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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):
- Black Flowers (89-61)
- Stu Sutcliffe (80-70)
- Volkswagon (80-71)
- Plastic Ono (66-84)
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Semifinals - Plastic Ono vs. Black Flowers; Volkswagon vs. Stu Sutcliffe
Plastic Ono won 4 games to 2
Volkswagon won 4 games to 2
Finals - Plastic Ono vs. Volkswagon
Season series: Tied 3-3
2026 Gore Cup Winner - Plastic Ono won 4 games to 3
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Finals
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Plastic Ono vs. Volkswagon |
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| | R | H | E | | | Plastic Ono | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box | | Volkswagon | 0 | 2 | 0 | WP - C.Sale (1-0) LP - VW BP (0-1)
HR: PO: E.Suarez (1), H.Hernandez (1)
Plastic Ono leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Plastic Ono | 1 | 3 | 0 | Box | | Volkswagon | 2 | 7 | 3 | WP - S.Burke (1-0) LP - PO BP (0-1)
HR: VW: K.Stowers (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Volkswagon | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Plastic Ono | 4 | 6 | 3 | WP - R.Johnson (1-0) LP - C.Mize (0-1)
HR: VW: W.Contreras (1); PO: E.Suarez (2), H.Hernandez (2)
Volkswagon leads 2-1 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Volkswagon | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Plastic Ono | 3 | 5 | 0 | WP - M.Meyer (1-0) LP - J.Assad (0-1)
HR: VW: K.Schwarber (1); PO: R.Hoskins (1), S.Torkelson (1), H.Hernandez (3)
Series tied 2-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Volkswagon | 3 | 8 | 1 | Box | | Plastic Ono | 8 | 11 | 0 | WP - J.deGrom (1-0) LP - F.Griffin (0-1)
HR: VW: K.Stowers (2), R.Lewis (1), N.Hoerner (1); PO: F.Lindor (1), B.Lee (1)
Plastic Ono leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Plastic Ono | 5 | 6 | 1 | Box | | Volkswagon | 6 | 7 | 1 | WP - VW BP (1-1) LP - C.Sale (1-1)
HR: PO: O.Albies (1); VW: J.Chisholm (1), W.Contreras (2), K.Schwarber (2)
Series tied 3-3 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Plastic Ono | 10 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Volkswagon | 4 | 7 | 0 | WP - D.Cease (1-0) LP - S.Burke (1-1)
HR: PO: F.Lindor 2 (3), E.Suarez (3); VW: W.Contreras (3)
Plastic Ono wins series 4-3 |
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Semifinals
| Game |
Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| | R | H | E | | | Plastic Ono | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Black Flowers | 5 | 11 | 0 | WP - C.Schlittler (1-0) LP - C.Sale (0-1)
HR: PO: O.Albies (1); BF: B.Eldridge (1)
Black Flowers leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Volkswagon | 6 | 4 | 0 | Box | | Stu Sutcliffe | 2 | 6 | 2 | WP - C.Quantrill (1-0) LP - L.Webb (0-1)
HR: VW: J.Adell (1); Stu: G.Moreno (1)
Volkswagon leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Plastic Ono | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Black Flowers | 2 | 7 | 0 | WP - D.Cease (1-0) LP - P.Tolle (0-1)
HR: PO: R.Hoskins (1), J.Realmuto (1); BF: J.Bauers (1), B.Rocchio (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Volkswagon | 10 | 7 | 2 | Box | | Stu Sutcliffe | 1 | 8 | 0 | WP - S.Burke (1-0) LP - H.Brown (0-1)
HR: VW: K.Schwarber (1), J.Adell 2 (3), K.Stowers (1)
Volkswagon leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Black Flowers | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Plastic Ono | 7 | 13 | 2 | WP - PO BP (1-0) LP - BF BP (0-1)
HR: BF: J.Merrill (1), C.Rafaela (1), C.Jensen (1); PO: O.Albies (2), J.Pena (1), S.Torkelson (1), E.Suarez (1)
Plastic Ono leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Stu Sutcliffe | 3 | 9 | 2 | Box | | Volkswagon | 2 | 8 | 0 | WP - G.Williams (1-0) LP - VW BP (0-1)
HR: Stu: M.Harris II (1), G.Moreno (2); VW: J.Adell (4)
Volkswagon leads 2-1 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Black Flowers | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Plastic Ono | 4 | 8 | 0 | WP - PO BP (2-0) LP - B.Woo (0-1)
HR: BF: A.Bregman (1); PO: E.Suarez (2)
Plastic Ono leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Stu Sutcliffe | 2 | 5 | 3 | Box | | Volkswagon | 5 | 9 | 1 | WP - J.Assad (1-0) LP - D.Rasmussen (0-1)
HR: VW: R.Lewis (1)
Volkswagon leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Black Flowers | 6 | 7 | 2 | Box | | Plastic Ono | 4 | 8 | 5 | WP - T.Melton (1-0) LP - J.deGrom (0-1)
HR: PO: O.Albies (3), J.Pena (2)
Plastic Ono leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Stu Sutcliffe | 7 | 10 | 4 | Box | | Volkswagon | 2 | 5 | 0 | WP - B.Ashcraft (1-0) LP - F.Griffin (0-1)
HR: Stu: R.Greene (1), J.Lee 2 (2); VW: R.Lewis (2)
Volkswagon leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Plastic Ono | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Black Flowers | 0 | 8 | 0 | WP - C.Sale (1-1) LP - BF BP (0-2)
HR: PO: F.Lindor (1), J.Pena (3), J.Realmuto (2); BF: J.McCarthy (1)
Plastic Ono wins series 4-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Volkswagon | 13 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Stu Sutcliffe | 3 | 8 | 2 | WP - C.Quantrill (2-0) LP - L.Webb (0-2)
HR: VW: G.Sanchez (1)
Volkswagon wins series 4-2 |
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