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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):
- Africa (84-66)
- Benchwarmer (83-68)
- Mare Serenitatis (80-70)
- Ohio (70-80)
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Semifinals - Ohio vs. Africa; Mare Serenitatis vs. Benchwarmer
Africa won 4 games to 1
Mare Serenitatis won 4 games to 0
Finals - Mare Serenitatis vs. Africa
Season series: Mare Serenitatis won 4-2
2026 Gore Cup Winner - Mare Serenitatis won 4 games to 3
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Finals
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Mare Serenitatis vs. Africa |
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| | R | H | E | | | Mare Serenitatis | 2 | 8 | 2 | Box | | Africa | 7 | 10 | 2 | WP - M.Wacha (1-0) LP - MS BP (0-1) HR: Afr: C.Raleigh 3 (3), J.Burger (1) Africa leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Mare Serenitatis | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Africa | 2 | 7 | 0 | WP - J.Luzardo (1-0) LP - N.Cameron (0-1) HR: none Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Africa | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Mare Serenitatis | 3 | 3 | 0 | WP - B.Elder (1-0) LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: Afr: C.Raleigh (4), M.Olson (1), J.Burger (2) Africa leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Africa | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Mare Serenitatis | 4 | 5 | 1 | WP - MS BP (1-1) LP - J.Wrobleski (0-1) HR: MS: B.Bichette (1) Series tied 2-2 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Africa | 4 | 7 | 6 | Box | | Mare Serenitatis | 5 | 10 | 0 | WP - Z.Thornton (1-0) LP - D.Martin (0-1) HR: Afr: A.Bregman (1); MS: G.Moreno (1) Mare Serenitatis leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Mare Serenitatis | 0 | 9 | 3 | Box | | Africa | 7 | 9 | 1 | WP - M.Wacha (2-0) LP - MS BP (1-2) HR: Afr: A.Bregman 3 (4), C.Raleigh (5) Series tied 3-3 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Mare Serenitatis | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Africa | 4 | 6 | 0 | WP - J.Luzardo (2-0) LP - N.Cameron (0-2) HR: MS: J.Caglianone (1); Afr: A.Bregman (5), M.Olson (2) Mare Serenitatis wins series 4-3 |
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Semifinals
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Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| | R | H | E | | | Ohio | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box | | Africa | 6 | 9 | 0 | WP - M.Wacha (1-0) LP - Oh BP (0-1) HR: Oh: M.Busch (1), T.Hernandez (1); Afr: T.Grisham (1), C.Raleigh (1) Africa leads 1-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Mare Serenitatis | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Benchwarmer | 0 | 5 | 0 | WP - D.Cease (1-0) LP - A.Abbott (0-1) HR: MS: J.Chourio (1) Mare Serenitatis leads 1-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Ohio | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Africa | 6 | 8 | 2 | WP - Afr BP (1-0) LP - B.Ober (0-1) HR: Oh: T.France (1), Z.Gelof (1); Afr: A.Bregman (1) Africa leads 2-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Mare Serenitatis | 6 | 13 | 0 | Box | | Benchwarmer | 3 | 10 | 2 | WP - J.Luzardo (1-0) LP - C.Prielipp (0-1) HR: MS: J.Chourio (2); BW: R.Acuna (1) Mare Serenitatis leads 2-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Africa | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box | | Ohio | 2 | 8 | 1 | WP - Afr BP (2-0) LP - Oh BP (0-2) HR: none Africa leads 3-0 | |
| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Benchwarmer | 3 | 5 | 2 | Box | | Mare Serenitatis | 4 | 8 | 0 | WP - L.Gilbert (1-0) LP - C.Scott (0-1) HR: BW: R.Acuna (2), D.Baldwin (1); MS: B.Lowe (1), G.Moreno (1) Mare Serenitatis leads 3-0 | |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Africa | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box | | Ohio | 3 | 7 | 1 | WP - D.Rasmussen (1-0) LP - Afr BP (2-1) HR: Oh: S.Stewart (1), T.Hernandez (2) Africa leads 3-1 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Benchwarmer | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Mare Serenitatis | 4 | 13 | 0 | WP - B.Ashcraft (1-0) LP - BW BP (0-1) HR: BW: J.McCarthy (1); MS: B.Lowe (2), P.Goldschmidt (1) Mare Serenitatis wins series 4-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Africa | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Ohio | 2 | 12 | 0 | WP - B.Elder (1-0) LP - Oh BP (0-3) HR: Afr: C.Raleigh (2) Africa wins series 4-1 | |
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