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 2023 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Golden (81-69)
Lexington (77-73)
WKRP (76-74)
Dave Concepcion (73-77)
Semifinals - Dave Concepcion vs. Golden; WKRP vs. Lexington
Golden won 4 games to 2
WKRP won 4 games to 2
Finals - WKRP vs. Golden
Season series: Tied 3-3
2023 Gore Cup Winner - Golden won 4 games to 0
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Finals
Game WKRP vs. Golden
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R H E WKRP 3 5 0 Box
Golden 6 11 0 WP - GG BP (1-0) LP - C.Bassitt (0-1) HR: WKRP: A.Riley (1), J.McNeil (1) Golden leads 1-0
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R H E WKRP 2 8 0 Box
Golden 6 10 0 WP - L.Allen (1-0) LP - T.Walker (0-1) HR: GG: C.Walker (1), W.Contreras (1), D.Swanson (1) Golden leads 2-0
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R H E Golden 7 10 0 Box
WKRP 2 4 1 WP - K.Waldichuk (1-0) LP - S.Alcantara (0-1) HR: GG: R.Acuna (1), Y.Alvarez (1), M.Chapman (1), D.Swanson (2) Golden leads 3-0
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R H E Golden 5 13 0 Box
WKRP 4 9 3 WP - L.Medina (1-0) LP - G.Williams (0-1) HR: GG: J.Soler (1); WKRP: T.Stephenson (1) Golden wins series 4-0
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Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
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R H E Dave Concepcion 6 9 0 Box
Golden 5 10 2 WP - J.Assad (1-0) LP - A.Civale (0-1) HR: GG: R.Acuna 2 (2), D.Swanson (1) Dave Concepcion leads 1-0
R H E WKRP 2 11 0 Box
Lexington 5 9 0 WP - K.Gausman (1-0) LP - WKRP BP (0-1) HR: WKRP: G.Arias (1); Lex: C.Bethancourt (1) Lexington leads 1-0
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R H E Dave Concepcion 2 11 2 Box
Golden 7 9 1 WP - L.Allen (1-0) LP - K.Hendricks (0-1) HR: DC: A.Gimenez (1); GG: R.Acuna (3), C.Taylor (1), C.Walker (1) Series tied 1-1
R H E WKRP 4 9 0 Box
Lexington 9 15 0 WP - P.Lopez (1-0) LP - T.Walker (0-1) HR: WKRP: G.Arias (2); Lex: M.Ozuna (1), J.Gallo 2 (2) Lexington leads 2-0
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R H E Golden 6 12 0 Box
Dave Concepcion 3 10 1 WP - K.Waldichuk (1-0) LP - DC BP (0-1) HR: GG: Y.Alvarez (1), E.Suarez (1), W.Contreras (1); DC: C.Wong (1) Golden leads 2-1
R H E Lexington 2 3 0 Box
WKRP 3 6 0 WP - S.Alcantara (1-0) LP - F.Peralta (0-1) HR: none Lexington leads 2-1
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Extra Innings R H E Golden 6 8 0 Box
Dave Concepcion 5 5 2 WP - GG BP (1-0) LP - DC BP (0-2) HR: GG: K.Tucker (1), J.Soler (1), W.Contreras (2); DC: N.Arenado (1) Golden leads 3-1
R H E Lexington 0 7 0 Box
WKRP 6 11 1 WP - G.Williams (1-0) LP - J.Montgomery (0-1) HR: Lex: J.Chisholm (1); WKRP: Y.Diaz (1), A.Riley (1), A.Judge (1) Series tied 2-2
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Extra Innings R H E Golden 4 5 0 Box
Dave Concepcion 5 7 2 WP - DC BP (1-2) LP - GG BP (1-1) HR: GG: J.Soler 2 (3); DC: M.Betts 2 (2), J.Burger (1), C.Wong (2) Golden leads 3-2
R H E Lexington 3 8 0 Box
WKRP 7 11 0 WP - C.Sanchez (1-0) LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: Lex: J.Chisholm (2), A.McCutchen (1); WKRP: A.Judge (2) WKRP leads 3-2
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R H E Dave Concepcion 5 11 0 Box
Golden 7 9 2 WP - A.Civale (1-1) LP - P.Corbin (0-1) HR: DC: A.Gimenez (2), N.Arenado (2), B.Buxton (1); GG: M.Kepler (1), C.Walker (2) Golden wins series 4-2
R H E WKRP 5 9 1 Box
Lexington 3 8 4 WP - J.Musgrove (1-0) LP - K.Gausman (1-1) HR: WKRP: J.Naylor (1); Lex: F.Lindor (1) WKRP wins series 4-2
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