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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): 
          
            - Kingston (81-69)
 
            - Corona (75-75)
 
            - Carter Lake (74-76)
 
            - North Carolina (73-77)
 
           
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           Semifinals - North Carolina vs. Kingston; Carter Lake vs. Corona 
            
		  North Carolina won 4 games to 2
		   Corona won 4 games to 1
             
          Finals - North Carolina vs. Corona 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Corona won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | North Carolina | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Corona | 7 | 9 | 2 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - J.Montgomery (0-1) HR: NC: H.Renfroe (1), C.Santana (1); Cor: A.Riley (1), J.Ramirez 2 (2) Corona leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | North Carolina | 3 | 5 | 3 | Box  |  | Corona | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Cor BP (1-0)  LP - W.Miley (0-1) HR: Cor: J.Ramirez (3), J.Soler (1) Corona leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Corona | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | North Carolina | 4 | 8 | 5 |  WP - B.Miller (1-0)  LP - NC BP (0-1) HR: Cor: J.Ramirez (4), V.Guerrero Jr. (1), R.Arozarena (1); NC: M.Harris II (1), A.Bregman (1), C.Santana 2 (3) Corona leads 3-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Corona | 3 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | North Carolina | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - C.Morton (1-0)  LP - M.Mikolas (0-1) HR: Cor: J.Soler (2) Corona leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Corona | 2 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | North Carolina | 7 | 9 | 0 |  WP - K.Gibson (1-0)  LP - O.Bido (0-1) HR: Cor: L.Robert (1), O.Arcia (1); NC: M.Harris II 2 (3), A.Bregman (2) Corona leads 3-2 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | North Carolina | 9 | 14 | 1 | Box  |  | Corona | 8 | 11 | 0 |  WP - NC BP (1-1)  LP - Cor BP (1-1) HR: NC: I.Happ (1), H.Renfroe (2), A.Bregman (3); Cor: L.Robert (2) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | North Carolina | 3 | 4 | 1 | Box  |  | Corona | 7 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Cor BP (2-1)  LP - W.Miley (0-2) HR: NC: C.Santana (4); Cor: T.Estrada (1), L.Robert (3), J.Soler (3) Corona wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | North Carolina | 8 | 14 | 2 | Box  |  | Kingston | 7 | 11 | 0 |  WP - NC BP (1-0)  LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: King: T.Turner (1), N.Velazquez (1) North Carolina leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Carter Lake | 8 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Corona | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - CL BP (1-0)  LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: CL: N.Jones (1), A.Vaughn (1), A.Rutschman (1); Cor: D.Schneider (1) Carter Lake leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | North Carolina | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Kingston | 3 | 8 | 1 |  WP - S.Lugo (1-0)  LP - W.Miley (0-1) HR: NC: I.Happ (1), G.Stanton (1); King: T.Pham (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Carter Lake | 0 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Corona | 5 | 3 | 3 |  WP - C.Ragans (1-0)  LP - T.Wells (0-1) HR: CL: A.Judge (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kingston | 5 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | North Carolina | 6 | 12 | 1 |  WP - C.Morton (1-0)  LP - King BP (0-1) HR: King: L.Nootbaar (1), A.Santander (1), N.Lowe (1); NC: H.Renfroe (1), A.Bregman (1), N.Gorman 2 (2) North Carolina leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Corona | 5 | 5 | 3 | Box  |  | Carter Lake | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - L.Giolito (0-1) HR: Cor: A.Riley (1) Corona leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kingston | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | North Carolina | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - K.Gibson (1-0)  LP - M.Clevinger (0-1) HR: King: B.Harper (1), B.Drury (1); NC: X.Bogaerts (1), H.Renfroe (2) North Carolina leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Corona | 4 | 2 | 3 | Box  |  | Carter Lake | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - B.Miller (1-0)  LP - R.Hill (0-1) HR: CL: T.Hernandez (1) Corona leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kingston | 6 | 15 | 0 | Box  |  | North Carolina | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Oviedo (1-0)  LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: King: T.Turner (2), B.Harper (2), A.Santander (2); NC: I.Happ (2), N.Gorman 2 (4) North Carolina leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Corona | 8 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Carter Lake | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Mikolas (1-0)  LP - B.Elder (0-1) HR: Cor: D.Schneider (2), V.Guerrero Jr. (1), O.Arcia (1) Corona wins series 4-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | North Carolina | 5 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Kingston | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Montgomery (1-0)  LP - King BP (0-2) HR: NC: S.Murphy (1); King: L.Nootbaar (2), C.Morel (1), B.Drury (2) North Carolina wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
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