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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): 
          
            - Wolf (77-73)
 
            - Oregon (77-73)
 
            - Axe (77-73)
 
            - Big Mountain (76-74)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Big Mountain vs. Wolf; Axe vs. Oregon 
            
		  Wolf won 4 games to 3
		   Oregon won 4 games to 0
             
          Finals - Oregon vs. Wolf 
		  Season series: Oregon won 4-2 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Oregon won 4 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Oregon | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Wolf | 4 | 7 | 2 |  WP - G.Cole (1-0)  LP - M.Wacha (0-1) HR: Ore: P.Alonso (1), C.Correa (1); Wolf: M.Olson (1), J.Polanco (1) Oregon leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Oregon | 2 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Wolf | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.Steele (1-0)  LP - C.Bassitt (0-1) HR: Wolf: M.Olson (2), M.Chapman (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wolf | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Oregon | 5 | 11 | 0 |  WP - K.Bradish (1-0)  LP - C.Schmidt (0-1) HR: Wolf: M.Olson (3), W.Contreras (1), W.Benson (1); Ore: B.Witt Jr. (1) Oregon leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wolf | 4 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Oregon | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Ore BP (1-0)  LP - A.Heaney (0-1) HR: Ore: B.Harper (1) Oregon leads 3-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Wolf | 7 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Oregon | 8 | 15 | 2 |  WP - Ore BP (2-0)  LP - Wolf BP (0-1) HR: Wolf: T.Anderson (1), M.Olson (4); Ore: B.Witt Jr. (2), P.Alonso (2) Oregon wins series 4-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Big Mountain | 8 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Wolf | 5 | 8 | 3 |  WP - G.Williams (1-0)  LP - M.Wacha (0-1) HR: BM: R.Devers (1); Wolf: M.Olson 2 (2) Big Mountain leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Axe | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Oregon | 7 | 10 | 2 |  WP - G.Cole (1-0)  LP - C.Morton (0-1) HR: Ore: P.Alonso (1), M.Harris II (1) Oregon leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Big Mountain | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Wolf | 5 | 8 | 2 |  WP - J.Steele (1-0)  LP - Z.Gallen (0-1) HR: BM: L.Arraez (1); Wolf: E.Jimenez (1), M.Olson (3), W.Benson (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Axe | 6 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Oregon | 8 | 11 | 3 |  WP - Ore BP (1-0)  LP - B.Miller (0-1) HR: Axe: M.Garver (1); Ore: B.Harper (1), J.India (1) Oregon leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wolf | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Big Mountain | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - C.Schmidt (1-0)  LP - M.Keller (0-1) HR: Wolf: M.Olson (4), J.Soler (1); BM: B.Reynolds (1) Wolf leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Oregon | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Axe | 4 | 9 | 1 |  WP - K.Bradish (1-0)  LP - T.Gonsolin (0-1) HR: Axe: H.Kim (1), M.Garver (2) Oregon leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wolf | 5 | 4 | 2 | Box  |  | Big Mountain | 6 | 8 | 1 |  WP - S.Alcantara (1-0)  LP - A.Heaney (0-1) HR: Wolf: J.Soler (2); BM: R.Devers (2), B.Reynolds (2) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Oregon | 11 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Axe | 3 | 9 | 2 |  WP - B.Miller (1-0)  LP - J.Verlander (0-1) HR: Ore: B.Witt Jr. (1), M.Canha (1), B.Harper 2 (3), P.Alonso (2), K.Ruiz (1) Oregon wins series 4-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wolf | 6 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Big Mountain | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - R.Nelson (1-0)  LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: Wolf: J.Sanchez (1), M.Olson (5), W.Contreras (1); BM: A.Vaughn (1) Wolf leads 3-2 |      | 
          
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Big Mountain | 3 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Wolf | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - BM BP (1-0)  LP - Wolf BP (0-1) HR: BM: B.Reynolds (3) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Big Mountain | 3 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Wolf | 5 | 5 | 3 |  WP - J.Steele (2-0)  LP - Z.Gallen (0-2) HR: BM: L.Rengifo 2 (2); Wolf: W.Contreras 2 (3) Wolf wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
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