 6 2 Box
Stacks of High Society 3 9 1 WP - SS BP (1-0) LP - B.Brown (0-1) HR: none Southside leads 2-1
4
R H E Mt. Eaton 5 9 0 Box
Motor City 2 7 1 WP - G.Williams (1-0) LP - N.Cameron (0-1) HR: ME: M.Garcia (1); MC: G.Stanton (2) Mt. Eaton leads 3-1
R H E Southside 5 9 0 Box
Stacks of High Society 2 4 0 WP - T.Glasnow (1-0) LP - R.Suarez (0-1) HR: SS: C.Seager (2); SHS: M.Shaw (3) Southside leads 3-1
5
R H E Mt. Eaton 6 12 0 Box
Motor City 2 8 0 WP - Z.Littell (1-0) LP - MC BP (0-2) HR: ME: R.Greene (3), G.Henderson (1), G.Torres (1) Mt. Eaton wins series 4-1
R H E Southside 1 4 0 Box
Stacks of High Society 3 7 2 WP - J.Leiter (1-0) LP - J.Luzardo (0-1) HR: SS: C.Seager (3) Southside leads 3-2
6
R H E Stacks of High Society 3 3 2 Box
Southside 4 11 1 WP - SS BP (2-0) LP - SHS BP (0-2) HR: SS: J.Ramirez 2 (2), S.Ohtani (3), C.Seager (4) Southside wins series 4-2
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