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The Atlantics travelled south to Fort Dupont, at the base of the Delaware River, to compete in the Mid-Atlantic Vintage Base Ball League Tournament. As the highest ranked team, the Atlantics skipped the first round match-ups where the Fairplay Base Ball Club defeated the New York Gothams, and the Diamond State Base Ball Club defeated the Cecil Base Ball Club of Chesapeake City. As the Fairplays took on their instate rivals the Elkton Eclipse, the Atlantics faced off in Round 2 against the host team.
On a muddy field in damp weather the ballists from Delaware took an early 4 run lead. The Atlantic defense held down the fort while the the bats finally awoke in the fourth inning with 3 runs and later with two more aces tallied. A lone Diamond State Ace in the 8th inning tied the game at 5 aces each. With the Atlantics offense threatening and the Diamond State defense bending but not breaking, the game went to the 11th inning where TC singled, stole second, and was promptly sent home by Shakespeares game-winning bound out to rightfield.
The Atlantics looked a little rusty after their five week layoff, but still some Atlantics collected a few hits. Flash went 3 for 4, while Hammy, Crawler, TC, Toothpick and Dean all had 2 hits. Pigtail pitched all 11 innings for the complete game victory. In the other Round 2 matchup the Elkton Eclipse defeated the Fairplays to also reach the Championship match.
The Elkton Eclipse batted first and promptly scored 4 aces, but the Atlantic bats were warmed up and in the bottom of the inning Flash cleared the loaded bases with a double to leftfield. A solid defensive effort by the Atlantics kept the Eclipse off the board while their offense scored when the opportunities presented themselves. Butcher had a huge clutch single to drive in two runs in the 8th inning and put the game out of reach. Dean and Toothpick both went 3 for 4, while Shakespeare, Hammy, and Flash each had 2 hits and Hammy threw the entire game. The Atlantics defeated the Eclipse by the score of 13-7 to retain the MAVBBL Championship for a second straight year.
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