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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):
- Giants (89-61)
- Hammy's (81-69)
- Bannack Montana (77-73)
- Dark (70-80)
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Semifinals - Dark vs. Giants; Bannack Montana vs. Hammy's
Giants won 4 games to 1
Bannack Montana won 4 games to 2
Finals - Bannack Montana vs. Giants
Season series: Giants won 9-3
2026 Gore Cup Winner - Bannack Montana won 4 games to 2
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Finals
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Bannack Montana vs. Giants |
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| | R | H | E | | | Bannack Montana | 4 | 7 | 1 | Box | | Giants | 5 | 5 | 0 | WP - Gi BP (1-0) LP - B.Woo (0-1) HR: Gi: M.Olson (1), Z.Gelof (1) Giants leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Bannack Montana | 7 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Giants | 3 | 4 | 0 | WP - BM BP (1-0) LP - J.Jobe (0-1) HR: BM: S.Stewart (1) Series tied 1-1 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Giants | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Bannack Montana | 6 | 10 | 0 | WP - S.Imanaga (1-0) LP - S.Alcantara (0-1) HR: Gi: Z.Neto (1), K.Okamoto (1) Bannack Montana leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Giants | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box | | Bannack Montana | 3 | 10 | 0 | WP - Gi BP (2-0) LP - BM BP (1-1) HR: Gi: P.Crow-Armstrong (1), M.Olson (2) Series tied 2-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Giants | 3 | 5 | 2 | Box | | Bannack Montana | 6 | 10 | 0 | WP - C.Rodon (1-0) LP - T.Glasnow (0-1) HR: Gi: K.Okamoto (2); BM: R.Jeffers 2 (2) Bannack Montana leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Bannack Montana | 8 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Giants | 4 | 7 | 2 | WP - B.Woo (1-1) LP - Gi BP (2-1) HR: BM: S.Stewart (2), F.Tatis 2 (2); Gi: P.Crow-Armstrong (2), K.Okamoto (3) Bannack Montana wins series 4-2 |
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Semifinals
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Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| | R | H | E | | | Dark | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box | | Giants | 4 | 10 | 0 | WP - D.Rasmussen (1-0) LP - Dar BP (0-1) HR: Dar: J.Pena (1), A.Kirk (1); Gi: Y.Alvarez 2 (2), N.Gonzales (1) Giants leads 1-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Bannack Montana | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box | | Hammy's | 2 | 8 | 1 | WP - B.Woo (1-0) LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: BM: J.McNeil (1), R.Jeffers (1) Bannack Montana leads 1-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Dark | 2 | 7 | 1 | Box | | Giants | 3 | 6 | 1 | WP - J.Jobe (1-0) LP - Dar BP (0-2) HR: Gi: M.Olson (1) Giants leads 2-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Bannack Montana | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Hammy's | 5 | 9 | 0 | WP - G.Williams (1-0) LP - BM BP (0-1) HR: BM: J.Naylor 2 (2); Ham: D.Lile (1) Series tied 1-1 | |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Giants | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Dark | 4 | 12 | 0 | WP - S.Alcantara (1-0) LP - T.Rogers (0-1) HR: Gi: P.Crow-Armstrong 2 (2) Giants leads 3-0 | |
| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Hammy's | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box | | Bannack Montana | 5 | 9 | 1 | WP - S.Imanaga (1-0) LP - M.Gore (0-1) HR: none Bannack Montana leads 2-1 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Giants | 3 | 7 | 2 | Box | | Dark | 4 | 8 | 0 | WP - E.Lauer (1-0) LP - Gi BP (0-1) HR: Gi: P.Crow-Armstrong (3), M.Olson (2); Dar: T.Stephenson (1), L.Hicks (1) Giants leads 3-1 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Hammy's | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Bannack Montana | 6 | 10 | 1 | WP - M.Boyd (1-0) LP - K.Harrison (0-1) HR: Ham: G.Henderson (1); BM: S.Stewart (1), J.Mangum (1) Bannack Montana leads 3-1 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Giants | 8 | 7 | 2 | Box | | Dark | 6 | 11 | 0 | WP - T.Glasnow (1-0) LP - B.Singer (0-1) HR: Gi: P.Crow-Armstrong 2 (5), J.Realmuto (1); Dar: J.Pena (2), B.Lowe (1), L.Keaschall (1) Giants wins series 4-1 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Hammy's | 8 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Bannack Montana | 5 | 9 | 1 | WP - Ham BP (1-0) LP - C.Rodon (0-1) HR: Ham: E.Duran (1), G.Henderson 2 (3); BM: S.Stewart (2), C.Montgomery (1) Bannack Montana leads 3-2 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Bannack Montana | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Hammy's | 4 | 12 | 1 | WP - B.Woo (2-0) LP - L.Gilbert (0-2) HR: BM: K.McGonigle (1), J.Heim (1); Ham: J.Walker (1) Bannack Montana wins series 4-2 | |
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