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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 2023 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Savannah (80-70)
 
            - Twin Cities (78-72)
 
            - Mohawk Valley (76-74)
 
            - Hazzard County (74-76)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Hazzard County vs. Savannah; Mohawk Valley vs. Twin Cities 
            
		  Hazzard County won 4 games to 1
		   Mohawk Valley won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Hazzard County vs. Mohawk Valley 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Hazzard County won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hazzard County | 6 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Mohawk Valley | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - G.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: HC: D.Jansen (1) Hazzard County leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hazzard County | 4 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Mohawk Valley | 6 | 12 | 1 |  WP - P.Lopez (1-0)  LP - Z.Littell (0-1) HR: HC: A.Garcia (1), D.Jansen (2); MV: C.Bellinger (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Mohawk Valley | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Hazzard County | 3 | 8 | 2 |  WP - G.Williams (1-0)  LP - B.Bello (0-1) HR: none Mohawk Valley leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Mohawk Valley | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Hazzard County | 5 | 5 | 0 |  WP - HC BP (1-0)  LP - E.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: MV: Y.Diaz (1); HC: M.Wallner (1), D.Jansen (3) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Mohawk Valley | 6 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Hazzard County | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - R.Suarez (1-0)  LP - C.Javier (0-1) HR: MV: Y.Diaz (2); HC: M.Wallner (2), A.Garcia (2), J.Burger (1), D.Jansen (4) Mohawk Valley leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hazzard County | 3 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Mohawk Valley | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - J.Verlander (2-0)  LP - G.Rodriguez (0-2) HR: HC: J.Candelario (1) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hazzard County | 6 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Mohawk Valley | 4 | 10 | 2 |  WP - HC BP (2-0)  LP - P.Lopez (1-1) HR: HC: J.Turner (1), J.Martinez (1), A.Kirk (1); MV: C.Bellinger (2), L.Rengifo (1), L.Taveras (1) Hazzard County wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hazzard County | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Savannah | 3 | 3 | 1 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - Sav BP (0-1) HR: HC: J.Cronenworth (1), J.Siri 2 (2), T.Edman (1) Hazzard County leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Mohawk Valley | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Twin Cities | 7 | 15 | 2 |  WP - L.Castillo (1-0)  LP - G.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: MV: C.Bellinger (1), Y.Diaz (1); TC: O.Albies (1), M.Moustakas (1), W.Franco (1) Twin Cities leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hazzard County | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Savannah | 11 | 11 | 0 |  WP - E.Perez (1-0)  LP - Z.Littell (0-1) HR: HC: J.Turner (1), J.Rodriguez (1), J.Candelario (1); Sav: R.Acuna (1), A.Duvall (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Mohawk Valley | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Twin Cities | 6 | 8 | 3 |  WP - TC BP (1-0)  LP - P.Lopez (0-1) HR: none Twin Cities leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Savannah | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Hazzard County | 4 | 12 | 2 |  WP - B.Bello (1-0)  LP - Sav BP (0-2) HR: HC: J.Martinez (1), A.Garcia (1), J.Candelario (2), R.Urias (1) Hazzard County leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Twin Cities | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Mohawk Valley | 6 | 13 | 0 |  WP - MV BP (1-0)  LP - J.Ryan (0-1) HR: TC: J.Wiemer (1), F.Alvarez (1); MV: R.McMahon (1) Twin Cities leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Savannah | 3 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Hazzard County | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - HC BP (1-0)  LP - M.Wacha (0-1) HR: HC: J.Siri (3), A.Garcia (2), J.Candelario (3), J.Burger 2 (2) Hazzard County leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Twin Cities | 1 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Mohawk Valley | 2 | 10 | 0 |  WP - E.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - TC BP (1-1) HR: TC: M.Canha (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Savannah | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Hazzard County | 9 | 11 | 0 |  WP - C.Javier (1-0)  LP - M.Stroman (0-1) HR: Sav: C.Vazquez (1); HC: M.Wallner 2 (2), J.Burger 2 (4), D.Jansen (1) Hazzard County wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Twin Cities | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Mohawk Valley | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - MV BP (2-0)  LP - J.Montgomery (0-1) HR: TC: F.Alvarez (2); MV: R.Mountcastle (1) Mohawk Valley leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Mohawk Valley | 7 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Twin Cities | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - G.Rodriguez (1-1)  LP - TC BP (1-2) HR: MV: I.Paredes (1), Y.Diaz (2); TC: M.Moustakas (2), M.Ozuna (1) Mohawk Valley wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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