ABBC vs Flemington Neshanock and New York Mutuals

April 13	Flemington Neshanock	1864	W 25-5	Press:Verizon - Fios1
	New York Mutuals	1864	W 28-11

It was a fine day in April with blue skies and base ball for the Atlantics this weekend as the Smithtown Gang hosted both the Flemington Neshanock and New York Mutuals. The loud cracks of the bat heard the previous weekend proved to be no fluke as the Atlantics flexed their offensive muscles again topping 25 runs in each match. The pride of the Atlantics, their defense, did bend however giving up double digit aces for the first time this season. In the first match featuring the Atlantics against a shorthanded Jersey squad, Brad "Brooklyn" Shaw pitched from between the lines for Flemington while Ed "Pigtail" Elmore tossed the leather sphere in the name of the Atlantics. The Neshanock jumped on top early with two aces tallied in the first. Alas, that was the last time they would lead as the Atlantics capitalized on a fair share of hits and errors to tally seven aces in their half of the first inning and never looked back taking the first match by the score of 25-5. Replacing Pigtail in the later innings was Vincent "Tuna" Aurora and Anthony "Dirty Pirate" Cannino who came in from left field to toss a scoreless final frame. Leading the Atlantic arsenal was Frank "Shakespeare" Van Zant with five hits in as many chances, the Dirty Pirate with four hits and four aces, and Dean "Dreambucket" Emma with four hits and three aces. The midday match featured the Flemington Neshanock battling the New York Mutuals in a preview of next weeks NY/NJ Cup held at Old Bethpage Village Restoration. Brooklyn returned to the pitching lines but this time facing off with Tom "Dirt" Fioriglio of the Mutuals. This contest was much more tightly contested as both squads put forth their best effort. In fact the outcome could not be decided within the standard 27 hands-down allowed per game and had to be settled in extra innings. In the bottom of the 10th frame the club from New Jersey tallied the winning ace and split their matches for the day to a final score of Flemington 13 - Mutuals 12. The afternoon game between the Atlantics and Mutuals featured the return of Tuna to the middle of the diamond and "Bellmore Bill" Bogats tossing the ball for the Mutuals. The Mutuals, just like the Neshanock in their match against the Atlantics, tallied two aces in their first chance but would no longer hold the lead when the lads from Smithtown got their chance. The Atlantics tallied three in the first and ten in the second to take a commanding lead. The Mutuals were never despondent however as they continued to pluck away at the score with opportunistic scoring and eventually accumulated eleven aces off of the Atlantic staff which is the most so far this season. In the end the armaggedon-like Atlantic attack continued to operate in high efficiency accumulating twenty eight total aces before the last hand was recorded down. Tuna shone well in the bright light while pitching for the victory and racking up five hits and three aces. Following this was Greg "Hawk" Dengel who was on base in ten out of eleven at-bats, and Shakespeare with nine hits on the day. In the final match, George "Wildhorse" Ferchland, Matt "Krawler" Kouyoumdjian, and Kevin "Flash" Harrison all struck well with four hits each. The Atlantic Base Ball Club plays next Saturday at Rahway River Park in Elizabeth, New Jersey at Noon against the ever resilient Resolute Base Ball Club of Elizabeth.

Video by Brian Hoffman