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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):
- Texas (83-67)
- Global (82-69)
- Arlington (77-73)
- Boomer (76-74)
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Semifinals - Boomer vs. Texas; Arlington vs. Global
Texas won 4 games to 1
Arlington won 4 games to 2
Finals - Arlington vs. Texas
Season series: Arlington won 4-2
2025 Gore Cup Winner - Texas won 4 games to 3
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Finals
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Arlington vs. Texas |
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| | R | H | E | | | Arlington | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Texas | 4 | 3 | 1 | WP - Arl BP (1-0) LP - L.Allen (0-1) HR: Arl: E.Suarez 2 (2) Arlington leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Arlington | 3 | 8 | 1 | Box | | Texas | 6 | 9 | 0 | WP - R.Ray (1-0) LP - M.Kelly (0-1) HR: Tex: A.Judge 2 (2) Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Texas | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Arlington | 4 | 8 | 0 | WP - Arl BP (2-0) LP - S.Lugo (0-1) HR: Arl: E.Suarez (3), C.Raleigh (1) Arlington leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Texas | 4 | 11 | 2 | Box | | Arlington | 3 | 10 | 2 | WP - Tex BP (1-0) LP - Arl BP (2-1) HR: Tex: J.Altuve (1), A.Garcia (1); Arl: R.Arozarena (1) Series tied 2-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Texas | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Arlington | 7 | 10 | 0 | WP - T.Sugano (1-0) LP - B.Ashcraft (0-1) HR: Tex: A.Judge (3); Arl: C.Abrams (1), K.Marte (1), M.Harris II (1) Arlington leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Arlington | 4 | 8 | 2 | Box | | Texas | 6 | 8 | 0 | WP - L.Allen (1-1) LP - L.Webb (0-1) HR: Arl: C.Abrams (2), C.Raleigh (2), R.Arozarena (2); Tex: G.Springer (1) Series tied 3-3 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Arlington | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Texas | 10 | 12 | 0 | WP - Tex BP (2-0) LP - M.Kelly (0-2) HR: Arl: C.Raleigh (3); Tex: C.Durbin (1), P.Alonso (1), D.Baldwin (1) Texas wins series 4-3 |
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Semifinals
| Game |
Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Boomer | 4 | 13 | 1 | Box | | Texas | 5 | 8 | 0 | WP - L.Allen (1-0) LP - C.Holmes (0-1) HR: Boom: N.Lukes (1), B.Lowe (1), G.Torres (1); Tex: P.Alonso (1) Texas leads 1-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Arlington | 9 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Global | 2 | 6 | 2 | WP - L.Webb (1-0) LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: Arl: C.Yelich (1), C.Raleigh 2 (2) Arlington leads 1-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Boomer | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Texas | 4 | 5 | 0 | WP - R.Ray (1-0) LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: Boom: N.Lukes (2), G.Torres (2) Texas leads 2-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Arlington | 6 | 13 | 0 | Box | | Global | 2 | 7 | 0 | WP - M.Kelly (1-0) LP - Z.Gallen (0-1) HR: Arl: A.Burleson (1) Arlington leads 2-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Texas | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Boomer | 1 | 2 | 0 | WP - S.Lugo (1-0) LP - S.Strider (0-1) HR: Tex: J.Altuve (1), A.Judge (1), P.Alonso 2 (3); Boom: A.Hays (1) Texas leads 3-0 | |
| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Global | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Arlington | 3 | 7 | 0 | WP - S.Imanaga (1-0) LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: Glo: J.Holliday (1); Arl: S.Suzuki (1), A.Burleson (2), R.Arozarena (1) Arlington leads 2-1 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Texas | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Boomer | 5 | 9 | 0 | WP - C.Sanchez (1-0) LP - J.Lopez (0-1) HR: Tex: P.Alonso (4); Boom: N.Lukes (3) Texas leads 3-1 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Global | 3 | 8 | 1 | Box | | Arlington | 2 | 8 | 0 | WP - N.Lodolo (1-0) LP - G.Kirby (0-1) HR: Glo: J.Polanco (1); Arl: K.Marte (1), M.Harris II (1), R.Arozarena (2) Series tied 2-2 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Texas | 7 | 12 | 0 | Box | | Boomer | 3 | 5 | 0 | WP - B.Ashcraft (1-0) LP - C.Morton (0-1) HR: Tex: A.Judge (2), D.Baldwin (1); Boom: A.Hays (2) Texas wins series 4-1 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Global | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Arlington | 6 | 8 | 3 | WP - S.Bieber (1-0) LP - B.Snell (0-1) HR: Glo: B.Rooker (1); Arl: C.Yelich (2), R.Arozarena (3) Arlington leads 3-2 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Arlington | 7 | 6 | 0 | Box | | Global | 4 | 9 | 0 | WP - L.Webb (2-0) LP - F.Valdez (0-2) HR: Arl: C.Abrams (1), E.Suarez (1); Glo: J.Polanco (2) Arlington wins series 4-2 | |
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