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 2024 Entrants (in order of seeding):
The Wreck (88-62)
Grand Island (79-71)
Mackinac (76-74)
New York Empires (74-76)
Semifinals - New York Empires vs. The Wreck; Mackinac vs. Grand Island
New York Empires won 4 games to 2
Mackinac won 4 games to 1
Finals - New York Empires vs. Mackinac
Season series: New York Empires won 4-2
2024 Gore Cup Winner - Mackinac won 4 games to 3
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Finals
Game New York Empires vs. Mackinac
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R H E New York Empires 9 8 0 Box
Mackinac 6 13 0 WP - S.Lugo (1-0) LP - C.Sanchez (0-1) HR: NYE: E.De La Cruz (1), S.Kwan (1); Mack: T.Turner 2 (2), Y.Alvarez (1), A.Wells (1) New York Empires leads 1-0
2
Extra Innings R H E New York Empires 4 4 0 Box
Mackinac 3 4 0 WP - NYE BP (1-0) LP - B.Francis (0-1) HR: NYE: S.Kwan (2) New York Empires leads 2-0
3
R H E Mackinac 10 10 0 Box
New York Empires 3 9 4 WP - F.Peralta (1-0) LP - T.Houck (0-1) HR: Mack: J.Chisholm 2 (2) New York Empires leads 2-1
4
R H E Mackinac 3 5 1 Box
New York Empires 2 6 1 WP - M.Perez (1-0) LP - NYE BP (1-1) HR: Mack: A.Santander (1), R.McMahon (1); NYE: W.Abreu (1), R.Hoskins (1) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Mackinac 5 9 3 Box
New York Empires 8 11 0 WP - NYE BP (2-1) LP - J.Cannon (0-1) HR: Mack: A.Wells (2); NYE: J.Encarnacion (1), R.Arozarena (1) New York Empires leads 3-2
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Extra Innings R H E New York Empires 8 8 0 Box
Mackinac 9 8 0 WP - Mack BP (1-0) LP - S.Lugo (1-1) HR: NYE: W.Abreu (2), S.Perez (1), K.Lee (1); Mack: A.Santander (2), C.Santana (1) Series tied 3-3
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R H E New York Empires 3 5 3 Box
Mackinac 9 12 1 WP - B.Francis (1-1) LP - R.Suarez (0-1) HR: NYE: S.Perez (2); Mack: T.Turner 2 (4), A.Santander (3), C.Santana (2) Mackinac wins series 4-3
Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E New York Empires 4 10 2 Box
The Wreck 2 7 0 WP - NYE BP (1-0) LP - TW BP (0-1) HR: TW: B.Stott (1) New York Empires leads 1-0
R H E Mackinac 7 10 2 Box
Grand Island 4 9 2 WP - C.Sanchez (1-0) LP - L.Webb (0-1) HR: Mack: J.Soto (1); GI: C.Bellinger (1), M.Vierling (1) Mackinac leads 1-0
2
Extra Innings R H E New York Empires 3 13 0 Box
The Wreck 2 9 0 WP - S.Lugo (1-0) LP - TW BP (0-2) HR: TW: J.Duran (1) New York Empires leads 2-0
R H E Mackinac 5 7 2 Box
Grand Island 4 8 0 WP - F.Peralta (1-0) LP - L.Castillo (0-1) HR: Mack: A.Santander (1); GI: T.Freeman (1) Mackinac leads 2-0
3
R H E The Wreck 5 5 0 Box
New York Empires 3 7 1 WP - T.Myers (1-0) LP - R.Suarez (0-1) HR: TW: G.Stanton (1) New York Empires leads 2-1
R H E Grand Island 2 5 2 Box
Mackinac 6 9 0 WP - Mack BP (1-0) LP - D.Cease (0-1) HR: Mack: Y.Alvarez 2 (2), A.Santander (2) Mackinac leads 3-0
4
R H E The Wreck 6 7 0 Box
New York Empires 4 8 0 WP - D.Peterson (1-0) LP - T.Houck (0-1) HR: TW: G.Stanton (2); NYE: R.Hoskins (1), S.Perez (1) Series tied 2-2
R H E Grand Island 7 7 0 Box
Mackinac 1 2 4 WP - GI BP (1-0) LP - J.Cannon (0-1) HR: GI: J.Altuve (1) Mackinac leads 3-1
5
Extra Innings R H E The Wreck 2 8 2 Box
New York Empires 3 11 1 WP - T.Bibee (1-0) LP - M.Boyd (0-1) HR: none New York Empires leads 3-2
R H E Grand Island 3 9 0 Box
Mackinac 4 6 0 WP - B.Francis (1-0) LP - H.Greene (0-1) HR: GI: A.Bohm (1); Mack: A.Santander (3) Mackinac wins series 4-1
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R H E New York Empires 6 6 0 Box
The Wreck 2 5 4 WP - C.Schmidt (1-0) LP - T.Anderson (0-1) HR: NYE: F.Tatis (1), R.Arozarena (1) New York Empires wins series 4-2
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