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 2022 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Joe Morgan (79-71)
Cincinnati (75-75)
Lexington (71-79)
Golden (67-83)
Semifinals - Golden vs. Joe Morgan; Lexington vs. Cincinnati
Golden won 4 games to 1
Cincinnati won 4 games to 2
Finals - Golden vs. Cincinnati
Season series: Cincinnati won 4-2
2022 Gore Cup Winner - Cincinnati won 4 games to 3
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Finals
Game Golden vs. Cincinnati
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R H E Golden 7 10 0 Box
Cincinnati 3 12 2 WP - S.Bieber (1-0) LP - S.Alcantara (0-1) HR: GG: K.Tucker (1), N.Lowe (1); Cin: A.Judge (1) Golden leads 1-0
2
R H E Golden 4 14 2 Box
Cincinnati 3 5 0 WP - B.Singer (1-0) LP - T.Gonsolin (0-1) HR: none Golden leads 2-0
3
R H E Cincinnati 6 9 1 Box
Golden 4 5 7 WP - C.Bassitt (1-0) LP - L.McCullers (0-1) HR: Cin: A.Riley (1), A.Judge (2); GG: K.Tucker (2) Golden leads 2-1
4
R H E Cincinnati 2 9 0 Box
Golden 4 4 2 WP - N.Lodolo (1-0) LP - T.Walker (0-1) HR: GG: Y.Alvarez (1), G.Torres (1) Golden leads 3-1
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R H E Cincinnati 6 8 2 Box
Golden 5 9 2 WP - L.Garcia (1-0) LP - C.Carrasco (0-1) HR: Cin: A.Riley (2), J.India (1); GG: R.Acuna (1) Golden leads 3-2
6
R H E Golden 1 5 0 Box
Cincinnati 2 9 0 WP - S.Alcantara (1-1) LP - GG BP (0-1) HR: none Series tied 3-3
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R H E Golden 5 7 5 Box
Cincinnati 11 15 0 WP - Cin BP (1-0) LP - GG BP (0-2) HR: GG: N.Lowe (2), Y.Gomes 2 (2); Cin: Y.Diaz (1), A.Judge 2 (4), J.India (2) Cincinnati wins series 4-3
Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Golden 2 8 2 Box
Joe Morgan 3 12 1 WP - J.Springs (1-0) LP - GG BP (0-1) HR: GG: N.Lowe (1); JM: D.Fletcher (1) Joe Morgan leads 1-0
R H E Lexington 4 3 2 Box
Cincinnati 5 3 3 WP - Cin BP (1-0) LP - F.Peralta (0-1) HR: none Cincinnati leads 1-0
2
R H E Golden 6 12 0 Box
Joe Morgan 2 9 0 WP - B.Singer (1-0) LP - S.McClanahan (0-1) HR: GG: C.Walker (1); JM: J.Bell (1), C.Seager (1) Series tied 1-1
R H E Lexington 4 8 1 Box
Cincinnati 2 11 1 WP - K.Gausman (1-0) LP - T.Gonsolin (0-1) HR: Lex: F.Lindor (1); Cin: A.Rosario (1), A.Judge (1) Series tied 1-1
3
Extra Innings R H E Joe Morgan 3 8 2 Box
Golden 4 8 2 WP - GG BP (1-1) LP - JM BP (0-1) HR: GG: R.Jeffers (1) Golden leads 2-1
R H E Cincinnati 6 11 0 Box
Lexington 3 7 2 WP - C.Bassitt (1-0) LP - Lex BP (0-1) HR: Cin: A.Riley (1), J.India (1); Lex: G.Springer (1) Cincinnati leads 2-1
4
R H E Joe Morgan 1 10 0 Box
Golden 6 7 3 WP - N.Lodolo (1-0) LP - JM BP (0-2) HR: JM: P.Goldschmidt (1); GG: C.Yelich (1), C.Walker (2), E.Suarez (1) Golden leads 3-1
Extra Innings R H E Cincinnati 2 6 2 Box
Lexington 3 4 0 WP - J.Montgomery (1-0) LP - T.Walker (0-1) HR: Cin: J.India (2); Lex: T.Grisham (1) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Joe Morgan 1 11 5 Box
Golden 8 10 3 WP - C.Carrasco (1-0) LP - Z.Davies (0-1) HR: GG: Y.Alvarez (1) Golden wins series 4-1
R H E Cincinnati 10 14 1 Box
Lexington 5 7 2 WP - Cin BP (2-0) LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: Cin: Y.Diaz (1), A.Riley (2), A.Judge 2 (3); Lex: T.Taylor (1) Cincinnati leads 3-2
6
R H E Lexington 3 5 1 Box
Cincinnati 7 11 1 WP - S.Alcantara (1-0) LP - C.Kuhl (0-1) HR: Cin: K.Farmer (1), A.Riley (3) Cincinnati wins series 4-2
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