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On Sunday, the Essex Base Ball Club traveled to the Islip Grange in Sayville, New York to play the Atlantics in a rematch from the week before. With both teams taking advantage of the short rightfield treeline, this back and forth contest concluded in the Atlantics favor to the score of 18-13. Tree avenged his loss from last weekend and the Atlantic offense swatted 7 doubles into the trees. Shakespeare had a day going 4 for 4, with Toothpick, TC and Hawk each muscling 3 hits a piece.
The 1861 match went back and forth through 5 innings, but the Essex club took a 14-7 lead into the ninth. The Atlantics made a match of it with a four run rally but fell short 14-11. The Atlantic pitching highlight came from Mickey The Lip who threw a 10 pitch, 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the 8th. Dreambucket and Butcher contributed 3 hits each and the Atlantics sent five more doubles into the woods.
The Essex Base Ball Club took the season series from the Atlantics 3 games to 1, and we look forward to seeing them again.
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