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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): 
          
            - Hello Wisconsin (80-71)
 
            - Texoma (78-72)
 
            - Buckner (77-73)
 
            - Bloomingdale (75-75)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Bloomingdale vs. Hello Wisconsin; Buckner vs. Texoma 
            
		  Bloomingdale won 4 games to 2
		   Buckner won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Bloomingdale vs. Buckner 
		  Season series: Tied 6-6 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Buckner won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloomingdale | 6 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | Buckner | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Fried (1-0)  LP - Buck BP (0-1) HR: Blm: J.Altuve (1), V.Guerrero Jr. (1), G.Stanton (1), O.Cabrera (1); Buck: B.Rooker (1), S.Steer (1) Bloomingdale leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloomingdale | 4 | 4 | 4 | Box  |  | Buckner | 6 | 2 | 3 |  WP - Buck BP (1-1)  LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: Blm: A.Judge (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckner | 2 | 8 | 3 | Box  |  | Bloomingdale | 10 | 11 | 0 |  WP - J.Montgomery (1-0)  LP - H.Greene (0-1) HR: Buck: D.LeMahieu (1); Blm: A.Judge 3 (4), B.Harper (1) Bloomingdale leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckner | 5 | 8 | 4 | Box  |  | Bloomingdale | 7 | 9 | 2 |  WP - T.Walker (1-0)  LP - M.Mikolas (0-1) HR: Buck: R.Acuna (1), S.Steer (2), C.Morel (1); Blm: J.Altuve (2), V.Guerrero Jr. (2) Bloomingdale leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckner | 8 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Bloomingdale | 4 | 9 | 4 |  WP - Buck BP (2-1)  LP - J.Luzardo (0-1) HR: Buck: R.Acuna (2), M.Yoshida (1); Blm: A.Judge (5) Bloomingdale leads 3-2 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Bloomingdale | 2 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Buckner | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - K.Senga (1-0)  LP - Blm BP (0-1) HR: Blm: V.Guerrero Jr. (3); Buck: A.Garcia (1) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloomingdale | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Buckner | 3 | 5 | 0 |  WP - M.Kelly (1-0)  LP - F.Valdez (0-2) HR: Blm: J.Altuve (3); Buck: B.Rooker (2), C.Morel (2) Buckner wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloomingdale | 4 | 8 | 4 | Box  |  | Hello Wisconsin | 8 | 12 | 0 |  WP - C.Morton (1-0)  LP - M.Fried (0-1) HR: HW: K.Schwarber (1), K.Farmer (1), S.Langeliers 2 (2) Hello Wisconsin leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckner | 7 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Texoma | 4 | 4 | 0 |  WP - Buck BP (1-0)  LP - B.Elder (0-1) HR: Buck: D.LeMahieu 2 (2), R.Jeffers (1) Buckner leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloomingdale | 8 | 12 | 4 | Box  |  | Hello Wisconsin | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - F.Valdez (1-0)  LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: Blm: J.Altuve (1), Y.Alvarez (1), B.Harper (1), G.Stanton (1); HW: M.Harris II (1), S.Langeliers (3) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckner | 9 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Texoma | 3 | 9 | 2 |  WP - K.Senga (1-0)  LP - B.Ober (0-1) HR: Buck: D.LeMahieu (3), R.Acuna (1), L.Rengifo 2 (2) Buckner leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hello Wisconsin | 9 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Bloomingdale | 5 | 7 | 2 |  WP - T.Glasnow (1-0)  LP - J.Montgomery (0-1) HR: HW: K.Schwarber (2); Blm: V.Guerrero Jr. (1) Hello Wisconsin leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Texoma | 2 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Buckner | 7 | 7 | 2 |  WP - M.Kelly (1-0)  LP - Tex BP (0-1) HR: Tex: O.Albies (1), L.Thomas (1); Buck: G.Cooper (1), M.Yoshida (1), L.Rengifo (3) Buckner leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hello Wisconsin | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Bloomingdale | 10 | 9 | 5 |  WP - T.Walker (1-0)  LP - D.Cease (0-1) HR: HW: K.Schwarber (3), S.Langeliers (4); Blm: B.Bichette (1), B.Harper (2) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Texoma | 6 | 12 | 2 | Box  |  | Buckner | 3 | 8 | 2 |  WP - J.Oviedo (1-0)  LP - H.Greene (0-1) HR: Buck: A.Garcia (1) Buckner leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hello Wisconsin | 1 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Bloomingdale | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Luzardo (1-0)  LP - HW BP (0-1) HR: HW: N.Gorman (1); Blm: V.Guerrero Jr. (2), J.Trevino (1) Bloomingdale leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Texoma | 7 | 14 | 1 | Box  |  | Buckner | 3 | 11 | 2 |  WP - C.Rea (1-0)  LP - M.Mikolas (0-1) HR: Tex: B.Witt Jr. (1), L.Raley (1), Y.Gomes (1) Buckner leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloomingdale | 5 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Hello Wisconsin | 3 | 4 | 0 |  WP - M.Fried (1-1)  LP - C.Morton (1-1) HR: Blm: G.Stanton (2); HW: S.Suzuki (1) Bloomingdale wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buckner | 5 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Texoma | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Y.Darvish (1-0)  LP - B.Elder (0-2) HR: Buck: C.Morel (1); Tex: O.Albies (2) Buckner wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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