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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):

  1. Kingston (18-15)
  2. Corona (9-24)
  3. Carter Lake (11-22)
  4. North Carolina (9-24)

 

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

Game North Carolina vs. Corona

1

 RHE 
North Carolina5100

Box

Corona792
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
 

2

 RHE 
North Carolina353

Box

Corona690
WP - Cor BP (1-0) LP - W.Miley (0-1)
HR: Cor: J.Ramirez (3), J.Soler (1)
Corona leads 2-0
 

3

 RHE 
Corona590

Box

North Carolina485
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
 

4

 RHE 
Corona3101

Box

North Carolina5100
WP - C.Morton (1-0) LP - M.Mikolas (0-1)
HR: Cor: J.Soler (2)
Corona leads 3-1
 

5

 RHE 
Corona272

Box

North Carolina790
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
 

6

Extra InningsRHE 
North Carolina9141

Box

Corona8110
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
 

7

 RHE 
North Carolina341

Box

Corona7100
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
 
   

 

Semifinals

Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two

1

Extra InningsRHE 
North Carolina8142

Box

Kingston7110
WP - NC BP (1-0) LP - M.Scherzer (0-1)
HR: King: T.Turner (1), N.Velazquez (1)
North Carolina leads 1-0
 
 RHE 
Carter Lake8130

Box

Corona690
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
 

2

Extra InningsRHE 
North Carolina250

Box

Kingston381
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
 
 RHE 
Carter Lake071

Box

Corona533
WP - C.Ragans (1-0) LP - T.Wells (0-1)
HR: CL: A.Judge (1)
Series tied 1-1
 

3

 RHE 
Kingston592

Box

North Carolina6121
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
 
 RHE 
Corona553

Box

Carter Lake250
WP - J.Verlander (1-0) LP - L.Giolito (0-1)
HR: Cor: A.Riley (1)
Corona leads 2-1
 

4

 RHE 
Kingston480

Box

North Carolina670
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 InningsRHE 
Corona423

Box

Carter Lake390
WP - B.Miller (1-0) LP - R.Hill (0-1)
HR: CL: T.Hernandez (1)
Corona leads 3-1
 

5

 RHE 
Kingston6150

Box

North Carolina4100
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
 
 RHE 
Corona8120

Box

Carter Lake490
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
 

6

Extra InningsRHE 
North Carolina5130

Box

Kingston4100
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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