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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 2022 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Appierances (88-62)
 
            - Kentucky (87-64)
 
            - Cincinnati (73-77)
 
            - Cleves (69-81)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Cleves vs. Appierances; Cincinnati vs. Kentucky 
            
		  Appierances won 4 games to 3
		   Kentucky won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Kentucky vs. Appierances 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2022 Gore Cup Winner - Kentucky won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Kentucky vs. Appierances | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kentucky | 1 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Appierances | 2 | 9 | 0 |  WP - D.Cease (1-0)  LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: Ken: B.Bichette (1), C.Yelich (1) Appierances leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kentucky | 6 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Appierances | 7 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Z.Gallen (1-0)  LP - S.McClanahan (0-1) HR: Ken: M.Machado (1), A.Riley (1); App: R.Devers (1) Appierances leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Appierances | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Kentucky | 4 | 9 | 1 |  WP - Ken BP (1-0)  LP - App BP (0-1) HR: Ken: A.Riley (2) Appierances leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Appierances | 2 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Kentucky | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - A.Manoah (0-1) HR: App: W.Adames (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Appierances | 3 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Kentucky | 9 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Ken BP (2-0)  LP - A.Cobb (0-1) HR: Ken: M.Machado (2), A.Riley (3), J.Altuve (1) Kentucky leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kentucky | 2 | 10 | 3 | Box  |  | Appierances | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - D.Cease (2-0)  LP - C.Kershaw (0-2) HR: none Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kentucky | 7 | 14 | 3 | Box  |  | Appierances | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - S.McClanahan (1-1)  LP - App BP (0-2) HR: Ken: Y.Alvarez (1), J.Altuve (2), A.McCutchen (1), D.Jansen 2 (2); App: W.Adames (2) Kentucky wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Cleves | 7 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Appierances | 6 | 7 | 1 |  WP - Cle BP (1-0)  LP - App BP (0-1) HR: Cle: A.Judge (1), J.Berti (1), A.Santander (1); App: B.Drury (1) Cleves leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Kentucky | 3 | 11 | 0 |  WP - R.Ray (1-0)  LP - Ken BP (0-1) HR: Cin: A.Rizzo (1), S.Marte (1); Ken: B.Bichette (1), J.Altuve (1), A.Garcia (1) Cincinnati leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleves | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Appierances | 4 | 6 | 1 |  WP - S.Watkins (1-0)  LP - App BP (0-2) HR: Cle: A.Judge (2), M.Olson (1) Cleves leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 16 | 0 | Box  |  | Kentucky | 7 | 11 | 1 |  WP - S.McClanahan (1-0)  LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: Cin: B.Witt Jr. (1); Ken: M.Yastrzemski (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Appierances | 8 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Cleves | 11 | 14 | 2 |  WP - Cle BP (2-0)  LP - T.Anderson (0-1) HR: App: R.Arozarena (1), J.Ramirez (1); Cle: A.Judge (3), A.Hicks (1), M.Semien (1) Cleves leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kentucky | 6 | 7 | 3 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 7 | 8 | 0 |  WP - M.Kopech (1-0)  LP - N.Cortes (0-1) HR: Ken: Y.Alvarez (1), A.Riley (1), J.Altuve (2); Cin: J.Rodriguez (1) Cincinnati leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Appierances | 7 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Cleves | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - A.Manoah (1-0)  LP - M.Bumgarner (0-1) HR: Cle: A.Judge (4), A.Santander (2), G.Sanchez (1) Cleves leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kentucky | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - T.Walker (0-1) HR: Cin: J.Rodriguez (2) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Appierances | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Cleves | 2 | 7 | 1 |  WP - A.Cobb (1-0)  LP - D.Bundy (0-1) HR: none Cleves leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kentucky | 5 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Cin BP (1-0)  LP - L.Patino (0-1) HR: Cin: J.Rodriguez (3), W.Smith (1) Cincinnati leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleves | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Appierances | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - D.Cease (1-0)  LP - J.Junis (0-1) HR: Cle: M.Olson (2); App: J.Ramirez (2), N.Gorman (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 7 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Kentucky | 8 | 9 | 1 |  WP - Ken BP (1-1)  LP - R.Ray (1-1) HR: Cin: J.Rodriguez (4), S.Marte (2), W.Smith (2); Ken: Y.Alvarez (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleves | 0 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Appierances | 6 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Z.Gallen (1-0)  LP - S.Watkins (1-1) HR: App: R.Greene (1), W.Adames (1) Appierances wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Kentucky | 5 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Ken BP (2-1)  LP - S.Gray (0-2) HR: Ken: K.Hayes (1) Kentucky wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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