The Derryfield Cougars will head out to take on the Hopkinton Hawks at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Derryfield has six straight victories, Hopkinton has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Derryfield beats Hopkinton with 13 runs on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Derryfield beat Kearsarge on Wednesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 13-4. The result was nothing new for Derryfield, who have now won eight matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Hopkinton fell victim to Bishop Brady and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They came up short against the Giants, falling 27-0. That's two games in a row now that the Hawks have lost by exactly 27 runs.
Derryfield's win bumped their record up to 9-3. As for Hopkinton, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
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