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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):
- Carter Lake (88-62)
- Yet To Be Named (82-68)
- Buddy the Elf (80-70)
- Riemann (73-77)
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Semifinals - Riemann vs. Carter Lake; Buddy the Elf vs. Yet To Be Named
Carter Lake won 4 games to 2
Buddy the Elf won 4 games to 0
Finals - Buddy the Elf vs. Carter Lake
Season series: Carter Lake won 5-1
2026 Gore Cup Winner - Buddy the Elf won 4 games to 3
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Finals
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Buddy the Elf vs. Carter Lake |
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| | R | H | E | | | Buddy the Elf | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box | | Carter Lake | 5 | 6 | 0 | WP - C.Burns (1-0) LP - J.Luzardo (0-1)
HR: CL: S.Ohtani (1)
Carter Lake leads 1-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Buddy the Elf | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Carter Lake | 5 | 8 | 2 | WP - S.Lugo (1-0) LP - S.McClanahan (0-1)
HR: Bud: J.Adell (1), J.Burger (1); CL: C.Abrams 2 (2), B.Stott (1)
Carter Lake leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Carter Lake | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Buddy the Elf | 3 | 5 | 0 | WP - CL BP (1-0) LP - M.Boyd (0-1)
HR: CL: S.Ohtani (2), C.DeLauter (1)
Carter Lake leads 3-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Carter Lake | 3 | 6 | 2 | Box | | Buddy the Elf | 4 | 3 | 0 | WP - Bud BP (1-0) LP - R.Feltner (0-1)
HR: CL: M.Massey (1); Bud: M.Vargas (1), J.Burger (2)
Carter Lake leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Carter Lake | 3 | 5 | 1 | Box | | Buddy the Elf | 4 | 9 | 0 | WP - Bud BP (2-0) LP - B.Snell (0-1)
HR: Bud: H.Lee (1)
Carter Lake leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Buddy the Elf | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Carter Lake | 2 | 6 | 2 | WP - J.Luzardo (1-1) LP - CL BP (1-1)
HR: Bud: M.Vargas (2)
Series tied 3-3 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Buddy the Elf | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box | | Carter Lake | 5 | 8 | 1 | WP - Bud BP (3-0) LP - S.Lugo (1-1)
HR: Bud: J.Burger 2 (4), M.Ballesteros (1); CL: R.Greene (1)
Buddy the Elf wins series 4-3 |
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Semifinals
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Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| | R | H | E | | | Riemann | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Carter Lake | 4 | 10 | 1 | WP - C.Burns (1-0) LP - L.Henderson (0-1)
HR: Rie: C.Rafaela (1); CL: C.Abrams (1), R.Greene (1)
Carter Lake leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Buddy the Elf | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Yet To Be Named | 3 | 10 | 0 | WP - J.Luzardo (1-0) LP - C.Schlittler (0-1)
HR: Bud: J.Chisholm 2 (2), J.Burger (1); YTBN: Y.Diaz (1), J.Caglianone (1)
Buddy the Elf leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Riemann | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Carter Lake | 0 | 11 | 1 | WP - T.Skubal (1-0) LP - S.Lugo (0-1)
HR: Rie: K.McGonigle (1), A.Martinez (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Buddy the Elf | 8 | 11 | 1 | Box | | Yet To Be Named | 7 | 8 | 0 | WP - Bud BP (1-0) LP - YTBN BP (0-1)
HR: Bud: B.Reynolds (1), R.Grichuk (1), W.Contreras (1), G.Mitchell (1); YTBN: N.Arenado (1), C.Bellinger (1)
Buddy the Elf leads 2-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Carter Lake | 4 | 8 | 1 | Box | | Riemann | 3 | 10 | 0 | WP - C.Rea (1-0) LP - G.Williams (0-1)
HR: none
Carter Lake leads 2-1 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Yet To Be Named | 3 | 10 | 1 | Box | | Buddy the Elf | 4 | 9 | 0 | WP - M.Boyd (1-0) LP - C.Mize (0-1)
HR: YTBN: T.Turner (1), D.Baldwin 2 (2); Bud: W.Contreras (1)
Buddy the Elf leads 3-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Carter Lake | 6 | 7 | 1 | Box | | Riemann | 4 | 7 | 3 | WP - CL BP (1-0) LP - Rie BP (0-1)
HR: CL: C.Mayo (1), M.Massey (1)
Carter Lake leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Yet To Be Named | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Buddy the Elf | 5 | 9 | 0 | WP - D.Anderson (1-0) LP - C.Sanchez (0-1)
HR: YTBN: O.Albies (1), D.Baldwin (3); Bud: J.Adell (1), W.Contreras (2)
Buddy the Elf wins series 4-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Carter Lake | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Riemann | 5 | 7 | 0 | WP - G.Kirby (1-0) LP - R.Sasaki (0-1)
HR: CL: J.Walker (1); Rie: K.Schwarber (1)
Carter Lake leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Riemann | 3 | 11 | 1 | Box | | Carter Lake | 5 | 9 | 4 | WP - B.Snell (1-0) LP - L.Henderson (0-2)
HR: CL: C.Abrams (2), S.Ohtani (1)
Carter Lake wins series 4-2 |
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