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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):

Arkansas (84-66)
Iowa (82-68)
Bundle (80-70)
Buckeye (68-82)

Semifinals - Buckeye vs. Arkansas; Bundle vs. Iowa

Arkansas won 4 games to 1

Iowa won 4 games to 3

Finals - Iowa vs. Arkansas

Season series: Arkansas won 4-2

2026 Gore Cup Winner - Iowa won 4 games to 0

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Finals

Game

Iowa vs. Arkansas

1

	R	H	E
Iowa	6	9	2	Box
Arkansas	4	2	0	Box
WP - IA BP (1-0) LP - C.Sanchez (0-1) HR: IA: J.Pena 2 (2) Iowa leads 1-0

2

	R	H	E
Iowa	4	7	0	Box
Arkansas	2	7	1	Box
WP - E.Rodriguez (1-0) LP - F.Griffin (0-1) HR: IA: J.Pena (3), L.Keaschall (1) Iowa leads 2-0

3

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Arkansas	3	8	0	Box
Iowa	4	6	2	Box
WP - D.Cease (1-0) LP - T.Mahle (0-1) HR: Ark: J.Wetherholt (1) Iowa leads 3-0

4

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Arkansas	9	9	0	Box
Iowa	10	11	0	Box
WP - IA BP (2-0) LP - B.Elder (0-1) HR: IA: J.Duran (1), R.Jeffers 2 (2) Iowa wins series 4-0

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Semifinals

Game

Semifinal One

Semifinal Two

1

	R	H	E
Buckeye	0	6	1	Box
Arkansas	11	9	0	Box
WP - J.Luzardo (1-0) LP - L.Castillo (0-1) HR: Ark: M.Betts (1), M.Muncy (1) Arkansas leads 1-0

	R	H	E
Bundle	2	6	0	Box
Iowa	1	9	1	Box
WP - T.Rogers (1-0) LP - J.Ryan (0-1) HR: IA: D.Crews (1) Bundle leads 1-0

2

	R	H	E
Buckeye	4	7	0	Box
Arkansas	8	12	0	Box
WP - C.Sanchez (1-0) LP - G.Kirby (0-1) HR: Buck: D.Canzone (1); Ark: M.Betts (2) Arkansas leads 2-0

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Bundle	5	7	0	Box
Iowa	4	13	0	Box
WP - A.Nola (1-0) LP - E.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: Bun: O.Albies (1), F.Freeman (1); IA: R.Lewis (1), R.Jeffers (1) Bundle leads 2-0

3

	R	H	E
Arkansas	6	4	3	Box
Buckeye	7	11	3	Box
WP - Buck BP (1-0) LP - Ark BP (0-1) HR: Buck: X.Bogaerts (1), C.Walker (1), S.Suzuki (1) Arkansas leads 2-1

	R	H	E
Iowa	6	8	0	Box
Bundle	4	11	2	Box
WP - IA BP (1-0) LP - E.Cabrera (0-1) HR: Bun: Y.Alvarez (1), R.Acuna (1), W.Abreu (1) Bundle leads 2-1

4

	R	H	E
Arkansas	3	7	0	Box
Buckeye	2	4	2	Box
WP - T.Mahle (1-0) LP - Buck BP (1-1) HR: Ark: O.Cruz (1), W.Contreras (1) Arkansas leads 3-1

	R	H	E
Iowa	1	4	0	Box
Bundle	5	5	2	Box
WP - D.Peterson (1-0) LP - L.Webb (0-1) HR: Bun: O.Albies (2), R.Acuna (2) Bundle leads 3-1

5

	R	H	E
Arkansas	5	7	2	Box
Buckeye	4	11	1	Box
WP - B.Elder (1-0) LP - R.Lowder (0-1) HR: Ark: M.Muncy (2), W.Contreras (2) Arkansas wins series 4-1

	R	H	E
Iowa	4	5	1	Box
Bundle	2	9	3	Box
WP - S.Imanaga (1-0) LP - I.Seymour (0-1) HR: IA: J.Pena (1) Bundle leads 3-2

6

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Bundle	1	3	1	Box
Iowa	2	8	1	Box
WP - IA BP (2-0) LP - Bun BP (0-1) HR: IA: J.Duran (1) Series tied 3-3

7

	R	H	E
Bundle	3	8	0	Box
Iowa	6	4	0	Box
WP - E.Rodriguez (1-1) LP - A.Nola (1-1) HR: Bun: O.Albies (3); IA: R.Lewis (2) Iowa wins series 4-3

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