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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):

Molecular (79-71)
Rivendell (79-71)
Malta (76-74)
Arkansas (67-83)

Semifinals - Arkansas vs. Molecular; Malta vs. Rivendell

Arkansas won 4 games to 1

Rivendell won 4 games to 2

Finals - Arkansas vs. Rivendell

Season series: Rivendell won 8-4

2025 Gore Cup Winner - Arkansas won 4 games to 2

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Finals

Game

Arkansas vs. Rivendell

1

	R	H	E
Arkansas	6	10	2	Box
Rivendell	3	7	0	Box
WP - N.Pivetta (1-0) LP - D.May (0-1) HR: Ark: G.Springer (1) Arkansas leads 1-0

2

	R	H	E
Arkansas	7	11	0	Box
Rivendell	3	11	1	Box
WP - B.Singer (1-0) LP - Y.Darvish (0-1) HR: Ark: T.O'Neill (1); Riv: I.Happ (1) Arkansas leads 2-0

3

	R	H	E
Rivendell	5	7	0	Box
Arkansas	2	5	0	Box
WP - B.Woodruff (1-0) LP - J.Leiter (0-1) HR: Riv: A.Hays (1); Ark: G.Springer (2) Arkansas leads 2-1

4

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Rivendell	4	6	0	Box
Arkansas	3	4	0	Box
WP - M.Wacha (1-0) LP - B.Elder (0-1) HR: Riv: A.McCutchen (1), M.Vientos (1); Ark: G.Springer (3) Series tied 2-2

5

	R	H	E
Rivendell	4	6	0	Box
Arkansas	5	7	1	Box
WP - Ark BP (1-0) LP - B.Falter (0-1) HR: Riv: C.Seager (1), J.Westburg (1); Ark: J.Crawford (1), M.McLain (1), L.Nootbaar (1) Arkansas leads 3-2

6

	R	H	E
Arkansas	4	9	0	Box
Rivendell	2	7	0	Box
WP - N.Pivetta (2-0) LP - S.Woods Richardson (0-1) HR: none Arkansas wins series 4-2

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Semifinals

Game

Semifinal One

Semifinal Two

1

	R	H	E
Arkansas	0	6	2	Box
Molecular	3	9	2	Box
WP - P.Skenes (1-0) LP - Ark BP (0-1) HR: Mole: J.Caminero (1), M.Busch (1) Molecular leads 1-0

	R	H	E
Malta	5	7	0	Box
Rivendell	4	11	0	Box
WP - C.Schlittler (1-0) LP - Y.Darvish (0-1) HR: Mal: B.Harper (1), J.Chisholm (1); Riv: B.Stott (1) Malta leads 1-0

2

	R	H	E
Arkansas	2	8	1	Box
Molecular	1	8	3	Box
WP - B.Singer (1-0) LP - Mole BP (0-1) HR: none Series tied 1-1

	R	H	E
Malta	4	10	1	Box
Rivendell	6	14	0	Box
WP - B.Woodruff (1-0) LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: Mal: B.Harper (2), S.Perez (1), A.Volpe (1); Riv: C.Raleigh (1), F.Freeman (1) Series tied 1-1

3

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Molecular	2	4	2	Box
Arkansas	3	7	2	Box
WP - Ark BP (1-1) LP - Mole BP (0-2) HR: Ark: J.Crawford (1) Arkansas leads 2-1

	R	H	E
Rivendell	3	10	1	Box
Malta	2	4	0	Box
WP - M.Wacha (1-0) LP - Mal BP (0-1) HR: Riv: J.Merrill (1); Mal: S.Perez (2) Rivendell leads 2-1

4

	R	H	E
Molecular	5	10	0	Box
Arkansas	7	9	0	Box
WP - Ark BP (2-1) LP - F.Peralta (0-1) HR: Mole: J.Caminero (2); Ark: G.Springer (1), A.Bregman (1), J.Crawford (2) Arkansas leads 3-1

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Rivendell	4	12	0	Box
Malta	5	7	0	Box
WP - B.Snell (1-0) LP - Riv BP (0-1) HR: Riv: J.Merrill (2), I.Happ (1); Mal: S.Perez 2 (4) Series tied 2-2

5

	R	H	E
Molecular	1	4	1	Box
Arkansas	6	12	0	Box
WP - Ark BP (3-1) LP - C.Bassitt (0-1) HR: Ark: G.Springer 2 (3), A.Pages (1), W.Smith (1) Arkansas wins series 4-1

	R	H	E
Rivendell	7	6	0	Box
Malta	2	6	2	Box
WP - Riv BP (1-1) LP - J.Luzardo (0-1) HR: Riv: C.Seager (1) Rivendell leads 3-2

6

	R	H	E
Malta	3	5	1	Box
Rivendell	4	7	0	Box
WP - Riv BP (2-1) LP - C.Schlittler (1-1) HR: Riv: C.Raleigh (2) Rivendell wins series 4-2

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