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Atlantic traveled east on Sunday to help the Talbot Fair Plays celebrate 'Curly Day', in memory of their fallen leader. The Elkton Eclipse joined in for a round-robin afternoon. Atlantic faced the Fair Plays in the first match, one of the better teams around, that has always resulted in a close contest. Atlantic drew first blood, scoring 3 in its first and 2 more in its 2nd. Talbot fought back, scoring once in its 3rd, twice in its 4th, once in its 5th, and once again in its 6th to even the game at 5 apiece. Talbot held Atlantic scoreless from the 3rd to the 8th, displaying all of their defensive talents, the struck for 3 runs in its 8th to take the lead. Atlantic mounted a threat in its 9th, scoring once and loading the bases with 2 hands down, but Talbot stood tall and retired the third hand to gain the hard-fought 8-6 victory. Hawk, Willy Mo, and Shakespeare had 2 hits each for Atlantic, as the offense sputtered this day.
After a short memorial for 'Curly' by the Fair Play captain, the games resumed, with Atlantic taking on the Elkton Eclipse. The Eclipse came prepared to give Atlantic a good game, and started right from the beginning, scoring twice in its first. Atlantic answered with 2 aces of its own, but the Eclipse continued, adding 2 runs in the 2nd and 2 more in the 3rd. Atlantic could not get its offense going, remaining scoreless for 7 straight innings. Meanwhile, the Eclipse added 4 runs in its 5th, another in its 8th, and put the game away with an 8-run 9th. Atlantic pushed across 3 runs in its 9th, too little too late, and went down to the Eclipse in a 19-5 pounding. Dreambucket had 2 singles, a double, and a triple to try to spark Atlantic, but Shakespeare and Toothpick, with 2 hits each, were the only other Atlantics to muster anything much at the plate.
Atlantic plays next in Byram, NJ, against the Hoboken Nine, on Saturday, June 29.
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