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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 2026 Entrants (in order of seeding):
- NYC2ATL (89-61)
- New Haven (86-64)
- Lost Creek (79-71)
- California (66-84)
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Semifinals - California vs. NYC2ATL; Lost Creek vs. New Haven
California won 4 games to 1
New Haven won 4 games to 3
Finals - California vs. New Haven
Season series: New Haven won 4-2
2026 Gore Cup Winner - New Haven won 4 games to 1
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Finals
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California vs. New Haven |
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| | R | H | E | | | California | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box | | New Haven | 5 | 13 | 0 | WP - C.Burns (1-0) LP - Cal BP (0-1)
HR: NH: A.Pages (1)
New Haven leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | California | 0 | 11 | 0 | Box | | New Haven | 5 | 11 | 1 | WP - N.McLean (1-0) LP - B.Woo (0-1)
HR: Cal: D.Varsho (1)
New Haven leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | New Haven | 5 | 12 | 0 | Box | | California | 4 | 9 | 2 | WP - D.Rasmussen (1-0) LP - M.Boyd (0-1)
HR: NH: J.Wood (1), D.Baldwin (1); Cal: J.Caminero (1), E.Suarez (1)
New Haven leads 3-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | New Haven | 2 | 7 | 1 | Box | | California | 9 | 11 | 2 | WP - K.Gausman (1-0) LP - B.Chandler (0-1)
HR: Cal: F.Lindor (1), E.Suarez (2), M.Dubon (1)
New Haven leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | New Haven | 7 | 13 | 0 | Box | | California | 4 | 10 | 0 | WP - R.Sasaki (1-0) LP - J.Assad (0-1)
HR: NH: J.Wood (2), S.Ohtani (1), K.Stowers (1), E.Duran (1); Cal: S.Suzuki (1)
New Haven wins series 4-1 |
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Semifinals
| Game |
Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | California | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box | | NYC2ATL | 2 | 3 | 1 | WP - S.Imanaga (1-0) LP - NYC BP (0-1)
HR: Cal: J.Caminero (1)
California leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Lost Creek | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box | | New Haven | 8 | 8 | 0 | WP - NH BP (1-0) LP - B.Miller (0-1)
HR: NH: C.Meidroth 2 (2), N.Lowe (1), C.Smith (1)
New Haven leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | California | 5 | 8 | 2 | Box | | NYC2ATL | 4 | 2 | 0 | WP - Cal BP (1-0) LP - L.Henderson (0-1)
HR: Cal: E.Suarez (1)
California leads 2-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Lost Creek | 5 | 13 | 1 | Box | | New Haven | 6 | 7 | 0 | WP - N.McLean (1-0) LP - A.Abbott (0-1)
HR: LC: C.Carrigg (1); NH: J.Wood (1), K.Stowers (1), E.Duran (1)
New Haven leads 2-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | NYC2ATL | 6 | 13 | 0 | Box | | California | 5 | 14 | 0 | WP - NYC BP (1-1) LP - M.Boyd (0-1)
HR: NYC: F.Tatis (1), L.Torrens (1); Cal: F.Lindor 2 (2), E.Suarez (2), K.Ruiz (1)
California leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | New Haven | 4 | 7 | 1 | Box | | Lost Creek | 7 | 11 | 0 | WP - G.Williams (1-0) LP - NH BP (1-1)
HR: LC: R.Devers (1), J.Merrill (1)
New Haven leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | NYC2ATL | 5 | 12 | 0 | Box | | California | 8 | 11 | 0 | WP - Cal BP (2-0) LP - Z.Thornton (0-1)
HR: NYC: P.Crow-Armstrong (1), K.Schwarber (1); Cal: J.Caminero (2), Y.Diaz (1), E.Suarez (3)
California leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | New Haven | 5 | 4 | 0 | Box | | Lost Creek | 2 | 9 | 0 | WP - B.Chandler (1-0) LP - J.Cantillo (0-1)
HR: LC: J.Sanoja (1)
New Haven leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | NYC2ATL | 4 | 13 | 0 | Box | | California | 5 | 10 | 0 | WP - Cal BP (3-0) LP - R.Weathers (0-1)
HR: Cal: J.Caminero (3)
California wins series 4-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | New Haven | 2 | 6 | 1 | Box | | Lost Creek | 8 | 10 | 1 | WP - R.Detmers (1-0) LP - R.Sasaki (0-1)
HR: LC: M.Harris II (1), J.Merrill (2), G.Moreno (1)
New Haven leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Lost Creek | 10 | 16 | 3 | Box | | New Haven | 2 | 11 | 0 | WP - B.Miller (1-1) LP - S.Ohtani (0-1)
HR: LC: J.Walker (1), R.Devers (2), M.Harris II (2), J.Merrill (3); NH: C.Smith 2 (3)
Series tied 3-3 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Lost Creek | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box | | New Haven | 4 | 13 | 0 | WP - NH BP (2-1) LP - A.Abbott (0-2)
HR: LC: K.Marte (1)
New Haven wins series 4-3 |
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