Dover-Sherborn and Norton are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Dover-Sherborn Raiders will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Norton Lancers at 4:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Dover-Sherborn is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Hopkinton on Thursday. They took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Hillers.
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.
Meanwhile, Norton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They fell just short of Westwood by a score of 5-3.
Dover-Sherborn has traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-7 record this season. As for Norton, their loss dropped their record down to 2-10.
Dover-Sherborn was able to grind out a solid victory over Norton in their previous meeting back in April, winning 6-2. Will Dover-Sherborn repeat their success, or does Norton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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