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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):
- Boom!!! Tetris (84-66)
- Knoxville (78-72)
- Light's (74-76)
- Portland (70-80)
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Semifinals - Portland vs. Boom!!! Tetris; Light's vs. Knoxville
Boom!!! Tetris won 4 games to 1
Knoxville won 4 games to 3
Finals - Knoxville vs. Boom!!! Tetris
Season series: Knoxville won 5-1
2025 Gore Cup Winner - Boom!!! Tetris won 4 games to 3
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Finals
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Knoxville vs. Boom!!! Tetris |
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| | R | H | E | | | Knoxville | 0 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Boom!!! Tetris | 9 | 11 | 0 | WP - M.Boyd (1-0) LP - Knox BP (0-1) HR: BT: C.Bellinger 3 (3), C.Yelich (1) Boom!!! Tetris leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Knoxville | 1 | 7 | 3 | Box | | Boom!!! Tetris | 10 | 11 | 0 | WP - N.Eovaldi (1-0) LP - B.Ober (0-1) HR: BT: M.Semien (1), J.Adell (1), K.Stowers (1) Boom!!! Tetris leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Boom!!! Tetris | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Knoxville | 2 | 5 | 2 | WP - S.Kolek (1-0) LP - M.Parker (0-1) HR: BT: C.Bellinger (4) Boom!!! Tetris leads 3-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Boom!!! Tetris | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Knoxville | 4 | 7 | 2 | WP - Knox BP (1-1) LP - J.Oviedo (0-1) HR: BT: C.Yelich (2), E.Clement (1) Boom!!! Tetris leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Boom!!! Tetris | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Knoxville | 4 | 10 | 0 | WP - B.Snell (1-0) LP - P.Corbin (0-1) HR: BT: C.Bellinger (5), C.Yelich 2 (4) Boom!!! Tetris leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Knoxville | 6 | 13 | 1 | Box | | Boom!!! Tetris | 4 | 8 | 0 | WP - B.Woo (1-0) LP - M.Boyd (1-1) HR: Knox: P.Alonso (1); BT: C.Bellinger (6), W.Adames 2 (2) Series tied 3-3 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Knoxville | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Boom!!! Tetris | 6 | 5 | 1 | WP - N.Eovaldi (2-0) LP - B.Ober (0-2) HR: BT: W.Adames (3), M.Vientos (1) Boom!!! Tetris wins series 4-3 |
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Semifinals
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Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| | R | H | E | | | Portland | 4 | 7 | 1 | Box | | Boom!!! Tetris | 6 | 7 | 1 | WP - BT BP (1-0) LP - S.Baz (0-1) HR: BT: W.Adames (1), M.Vientos (1) Boom!!! Tetris leads 1-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Light's | 4 | 8 | 3 | Box | | Knoxville | 2 | 2 | 2 | WP - J.Verlander (1-0) LP - Knox BP (0-1) HR: Ligh: T.Hernandez 2 (2), R.Arozarena (1) Light's leads 1-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Portland | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Boom!!! Tetris | 5 | 8 | 0 | WP - N.Eovaldi (1-0) LP - R.Pepiot (0-1) HR: Port: S.Suzuki (1), T.Ward (1), M.Harris II (1), R.McMahon (1); BT: M.Semien (1), J.Adell (1) Boom!!! Tetris leads 2-0 | |
| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Light's | 8 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Knoxville | 7 | 8 | 2 | WP - J.Ginn (1-0) LP - B.Woo (0-1) HR: Ligh: M.Machado (1), B.Harper 2 (2), R.Arozarena (2); Knox: T.Friedl (1), B.Rooker (1) Light's leads 2-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Boom!!! Tetris | 4 | 5 | 0 | Box | | Portland | 6 | 8 | 0 | WP - Port BP (1-0) LP - S.Kolek (0-1) HR: Port: J.Aranda (1) Boom!!! Tetris leads 2-1 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Knoxville | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Light's | 7 | 8 | 0 | WP - Ligh BP (1-0) LP - M.Parker (0-1) HR: Knox: P.Alonso (1); Ligh: R.Arozarena (3) Light's leads 3-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Boom!!! Tetris | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Portland | 2 | 7 | 0 | WP - J.Oviedo (1-0) LP - C.Bassitt (0-1) HR: BT: M.Semien (2), C.Bellinger 2 (2), C.Yelich (1), M.Vientos (2); Port: M.Harris II (2), W.Castro (1) Boom!!! Tetris leads 3-1 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Knoxville | 9 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Light's | 7 | 14 | 0 | WP - Knox BP (1-1) LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: Knox: G.Henderson (1), R.Devers (1), B.Rooker (2); Ligh: V.Guerrero Jr. (1), B.Harper 2 (4), C.Raleigh (1) Light's leads 3-1 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Boom!!! Tetris | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Portland | 4 | 8 | 1 | WP - P.Corbin (1-0) LP - J.Flaherty (0-1) HR: BT: M.Semien (3), K.Stowers (1); Port: A.Volpe (1), M.Harris II (3) Boom!!! Tetris wins series 4-1 | |
| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Knoxville | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Light's | 5 | 9 | 1 | WP - Knox BP (2-1) LP - R.Vasquez (0-1) HR: Knox: N.Kurtz (1); Ligh: B.Bichette (1), B.Harper (5), N.Castellanos (1) Light's leads 3-2 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Light's | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Knoxville | 6 | 9 | 0 | WP - B.Snell (1-0) LP - J.Verlander (1-1) HR: Ligh: C.Raleigh (2); Knox: G.Henderson (2), R.Devers (2), P.Alonso (2) Series tied 3-3 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Light's | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Knoxville | 3 | 10 | 0 | WP - B.Woo (1-1) LP - J.Ginn (1-1) HR: none Knoxville wins series 4-3 | |
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