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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): 
          
            - Orrville (85-65)
 
            - South Park (79-71)
 
            - Brooklyn (77-73)
 
            - Institutional (73-77)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Institutional vs. Orrville; Brooklyn vs. South Park 
            
		  Institutional won 4 games to 1
		   Brooklyn won 4 games to 1
             
          Finals - Institutional vs. Brooklyn 
		  Season series: Tied 6-6 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Institutional won 4 games to 1 
            
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Institutional | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Brk BP (1-0)  LP - L.Castillo (0-1) HR: Inst: J.Jung (1), W.Merrifield (1); Brk: A.Bohm (1) Brooklyn leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Institutional | 8 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 5 | 6 | 2 |  WP - T.Glasnow (1-0)  LP - K.Hendricks (0-1) HR: Inst: E.Duran (1), C.Walker 2 (2); Brk: E.Suarez (1), J.Burger (1), J.Baez (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn | 2 | 6 | 3 | Box  |  | Institutional | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - B.Ober (1-0)  LP - Brk BP (1-1) HR: Brk: R.Grichuk (1); Inst: R.O'Hearn (1) Institutional leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Institutional | 6 | 6 | 1 |  WP - B.Bello (1-0)  LP - P.Corbin (0-1) HR: Inst: C.Walker (3) Institutional leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Institutional | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Inst BP (1-0)  LP - A.Gomber (0-1) HR: Brk: J.Baez (2); Inst: R.Devers (1) Institutional wins series 4-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Institutional | 9 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Orrville | 8 | 9 | 1 |  WP - L.Castillo (1-0)  LP - J.Urias (0-1) HR: Inst: R.Devers (1), A.Rosario (1); Orr: A.Gimenez (1), A.Riley (1), C.Vazquez (1) Institutional leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn | 8 | 13 | 3 | Box  |  | South Park | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - K.Hendricks (1-0)  LP - Z.Gallen (0-1) HR: Brk: C.Yelich (1), M.Ozuna (1), E.Suarez (1) Brooklyn leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Institutional | 7 | 14 | 1 | Box  |  | Orrville | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - T.Glasnow (1-0)  LP - Orr BP (0-1) HR: Inst: J.Jung (1), C.Walker (1), R.O'Hearn (1); Orr: A.Riley (2) Institutional leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brooklyn | 9 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | South Park | 7 | 8 | 1 |  WP - Brk BP (1-0)  LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: Brk: M.Ozuna (2); SP: C.Bellinger (1), Z.Gelof (1) Brooklyn leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Orrville | 6 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Institutional | 4 | 6 | 2 |  WP - Orr BP (1-1)  LP - B.Ober (0-1) HR: Orr: A.Riley (3), R.Acuna (1); Inst: C.Walker (2) Institutional leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | South Park | 7 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 11 | 13 | 1 |  WP - Brk BP (2-0)  LP - J.Quintana (0-1) HR: Brk: C.Yelich 2 (3), M.Ozuna (3), J.Martinez (1) Brooklyn leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Orrville | 5 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Institutional | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Inst BP (1-0)  LP - J.Gray (0-1) HR: Orr: C.Raleigh (1); Inst: R.Devers (2) Institutional leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | South Park | 6 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 3 | 5 | 5 |  WP - M.Kelly (1-0)  LP - J.Assad (0-1) HR: SP: C.Bellinger (2); Brk: R.Noda (1) Brooklyn leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Orrville | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Institutional | 6 | 12 | 5 |  WP - Inst BP (2-0)  LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: Orr: C.Seager (1); Inst: R.Devers (3), A.Vaughn (1) Institutional wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | South Park | 2 | 4 | 2 | Box  |  | Brooklyn | 8 | 6 | 0 |  WP - A.Gomber (1-0)  LP - J.Luzardo (0-1) HR: Brk: M.Ozuna 2 (5), E.Suarez (2) Brooklyn wins series 4-1 |      | 
         
        
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