ABBC at MAVBBL Playoffs

October 5	Elizabeth Resolutes	1864	W 8-4
October 6	Diamond State BBC of Delaware	1864	L 13-3
	Lewes BBC of Delaware	1864	W 17-12

This weekend the Atlantics pointed their carriages south towards the town of Harrington, Delaware where on the eastern peninsula, far from the fighting between the states, the Atlantics and other top teams in the Mid-Atlantic Vintage Base Ball League met to compete. By virtue of their successful summer campaign the Atlantics were granted placement in the second round of the tournament where they would face their friends from the north, the Elizabeth Resolutes. Elizabeth had earlier defeated the Atlas Base Ball Club of Delaware and were looking to avenge their previous losses this year at the hands and bats of the Brooklyn team. Ed "Pigtail" Elmore tossed the sphere for the Atlantics keeping the Resolutes off the scoreboard until the fifth inning. Meanwhile the Atlantics methodically accumulated aces and led by the score of 3-1 entering the 7th inning. The Jersey boys tallied one more ace to bring the score within one but the Atlantic ash and maple bats responded with five tallies of their own enroute to an 8-4 victory. Anthony "Dirty Pirate" Cannino, Dean "Dreambucket" Emma and Matt "Krawler" Kouyoumdjian each had two aces to help the Atlantic cause and a semi-final match against the Diamond State Base Ball Club who had upset the Elkton Eclipse in their game. The turning point of the game was the five run seventh inning which was led off by Krawler's double. The Elizabeth defense responded though by throwing him out at thirdbase as he tried to stretch it to a triple. After Pigtail reached on an error the Dirty Pirate singled, and Greg "Hawk" Dengel reached on a fielder's choice. The Dreambucket singled which was followed by a walk from Sean "Toothpick" Ness and singles by Kevin "Flash" Harrison and Richard "Cuzz" Baruso. The semi-final match started strongly in the Diamond Staters favor as they scored seven unanswered runs in the first three innings. Although the Atlantics did tack on a run in the fifth and two more in the seventh the Diamond State team played a complete game with solid defense and clutch hitting to defeat the Atlantics 13-3. Pigtail started the match only to be knocked out of the box after six innings. Vincent 'Tuna' Aurora entered the game in relief holding down the Delaware club to only a single run over the last three innings. The Dirty Pirate contributed three hits and an ace to an otherwise lackluster offense. In the consolation match the Atlantics faced the Lewes Base Ball Club of Delaware. The Lewes team struck first by scoring a single ace in the top of the first, but the Atlantic bats finally awoke from their earlier mid-day siesta striking in nine Atlantic runners through three innings of play. The Atlantic bats scored three more in the fifth, four more in the sixth and one last tally in the seventh to take a commanding lead. The Lewes team did not back down however, scoring eight aces in their last three chances to close the game to 17-12 by the time the last hand was down. The Dirty Pirate again led the Atlantic attack with four hits and four aces while Anthony 'Willy Mo' Stelmach placed three hits and three aces. The championship match featured a bout between the Milford Excelsiors and the Diamond State Base Ball Club with the home team of Milford coming away with the 4-3 victoy. The Atlantics next face the New York Mutuals at Old Bethpage Village Restoration on Long Island on Sunday.