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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): 
          
            - Chicago (84-66)
 
            - Paducah (83-67)
 
            - Lord of the Fly (73-77)
 
            - San Francisco (70-80)
 
           
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           Semifinals - San Francisco vs. Chicago; Lord of the Fly vs. Paducah 
            
		  Chicago won 4 games to 2
		   Paducah won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Paducah vs. Chicago 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Paducah won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Paducah | 3 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Chicago | 0 | 8 | 0 |  WP - F.Valdez (1-0)  LP - Chi BP (0-1) HR: Pad: M.Muncy (1); Chi: A.Judge (1), K.Tucker (1) Paducah leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Paducah | 2 | 4 | 1 | Box  |  | Chicago | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - E.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - G.Ashcraft (0-1) HR: Pad: A.Duvall (1), M.Thaiss (1); Chi: M.Wallner (1), M.Melendez (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 2 | 3 | 0 | Box  |  | Paducah | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Pad BP (1-0)  LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: Chi: M.Betts (1), K.Tucker (2); Pad: S.Ohtani (1) Paducah leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Paducah | 6 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Musgrove (1-0)  LP - J.Ryan (0-1) HR: Chi: J.Candelario (1); Pad: S.Ohtani (2) Paducah leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 2 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Paducah | 1 | 5 | 0 |  WP - M.Gore (1-0)  LP - Pad BP (1-1) HR: Chi: S.Brown (1) Paducah leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Paducah | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Chicago | 10 | 11 | 0 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - F.Valdez (1-1) HR: Pad: J.Lowe (1), J.Siri (1); Chi: M.Betts (2), K.Tucker (3), S.Brown (2) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Paducah | 7 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Chicago | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - G.Ashcraft (1-1)  LP - E.Rodriguez (1-1) HR: Pad: J.Lowe (2), M.Muncy (2), J.Heim (1); Chi: C.Abrams (1) Paducah wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | San Francisco | 3 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Chicago | 4 | 9 | 1 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - SF BP (0-1) HR: SF: N.Hoerner (1), N.Lowe (1); Chi: A.Judge (1), M.Melendez 2 (2) Chicago leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lord of the Fly | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Paducah | 4 | 7 | 1 |  WP - LOTF BP (1-0)  LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: LOTF: G.Springer (1), B.De La Cruz (1); Pad: W.Adames (1) Lord of the Fly leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | San Francisco | 7 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | Chicago | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - SF BP (1-1)  LP - Chi BP (0-1) HR: SF: A.Riley 2 (2), Z.Neto (1); Chi: W.Merrifield (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lord of the Fly | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Paducah | 4 | 4 | 0 |  WP - G.Ashcraft (1-0)  LP - LOTF BP (1-1) HR: Pad: S.Ohtani (1), C.Taylor (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | San Francisco | 2 | 7 | 2 |  WP - J.Luzardo (1-0)  LP - Chi BP (0-2) HR: Chi: J.Burger (1); SF: A.Vaughn (1) San Francisco leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Paducah | 8 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Lord of the Fly | 2 | 9 | 1 |  WP - B.Miller (1-0)  LP - M.Kelly (0-1) HR: Pad: W.Adames (2), E.Montero (1); LOTF: C.Seager (1) Paducah leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 6 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | San Francisco | 5 | 7 | 2 |  WP - Chi BP (1-2)  LP - SF BP (1-2) HR: Chi: M.Betts (1), J.Candelario (1), W.Merrifield (2); SF: F.Alvarez (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Paducah | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Lord of the Fly | 5 | 12 | 1 |  WP - LOTF BP (2-1)  LP - Pad BP (0-1) HR: Pad: M.Muncy (1), W.Adames (3); LOTF: G.Springer (2), C.Seager (2), R.Greene (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | San Francisco | 0 | 5 | 3 |  WP - M.Gore (1-0)  LP - SF BP (1-3) HR: none Chicago leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Paducah | 1 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Lord of the Fly | 5 | 8 | 1 |  WP - C.Silseth (1-0)  LP - Pad BP (0-2) HR: LOTF: C.Seager 2 (4), R.Greene (2) Lord of the Fly leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | San Francisco | 2 | 12 | 3 | Box  |  | Chicago | 6 | 8 | 0 |  WP - C.Kershaw (2-0)  LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: Chi: M.Betts (2), A.Judge (2) Chicago wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lord of the Fly | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Paducah | 5 | 13 | 0 |  WP - F.Valdez (1-1)  LP - LOTF BP (2-2) HR: LOTF: G.Springer (3), J.Turner (1); Pad: A.Duvall (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lord of the Fly | 2 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | Paducah | 3 | 9 | 4 |  WP - G.Ashcraft (2-0)  LP - LOTF BP (2-3) HR: none Paducah wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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