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Atlantic made the short train ride to OBVR where Brooklyn would face Brooklyn. Atlantic was poised to take on Eckford in what proved to be two highly contested 1864 matches. Eckford scored 2 quick runs in the first and Atlantic countered with one in its first and one in its second. Eckford regained the lead with 2 in its 4th. The teams exchanged runs in the 6th, and Atlantic plated one more in the 7th. Eckford then took control with a 4-run 8th to go up by 5 runs. Atlantic tried to claw back, but was held to just 2 runs in its 8th. Two goose-eggs ended the contest with Eckford coming out on top, 9-6. Atlantic mustered only 9 hits, with cousins TC and Krawler accounting for 2 each. TC aced twice, once on his blast into the shrubbery in deep rightcenter for a home run.
The second match became another closely fought duel. Atlantic whitewashed Eckford the first 4 innings while scoring once in its 2nd. Eckford then plated 3 in its 5th and 2 in its 6th while Atlantic aced single runs, to take a 5-3 lead, looking to pull off a rare sweep of Atlantic. But Atlantic finally came to life in the 7th after doing some stretching, with Pigtail, TC, Dreambucket, Willy Mo, and Blackjack all hitting safely. Eckford managed a run in the 8th but Atlantic shut them down in the 9th to hold on to an 8-6 win. TC was the only Atlantic with 2 hits as the hits were scarce once again. Pigtail picked up the victory for Atlantic.
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