It was a beautiful night for baseball last Friday, and Tom Guilfoile and the volunteers of Duxbury Youth Baseball made it all the more entertaining, as several hundred fans showed up at the new Murphy Field (formerly Chandler) to watch the Dragons win their fifth straight game and honor baseball coaching legend Dave Murphy on DYB Family Night.

The night included everyone from youth players to high school players, along with members of Murphy’s family and those that he coached during his 34 years of coaching at the high school and Legion level.

Youth players joined the varsity on the field in the pre-game warm-ups, and they greeted the Dragons with high-fives as they came onto the field. Master of ceremonies Frank Tenaglia introduced Murphy’s family at home plate, where they joined in the ceremony renaming Chandler Field into Murphy Field.

Short remembrances by Murphy’s son Neil and former Boston Bruin announcer Dave Shea (a DHS baseball grad) preceded the national anthem sung by DHS senior and the team’s official scorer Jess Williams.

The Dragons have been on fire at the plate, and they continued to light it up on Friday against Pembroke, erupting in two big innings for an 11-2 win over the Titans.

Senior Steve Blout took to the mound on Friday night and gave up a single run in the second inning before his teammates gave him all the run support he would need with five runs in the bottom half of the second.

Brother Jeff Blout got the inning started with a blast over the left field fence to tie the score, and junior Pat Sweeney would single to continue the rally.

With two down and a runner on first, junior catcher Joe Coyne stepped to the plate and laced an RBI double to drive home Sweeney and put the Dragons ahead 2-1.

Three consecutive errors by the Titan infield led to three more Duxbury runs, and when the inning was over the Dragons had a comfortable 5-1 lead.

Pembroke got to Blout in the fifth for their second run on three consecutive singles, but he kept them in check to get out of the inning without further damage.

In the sixth inning, senior Tommy Drummy led off with a single after having made the defensive catch of the year earlier in the game, running to his left and extending horizontally to rob the batter of extra bases.

Errors continued to plague Pembroke, as they committed two more, setting the stage for Coyne to knock in two more runs for a 7-2 lead. The final blow of the inning would come off the bat of Jeff Blout, who cleared the bases with a double for the final runs of the game.

Senior Pat McWilliams came on in relief in the bottom of the seventh inning and struckout the side to run the Dragons’ record to 9-2.

Earlier in the week the Duxbury offense continued to hammer opponents when it slapped Quincy around to the tune of 12-6 at Adams Field. That was in sharp contrast to last Monday’s away game with Middleboro in which the Dragons edged the Sachems, 2-1.

Jeff Blout put on a show on the mound, limiting the hosts to five hits, while striking out six.

Senior third baseman Connor Inglis drove in Duxbury’s first run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning, but senior captain Matt Savard provided all the fireworks when he stepped to the plate in the top of the seventh inning and drilled the ball over the fence for the game-winning hit.

Duxbury entertained Silver Lake on Monday afternoon with first place in the Patriot League on the line, and on Wednesday afternoon they will travel to Scituate to take on the Sailors at 4 p.m.