Norton and Dover-Sherborn are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Norton Lancers will head out on the road to square off against the Dover-Sherborn Raiders at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Norton is coming into the match on a six-game losing streak.
Norton will head into Friday's game ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Westwood on Friday, but the two-run margin was a huge improvement compared to the six-run loss they were dealt on Wednesday. Norton fell just short of Westwood by a score of 5-3.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 12 runs the game before, Dover-Sherborn was a bit more limited in their matchup on Thursday. They fell 6-2 to Hopkinton.
Gavin Lynch was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, Dover-Sherborn saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Will Forman, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Norton's defeat dropped their record down to 2-10. As for Dover-Sherborn, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 7-7.
Norton came up short against Dover-Sherborn when the teams last played back in April, falling 6-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dover-Sherborn's Jackson Shusda, who tossed six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Now that Norton knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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