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 2025 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Littlestown (92-58)
Surfin USA (87-63)
California (81-69)
Too Much (66-84)
Semifinals - Too Much vs. Littlestown; California vs. Surfin USA
Littlestown won 4 games to 3
Surfin USA won 4 games to 1
Finals - Surfin USA vs. Littlestown
Season series: Tied 3-3
2025 Gore Cup Winner - Surfin USA won 4 games to 3
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Finals
Game Surfin USA vs. Littlestown
1
R H E Surfin USA 3 7 0 Box
Littlestown 6 11 0 WP - C.Morton (1-0) LP - Surf BP (0-1) HR: Surf: B.Lowe (1), N.Lukes (1); Litt: C.Carroll (1), J.Naylor (1), B.Turang (1), T.Turner (1) Littlestown leads 1-0
2
Extra Innings R H E Surfin USA 6 13 0 Box
Littlestown 5 12 0 WP - C.Sale (1-0) LP - Litt BP (0-1) HR: Surf: W.Contreras (1), J.Adell (1); Litt: C.Carroll (2), B.Turang (2) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Littlestown 7 9 0 Box
Surfin USA 1 3 2 WP - T.Sugano (1-0) LP - Surf BP (0-2) HR: Litt: J.Lowe (1), R.Lewis 2 (2); Surf: J.Burger (1) Littlestown leads 2-1
4
R H E Littlestown 2 10 0 Box
Surfin USA 0 4 0 WP - S.Baz (1-0) LP - C.Rodon (0-1) HR: none Littlestown leads 3-1
5
R H E Littlestown 5 14 1 Box
Surfin USA 6 10 0 WP - N.Eovaldi (1-0) LP - E.Cabrera (0-1) HR: Litt: B.Buxton (1); Surf: B.Lowe (2) Littlestown leads 3-2
6
R H E Surfin USA 3 9 0 Box
Littlestown 0 6 2 WP - Y.Yamamoto (1-0) LP - C.Morton (1-1) HR: Surf: J.Adell (2); Litt: B.Buxton (2) Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Surfin USA 6 9 1 Box
Littlestown 2 7 0 WP - C.Kershaw (1-0) LP - T.Anderson (0-1) HR: Surf: W.Contreras 2 (3), M.Andujar (1), A.Volpe (1) Surfin USA wins series 4-3
Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Too Much 3 7 0 Box
Littlestown 5 8 1 WP - Litt BP (1-0) LP - M.Gore (0-1) HR: Litt: M.Betts (1), J.Naylor (1), H.Goodman (1) Littlestown leads 1-0
Extra Innings R H E California 3 10 2 Box
Surfin USA 4 3 2 WP - Y.Yamamoto (1-0) LP - S.Imanaga (0-1) HR: Cal: J.Caminero (1), Y.Diaz (1) Surfin USA leads 1-0
2
R H E Too Much 6 9 1 Box
Littlestown 9 10 0 WP - Litt BP (2-0) LP - C.Javier (0-1) HR: TM: N.Kurtz (1), O.Lopez 2 (2); Litt: B.Buxton (1), M.Betts (2), J.Naylor (2), T.Turner (1) Littlestown leads 2-0
R H E California 3 7 2 Box
Surfin USA 7 10 1 WP - C.Sale (1-0) LP - Cal BP (0-1) HR: Cal: E.Suarez 2 (2), J.Profar (1); Surf: G.Torres (1), J.Chourio (1), J.Adell (1) Surfin USA leads 2-0
3
Extra Innings R H E Littlestown 5 7 0 Box
Too Much 6 8 0 WP - A.Pallante (1-0) LP - S.Baz (0-1) HR: Litt: M.Betts (3); TM: N.Kurtz (2), M.Busch (1) Littlestown leads 2-1
R H E Surfin USA 1 5 0 Box
California 3 7 1 WP - B.Woo (1-0) LP - Surf BP (0-1) HR: Cal: B.Stott (1) Surfin USA leads 2-1
4
R H E Littlestown 7 10 0 Box
Too Much 3 12 0 WP - E.Cabrera (1-0) LP - T.Bibee (0-1) HR: Litt: J.Naylor (3), T.Turner (2), R.Lewis (1); TM: M.Wallner (1), N.Kurtz (3) Littlestown leads 3-1
R H E Surfin USA 7 9 1 Box
California 4 3 0 WP - C.Rodon (1-0) LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: Surf: W.Contreras (1), J.Adell (2), B.Lowe (1); Cal: J.Caminero (2), E.Suarez (3) Surfin USA leads 3-1
5
R H E Littlestown 5 9 0 Box
Too Much 7 11 1 WP - W.Warren (1-0) LP - T.Anderson (0-1) HR: Litt: C.Carroll (1), J.Naylor (4), B.Turang (1); TM: K.Carpenter (1), M.Busch (2), E.Clement (1) Littlestown leads 3-2
R H E Surfin USA 6 8 0 Box
California 4 7 2 WP - Surf BP (1-1) LP - Cal BP (0-2) HR: Surf: G.Arias (1), M.Andujar (1) Surfin USA wins series 4-1
6
R H E Too Much 10 11 1 Box
Littlestown 8 8 0 WP - TM BP (1-0) LP - C.Morton (0-1) HR: TM: N.Kurtz (4), M.Busch (3), T.Soderstrom (1); Litt: H.Goodman (2) Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Too Much 4 9 4 Box
Littlestown 7 8 0 WP - T.Sugano (1-0) LP - C.Javier (0-2) HR: TM: K.Carpenter (2), M.Busch (4), T.Soderstrom (2), E.Clement (2); Litt: C.Carroll (2), M.Betts (4), B.Turang (2), A.Rutschman (1) Littlestown wins series 4-3
