The Derryfield Cougars will challenge the Raymond Rams at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Derryfield has seven straight wins, Raymond has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Derryfield's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Hopkinton 8-0. The result was nothing new for the Cougars, who have now won nine games by six runs or more so far this season.
| 05/08/26 @ Hopkinton | 10 |
| 05/14/25 vs Campbell | 9 |
| 04/15/26 @ Newport | 8 |
| 04/18/25 @ Somersworth | 8 |
| 05/21/25 vs Raymond | 7 |
Jake Larson made a splash no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out ten over six innings pitched. Those ten strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI, one run, and one double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Adam Willett, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base. Another player making a difference was Liam Ryan, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with two RBI and one double.
Campbell hit Raymond with a seven-run fifth inning on Thursday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Rams might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 12-2 to Campbell, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Raymond's defeat dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Derryfield, their victory bumped their record up to 10-3.
Derryfield came out on top in a nail-biter against Raymond when the teams last played back in May of 2025, sneaking past 5-3. Will the Cougars repeat their success, or do the Rams have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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