Coach Barney Earle figured he would save top starter Jeff Blout for the Patriot League opener against Silver Lake on Wednesday, and throw rookie right-hander Sam Jacobson to the wolves against defending EMASS champs Plymouth North last Monday afternoon on the road.

Now with two games under his belt after opening week, Earle figures he is just where he thought he would be at 1-1. Surprisingly, the way he got there is not what he expected.

After a three-run homer by Plymouth North in the first inning against Jacobson, the sophomore bounced back in a big way, striking out five batters in five innings and didn’t allow a hit after Eddie Racke’s first inning smash.

“After that one bad pitch he settled down and really took care of business,” said Earle.

The Dragon offense, which was a major concern of Earle’s before the season started, cranked it up in support of Jacobson, tying the game in the top of the third inning on a Joe Coyne triple, a fielder’s choice, and a Jeff Blout RBI single.

An inning later Pat McWilliams hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded to drive in the go-ahead run, and the Dragons scored six more runs over the next two innings for a 10-3 lead with McWilliams once again contributing with a two-run triple.

“Everyone contributed, and that’s what it is going to take if we are going to win more games,” said Earle.

While the victory was expected to add some momentum to the Duxbury cause, it did anything but, as the Dragons traveled to Kingston on Wednesday and left with a 10-1 loss.

Three walks by Blout, two errors, and two base hits contributed to a 3-0 Laker lead in the bottom of the second. A run in the third and two more in the fifth put the hosts comfortably ahead 6-0 while only accumulating three hits through five innings.

A four-run explosion in the sixth inning ended the day for the Dragons, who hope to get back on track on Wednesday afternoon when they travel to North Quincy to take on the Red Raiders at 4 p.m.