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Atlantic ferried to Fort Mott State Park in southern New Jersey for the MAVBBL Championship Playoffs. Being the number 1 seed, Atlantic drew a bye in the first round, while the Elizabeth Resolutes faced the Potomac Nine and the Talbot Fair Plays faced the Bohemia Eurekas. Elizabeth and Bohemia won their first round games, and Atlantic would play Elizabeth as Bohemia would play the second seeded Elkton Eclipse. Atlantic started slowly, giving up 3 early runs on several untimely errors, and fell behind 3-1 after two innings. Then Atlantic woke up, scoring in every inning while the defense stymied the Resolutes with 7 straight whitewashes to capture the victory, 11-3. Dreambucket led Atlantic with 4 hits, including a double, 2 triples, and 3 aces. Shakespeare (2 aces), Tuna (2 aces), and Pigtail (double, ace) had 2 hits apiece. Pigtail, with the stellar Atlantic defense behind him, picked up the complete game victory.
At the other field, after being down 16-7 after 7 innings, the Elkton Eclipse stormed back to squeak past Bohemia, 17-16, to earn the right to face Atlantic in the Championship game. Elkton scored 5 runs in its first, then 2 more in its fourth, to hold a 7-3 edge after 5 innings. And then Atlantic struck, crossing the plate 11 times before the Eclipse could retire them. Atlantic added a run in the 7th, and 5 more in the 8th while shutting Eclipse down with 5 straight whitewashes to close out the game and capture the MAVBBL Championship with a resounding 20-7 victory. Toothpick led the charge with 5 hits, scoring 3 aces. TC (double, 2 aces) and Flash (triple, 3 aces) had 4 hits each. Dreambucket contributed a single, double and triple, and Willy Mo, Tuna, and Pigtail added doubles to the attack. Pigtail again benefitted from the stellar Atlantic defense to record the victory.
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