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After being washed out at Governor's Island on Saturday, Atlantic hosted the Diamond State BBC on Sunday at Atlantic Park. Diamond State, being one of the better vintage teams around, always gives Atlantic a big challenge, but the Atlantic defense showed up huge this week, holding Diamond State to just 6 runs over the 2 games. In the first game, Diamond State cashed in 2 aces in the first to jump ahead, with Atlantic tallying one in each of the first 2 innings to stay even. After Diamond State scored another in its 3rd, Atlantic drew back even in its 4th. The Atlantic defense then shut down Diamond State with 5 goose-eggs, allowing a just a single run in the 8th. By then, Atlantic had taken a commanding lead, scoring 4 in the 5th, 2 in the 6th, and 4 more in the 7th to gain a 13-4 victory. Dirty Pirate had 3 hits, while Dreambucket, Shakespeare, Toothpick, Willy Mo, and Hammy each contributed 2 hits. Tuna tossed well between the lines to gain the victory.
In the second game, Diamond State again jumped out first, scoring once. Atlantic answered with 2 in its first, 2 in its 2nd, and another 1 in its 3rd. Diamond State tried to counter, but was held to just 1 run in its 4th, and the Atlantic defense took charge again, tossing nothing but goose-eggs. Atlantic added 3 runs in its 5th, taking an 8-2 victory sweep. Dirty Pirate again had 3 hits, including a triple, as did Dreambucket with 3 hits and a triple also. Shakespeare added 2 hits, and Tuna again controlled the pitching lines to gain his team-leading 5th victory.
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