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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): 
          
            - Joe Morgan (79-71)
 
            - Cincinnati (75-75)
 
            - Lexington (71-79)
 
            - Golden (67-83)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Golden vs. Joe Morgan; Lexington vs. Cincinnati 
            
		  Golden won 4 games to 1
		   Cincinnati won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Golden vs. Cincinnati 
		  Season series: Cincinnati won 4-2 
          2022 Gore Cup Winner - Cincinnati won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Golden | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 12 | 2 |  WP - S.Bieber (1-0)  LP - S.Alcantara (0-1) HR: GG: K.Tucker (1), N.Lowe (1); Cin: A.Judge (1) Golden leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Golden | 4 | 14 | 2 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 5 | 0 |  WP - B.Singer (1-0)  LP - T.Gonsolin (0-1) HR: none Golden leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 6 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Golden | 4 | 5 | 7 |  WP - C.Bassitt (1-0)  LP - L.McCullers (0-1) HR: Cin: A.Riley (1), A.Judge (2); GG: K.Tucker (2) Golden leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Golden | 4 | 4 | 2 |  WP - N.Lodolo (1-0)  LP - T.Walker (0-1) HR: GG: Y.Alvarez (1), G.Torres (1) Golden leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 6 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Golden | 5 | 9 | 2 |  WP - L.Garcia (1-0)  LP - C.Carrasco (0-1) HR: Cin: A.Riley (2), J.India (1); GG: R.Acuna (1) Golden leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Golden | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 9 | 0 |  WP - S.Alcantara (1-1)  LP - GG BP (0-1) HR: none Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Golden | 5 | 7 | 5 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 11 | 15 | 0 |  WP - Cin BP (1-0)  LP - GG BP (0-2) HR: GG: N.Lowe (2), Y.Gomes 2 (2); Cin: Y.Diaz (1), A.Judge 2 (4), J.India (2) Cincinnati wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Golden | 2 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Joe Morgan | 3 | 12 | 1 |  WP - J.Springs (1-0)  LP - GG BP (0-1) HR: GG: N.Lowe (1); JM: D.Fletcher (1) Joe Morgan leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lexington | 4 | 3 | 2 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 5 | 3 | 3 |  WP - Cin BP (1-0)  LP - F.Peralta (0-1) HR: none Cincinnati leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Golden | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Joe Morgan | 2 | 9 | 0 |  WP - B.Singer (1-0)  LP - S.McClanahan (0-1) HR: GG: C.Walker (1); JM: J.Bell (1), C.Seager (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lexington | 4 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 11 | 1 |  WP - K.Gausman (1-0)  LP - T.Gonsolin (0-1) HR: Lex: F.Lindor (1); Cin: A.Rosario (1), A.Judge (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Joe Morgan | 3 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Golden | 4 | 8 | 2 |  WP - GG BP (1-1)  LP - JM BP (0-1) HR: GG: R.Jeffers (1) Golden leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Lexington | 3 | 7 | 2 |  WP - C.Bassitt (1-0)  LP - Lex BP (0-1) HR: Cin: A.Riley (1), J.India (1); Lex: G.Springer (1) Cincinnati leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Joe Morgan | 1 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Golden | 6 | 7 | 3 |  WP - N.Lodolo (1-0)  LP - JM BP (0-2) HR: JM: P.Goldschmidt (1); GG: C.Yelich (1), C.Walker (2), E.Suarez (1) Golden leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Lexington | 3 | 4 | 0 |  WP - J.Montgomery (1-0)  LP - T.Walker (0-1) HR: Cin: J.India (2); Lex: T.Grisham (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Joe Morgan | 1 | 11 | 5 | Box  |  | Golden | 8 | 10 | 3 |  WP - C.Carrasco (1-0)  LP - Z.Davies (0-1) HR: GG: Y.Alvarez (1) Golden wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 10 | 14 | 1 | Box  |  | Lexington | 5 | 7 | 2 |  WP - Cin BP (2-0)  LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: Cin: Y.Diaz (1), A.Riley (2), A.Judge 2 (3); Lex: T.Taylor (1) Cincinnati leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lexington | 3 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 7 | 11 | 1 |  WP - S.Alcantara (1-0)  LP - C.Kuhl (0-1) HR: Cin: K.Farmer (1), A.Riley (3) Cincinnati wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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