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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):

Pinetar (90-60)
Lexington (78-72)
Starship (78-72)
Cincinnati (73-77)

Semifinals - Cincinnati vs. Pinetar; Starship vs. Lexington

Pinetar won 4 games to 2

Starship won 4 games to 3

Finals - Starship vs. Pinetar

Season series: Pinetar won 8-4

2026 Gore Cup Winner - Starship won 4 games to 0

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Finals

Game

Starship vs. Pinetar

1

	R	H	E
Starship	7	8	0	Box
Pinetar	5	12	1	Box
WP - Y.Yamamoto (1-0) LP - L.Webb (0-1) HR: Sta: Y.Diaz (1); Pine: A.Kirk (1), B.Stott (1) Starship leads 1-0

2

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Starship	4	7	0	Box
Pinetar	3	11	0	Box
WP - M.Wacha (1-0) LP - G.Williams (0-1) HR: Sta: J.Duran (1), G.Lombard (1); Pine: L.Garcia (1), A.Kirk (2) Starship leads 2-0

3

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Pinetar	3	7	0	Box
Starship	4	11	0	Box
WP - Sta BP (1-0) LP - N.McLean (0-1) HR: Pine: M.Vargas (1) Starship leads 3-0

4

	R	H	E
Pinetar	2	9	0	Box
Starship	3	8	0	Box
WP - T.Rogers (1-0) LP - P.Messick (0-1) HR: Pine: M.Vargas (2); Sta: G.Lombard (2) Starship wins series 4-0

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Semifinals

Game

Semifinal One

Semifinal Two

1

	R	H	E
Cincinnati	3	5	0	Box
Pinetar	5	8	0	Box
WP - L.Webb (1-0) LP - C.Holmes (0-1) HR: Cin: G.Conine (1); Pine: M.Vargas (1) Pinetar leads 1-0

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Starship	5	9	0	Box
Lexington	4	11	0	Box
WP - Y.Yamamoto (1-0) LP - Lex BP (0-1) HR: Sta: B.Turang (1), J.Caminero (1); Lex: M.Murakami (1) Starship leads 1-0

2

	R	H	E
Cincinnati	1	10	2	Box
Pinetar	4	5	0	Box
WP - G.Williams (1-0) LP - Cin BP (0-1) HR: Pine: L.Arraez (1) Pinetar leads 2-0

	R	H	E
Starship	4	5	0	Box
Lexington	3	9	1	Box
WP - M.Wacha (1-0) LP - J.Misiorowski (0-1) HR: Sta: J.Chourio (1), J.Duran (1); Lex: M.Murakami (2) Starship leads 2-0

3

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Pinetar	4	6	2	Box
Cincinnati	5	8	1	Box
WP - S.Gray (1-0) LP - Pine BP (0-1) HR: Cin: G.Conine (2), T.Hill (1) Pinetar leads 2-1

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Lexington	4	4	1	Box
Starship	3	4	1	Box
WP - G.Cole (1-0) LP - P.Skenes (0-1) HR: none Starship leads 2-1

4

	R	H	E
Pinetar	4	9	1	Box
Cincinnati	5	4	2	Box
WP - P.Lambert (1-0) LP - E.Hancock (0-1) HR: Pine: M.Harris II (1); Cin: M.Busch (1) Series tied 2-2

	R	H	E
Lexington	7	15	0	Box
Starship	6	8	0	Box
WP - N.Cameron (1-0) LP - T.Rogers (0-1) HR: Lex: J.Caglianone (1); Sta: J.Caminero (2), J.Heim (1) Series tied 2-2

5

	R	H	E
Pinetar	5	12	0	Box
Cincinnati	3	6	0	Box
WP - P.Messick (1-0) LP - T.Glasnow (0-1) HR: Pine: L.Garcia (1), M.Harris II (2) Pinetar leads 3-2

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Lexington	3	5	0	Box
Starship	4	12	2	Box
WP - Sta BP (1-0) LP - Lex BP (0-2) HR: Lex: T.Peters (1) Starship leads 3-2

6

	R	H	E
Cincinnati	1	5	0	Box
Pinetar	3	10	0	Box
WP - L.Webb (2-0) LP - Cin BP (0-2) HR: Pine: M.Vargas (2) Pinetar wins series 4-2

	R	H	E
Starship	2	10	0	Box
Lexington	9	12	0	Box
WP - Lex BP (1-2) LP - Sta BP (1-1) HR: Lex: B.Rocchio (1), A.Pages (1), M.Murakami (3), J.Caglianone (2) Series tied 3-3

7

	R	H	E
Starship	4	10	0	Box
Lexington	2	3	1	Box
WP - Sta BP (2-1) LP - Lex BP (1-3) HR: Sta: B.Turang (2) Starship wins series 4-3

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