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):
Buckeye (81-69)
Arkansas (77-73)
Area 51 (73-77)
Skeleton (73-77)
Semifinals - Skeleton vs. Buckeye; Area 51 vs. Arkansas
Skeleton won 4 games to 2
Area 51 won 4 games to 3
Finals - Skeleton vs. Area 51
Season series: Tied 3-3
2023 Gore Cup Winner - Area 51 won 4 games to 3
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Finals
Game Skeleton vs. Area 51
1
R H E Skeleton 1 5 0 Box
Area 51 6 10 0 WP - S.Alcantara (1-0) LP - T.Skubal (0-1) HR: Skel: T.Murphy (1); A51: J.Burger 2 (2) Area 51 leads 1-0
2
R H E Skeleton 7 5 2 Box
Area 51 5 11 0 WP - F.Peralta (1-0) LP - S.Lugo (0-1) HR: Skel: E.De La Cruz (1); A51: J.Altuve (1), N.Lowe (1), J.Burger (3) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Area 51 3 10 0 Box
Skeleton 4 10 1 WP - R.Olson (1-0) LP - A51 BP (0-1) HR: Skel: B.Nimmo (1), J.Rodriguez (1) Skeleton leads 2-1
4
R H E Area 51 3 6 0 Box
Skeleton 4 6 2 WP - Skel BP (1-0) LP - B.Bello (0-1) HR: A51: M.Wallner (1) Skeleton leads 3-1
5
R H E Area 51 4 9 0 Box
Skeleton 3 6 1 WP - D.Cease (1-0) LP - Skel BP (1-1) HR: A51: J.Altuve (2), J.Burger (4); Skel: A.Bohm (1) Skeleton leads 3-2
6
R H E Skeleton 3 10 2 Box
Area 51 5 8 0 WP - S.Alcantara (2-0) LP - Skel BP (1-2) HR: Skel: J.Rodriguez (2); A51: M.Wallner (2), J.Soler (1), K.Ruiz (1) Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Skeleton 2 5 2 Box
Area 51 8 14 0 WP - S.Lugo (1-1) LP - Skel BP (1-3) HR: A51: J.Soto 2 (2), J.Soler (2), J.Burger (5), W.Contreras (1) Area 51 wins series 4-3
Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Skeleton 4 11 3 Box
Buckeye 3 9 2 WP - T.Skubal (1-0) LP - Buck BP (0-1) HR: Skel: A.Bohm (1) Skeleton leads 1-0
R H E Area 51 3 6 0 Box
Arkansas 4 10 0 WP - C.Burnes (1-0) LP - S.Lugo (0-1) HR: A51: J.Burger (1); Ark: M.Semien 2 (2) Arkansas leads 1-0
2
Extra Innings R H E Skeleton 2 12 3 Box
Buckeye 3 10 1 WP - J.Montgomery (1-0) LP - Skel BP (0-1) HR: Skel: J.Rodriguez (1) Series tied 1-1
R H E Area 51 2 8 0 Box
Arkansas 3 9 1 WP - J.France (1-0) LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: A51: J.Altuve (1) Arkansas leads 2-0
3
R H E Buckeye 4 10 0 Box
Skeleton 8 12 2 WP - R.Olson (1-0) LP - G.Kirby (0-1) HR: Buck: S.Suzuki (1), T.Casas (1); Skel: B.Nimmo 2 (2), J.Rodriguez 2 (3) Skeleton leads 2-1
R H E Arkansas 3 11 3 Box
Area 51 6 4 0 WP - B.Bello (1-0) LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: Ark: B.De La Cruz (1); A51: J.Soto (1), J.Burger (2) Arkansas leads 2-1
4
R H E Buckeye 4 6 0 Box
Skeleton 6 9 1 WP - Skel BP (1-1) LP - Buck BP (0-2) HR: Skel: A.Bohm (2), L.Nootbaar 2 (2), O.Arcia (1) Skeleton leads 3-1
Extra Innings R H E Arkansas 2 5 0 Box
Area 51 3 7 0 WP - A51 BP (1-0) LP - Ark BP (0-1) HR: A51: J.Altuve (2), J.Turner (1), J.Burger (3) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Buckeye 4 9 2 Box
Skeleton 2 5 5 WP - L.Castillo (1-0) LP - Skel BP (1-2) HR: none Skeleton leads 3-2
R H E Arkansas 6 10 0 Box
Area 51 4 10 0 WP - Ark BP (1-1) LP - S.Alcantara (0-1) HR: Ark: E.Hernandez (1), J.Siri (1), M.Moustakas (1); A51: W.Adames (1) Arkansas leads 3-2
6
R H E Skeleton 8 16 1 Box
Buckeye 3 7 3 WP - Skel BP (2-2) LP - B.Snell (0-1) HR: Skel: A.Bohm 2 (4), L.Nootbaar (3), T.Murphy (1); Buck: K.Schwarber (1), E.Suarez (1) Skeleton wins series 4-2
R H E Area 51 3 6 2 Box
Arkansas 0 8 0 WP - S.Lugo (1-1) LP - Ark BP (1-2) HR: A51: J.Altuve (3) Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Area 51 10 13 0 Box
Arkansas 7 12 0 WP - F.Valdez (1-1) LP - J.France (1-1) HR: A51: J.Altuve 2 (5), W.Adames (2), W.Contreras (1); Ark: M.Semien 2 (4), P.Goldschmidt (1) Area 51 wins series 4-3
