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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 2025 Entrants (in order of seeding):
- Las Vegas (86-64)
- Canton (80-70)
- California (76-74)
- Oaxaca (72-78)
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Semifinals - Oaxaca vs. Las Vegas; California vs. Canton
Las Vegas won 4 games to 3
California won 4 games to 0
Finals - California vs. Las Vegas
Season series: Las Vegas won 7-5
2025 Gore Cup Winner - California won 4 games to 1
Playoffs main page
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Finals
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California vs. Las Vegas |
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| | R | H | E | | | California | 7 | 12 | 0 | Box | | Las Vegas | 4 | 3 | 0 | WP - Cal BP (1-0) LP - C.Morton (0-1) HR: Cal: B.Nimmo (1), F.Lindor (1); LV: K.Marte (1) California leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | California | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box | | Las Vegas | 6 | 8 | 1 | WP - C.Bassitt (1-0) LP - L.Allen (0-1) HR: Cal: J.Naylor (1); LV: C.Carroll (1) Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Las Vegas | 5 | 10 | 3 | Box | | California | 9 | 6 | 0 | WP - R.Vasquez (1-0) LP - J.Luzardo (0-1) HR: LV: A.Judge (1), K.Marte (2); Cal: C.Yelich (1) California leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Las Vegas | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box | | California | 7 | 9 | 1 | WP - J.Leiter (1-0) LP - S.Strider (0-1) HR: LV: A.Judge (2) California leads 3-1 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Las Vegas | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box | | California | 7 | 8 | 1 | WP - Cal BP (2-0) LP - LV BP (0-1) HR: LV: C.Carroll (2), V.Guerrero Jr. (1), M.Shaw (1); Cal: B.Nimmo (2), C.Yelich (2), J.Naylor (2), C.Durbin (1) California wins series 4-1 |
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Semifinals
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Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| | R | H | E | | | Oaxaca | 9 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Las Vegas | 1 | 8 | 1 | WP - F.Peralta (1-0) LP - C.Morton (0-1) HR: Oax: C.Abrams (1), J.Ramirez (1) Oaxaca leads 1-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | California | 6 | 7 | 2 | Box | | Canton | 4 | 6 | 0 | WP - T.Bibee (1-0) LP - T.Skubal (0-1) HR: Cal: C.Durbin (1); Can: M.Harris II (1) California leads 1-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Oaxaca | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box | | Las Vegas | 5 | 7 | 0 | WP - C.Bassitt (1-0) LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: Oax: J.Ramirez (2), D.Baldwin (1); LV: A.Judge (1) Series tied 1-1 | |
| | R | H | E | | | California | 7 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Canton | 2 | 6 | 1 | WP - L.Allen (1-0) LP - Can BP (0-1) HR: Cal: C.Yelich (1), J.Naylor (1), C.Rafaela (1) California leads 2-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Las Vegas | 4 | 6 | 1 | Box | | Oaxaca | 6 | 10 | 1 | WP - A.Houser (1-0) LP - J.Luzardo (0-1) HR: LV: A.Judge (2); Oax: B.Naylor (1) Oaxaca leads 2-1 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Canton | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box | | California | 4 | 10 | 1 | WP - R.Vasquez (1-0) LP - Can BP (0-2) HR: Can: Y.Diaz (1); Cal: C.Mayo (1) California leads 3-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Las Vegas | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Oaxaca | 7 | 9 | 0 | WP - Oax BP (1-0) LP - S.Strider (0-1) HR: LV: M.Shaw (1); Oax: S.Kwan (1) Oaxaca leads 3-1 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Canton | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box | | California | 5 | 11 | 0 | WP - J.Leiter (1-0) LP - Can BP (0-3) HR: Can: J.Rodriguez 2 (2); Cal: F.Lindor (1), J.Heim (1) California wins series 4-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Las Vegas | 4 | 6 | 1 | Box | | Oaxaca | 3 | 5 | 3 | WP - N.Pivetta (1-0) LP - R.Bergert (0-1) HR: LV: A.Judge (3), B.Bichette (1); Oax: J.Ramirez (3) Oaxaca leads 3-2 | |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Oaxaca | 3 | 10 | 2 | Box | | Las Vegas | 4 | 7 | 0 | WP - LV BP (1-0) LP - Oax BP (1-1) HR: Oax: W.Flores (1) Series tied 3-3 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Oaxaca | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box | | Las Vegas | 8 | 8 | 0 | WP - C.Bassitt (2-0) LP - S.Gray (0-2) HR: Oax: J.Ramirez (4); LV: C.Carroll (1), B.Turang 2 (2), V.Guerrero Jr. (1), K.Marte (1) Las Vegas wins series 4-3 | |
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