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):
Waynedale (82-56)
Heffernan's (74-64)
Doc and Straw and (70-68)
Bronx (74-64)
Semifinals - Bronx vs. Waynedale; Doc and Straw and vs. Heffernan's
Waynedale won 4 games to 2
Heffernan's won 4 games to 3
Finals - Heffernan's vs. Waynedale
Season series: Heffernan's won 7-5
2025 Gore Cup Winner - Waynedale won 4 games to 2
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Finals
Game Heffernan's vs. Waynedale
1
R H E Heffernan's 4 9 0 Box
Waynedale 5 12 0 WP - G.Crochet (1-0) LP - Hef BP (0-1) HR: Hef: J.Soto (1), B.Reynolds (1), W.Contreras (1); Way: J.Caminero 2 (2), M.Harris II (1) Waynedale leads 1-0
2
R H E Heffernan's 5 13 0 Box
Waynedale 2 5 1 WP - J.Oviedo (1-0) LP - Way BP (0-1) HR: Hef: J.Soto (2), J.Naylor (1); Way: J.Chourio (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Waynedale 6 11 1 Box
Heffernan's 3 9 0 WP - F.Peralta (1-0) LP - Hef BP (0-2) HR: Way: B.Harper 2 (2), M.Harris II (2) Waynedale leads 2-1
4
R H E Waynedale 4 13 2 Box
Heffernan's 3 7 0 WP - G.Williams (1-0) LP - Hef BP (0-3) HR: Way: B.Harper 2 (4), M.Garcia (1), M.Harris II (3); Hef: B.Lee (1), J.Soto (3), M.Vientos (1) Waynedale leads 3-1
5
R H E Waynedale 3 15 0 Box
Heffernan's 5 13 0 WP - B.Ober (1-0) LP - M.Wacha (0-1) HR: Way: J.Caminero (3); Hef: J.Soto (4), L.Keaschall (1), W.Contreras 2 (3) Waynedale leads 3-2
6
Extra Innings R H E Heffernan's 2 7 0 Box
Waynedale 3 12 0 WP - G.Crochet (2-0) LP - Hef BP (0-4) HR: none Waynedale wins series 4-2
7
Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Bronx 0 8 0 Box
Waynedale 4 9 0 WP - G.Crochet (1-0) LP - Brx BP (0-1) HR: Way: A.Martinez (1), J.Chourio (1) Waynedale leads 1-0
R H E Doc and Straw and 3 6 0 Box
Heffernan's 5 6 1 WP - C.Horton (1-0) LP - T.Skubal (0-1) HR: none Heffernan's leads 1-0
2
Extra Innings R H E Bronx 3 4 0 Box
Waynedale 4 10 2 WP - Way BP (1-0) LP - Brx BP (0-2) HR: Way: B.Harper (1), M.Garcia (1) Waynedale leads 2-0
R H E Doc and Straw and 7 9 1 Box
Heffernan's 2 9 1 WP - N.Eovaldi (1-0) LP - M.Boyd (0-1) HR: DS: C.Montgomery (1) Series tied 1-1
3
Extra Innings R H E Waynedale 5 11 0 Box
Bronx 4 10 0 WP - Way BP (2-0) LP - B.Woo (0-1) HR: Way: M.Garcia (2); Brx: H.Goodman (1) Waynedale leads 3-0
R H E Heffernan's 4 10 0 Box
Doc and Straw and 3 8 2 WP - M.Scherzer (1-0) LP - B.Snell (0-1) HR: Hef: J.Soto (1) Heffernan's leads 2-1
4
R H E Waynedale 1 5 0 Box
Bronx 8 10 0 WP - K.Senga (1-0) LP - G.Williams (0-1) HR: Way: B.Harper (2); Brx: H.Goodman (2), B.Rice (1), N.Marte (1) Waynedale leads 3-1
Extra Innings R H E Heffernan's 4 11 0 Box
Doc and Straw and 3 6 0 WP - Hef BP (1-0) LP - S.Imanaga (0-1) HR: Hef: J.Naylor (1); DS: C.Montgomery (2) Heffernan's leads 3-1
5
R H E Waynedale 1 7 1 Box
Bronx 4 10 0 WP - C.Sale (1-0) LP - M.Wacha (0-1) HR: Way: M.Harris II (1), A.Wells (1); Brx: B.Rice (2) Waynedale leads 3-2
R H E Heffernan's 2 12 0 Box
Doc and Straw and 10 13 0 WP - P.Corbin (1-0) LP - L.Garcia (0-1) HR: Hef: L.Keaschall (1), W.Contreras (1), M.Vientos (1); DS: N.Hoerner (1), G.Springer 2 (2), G.Torres (1) Heffernan's leads 3-2
6
R H E Bronx 2 10 0 Box
Waynedale 4 7 2 WP - G.Crochet (2-0) LP - Y.Yamamoto (0-1) HR: Way: M.Harris II (2), A.Wells 2 (3) Waynedale wins series 4-2
R H E Doc and Straw and 3 7 0 Box
Heffernan's 0 8 0 WP - T.Skubal (1-1) LP - C.Horton (1-1) HR: DS: J.Adell 2 (2) Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Doc and Straw and 1 4 0 Box
Heffernan's 3 9 0 WP - M.Boyd (1-1) LP - DS BP (0-1) HR: Hef: X.Edwards (1) Heffernan's wins series 4-3
