The Duxbury boys’ baseball team is finally getting people’s attention, as they have broken into the Boston Globe Top 20 after weeks of appearing on its missing persons list.

Sporting a 12-2 record after its win over Whitman-Hanson two weeks ago, the Dragons moved up to No. 9 in the poll. With three more wins (15-2) last week that made it 11 straight victories, making Coach Barney Earle’s team the highest ranking of any baseball team in the school’s history.

While most observers expected Duxbury to have excellent pitching with senior Jeff Blout leading the way, it’s the offense that has stunned opponents with an average of over eight runs per game.

“It’s different kids in different ways every time out,” said Coach Barney Earle. “And that’s what you are looking for. We’re not counting on the same guys every time out.”

If the season-opening 10-6 win over Plymouth North was any indication of how good the Dragons would be, then Friday night’s grind-it-out win over the Eagles in the rematch establishes them as the best Division II team on the South Shore.

With sophomore Sam Jacobson on the mound, things got of to a rough start when PN catcher Matt Walsh took a high outside fastball and sent it over the right field fence at Murphy Field for a 1-0 lead.

The right-hander settled down and retired the next five batters, bringing his teammates to the plate in the bottom of the second when the offense erupted.

Consecutive singles by seniors Greg O’Neal, Steve Blout and Connor Inglis loaded the bases for Jeff Blout, who promptly singled in the tying run. Plymouth North pitcher Ryan Hess plunked senior Tom Kazanowski with the next pitch and the Dragons went ahead 2-1.

Eagles’ coach Wayne Follett had seen enough and brought in Alex Rozak, who was greeted with a two-run single by junior catcher Joe Coyne. Senior co-captain Pat McWilliams followed with an RBI single and the Dragons had an impressive 5-1 lead.

There is a reason Plymouth North has been the king of the South Shore the past few seasons and they showed it in the top of the third, rallying for six runs with a two-run single by Ed Raeke and a two-run home run off the bat of Dan Fratus for a 7-5 lead

Duxbury got a run back in the bottom of the inning when Steve Blout walked, moved to third on a Kazanowski single, and came home on another Coyne RBI.

Jacobson was having a tough night, as he continued to battle through the Eagle batting order that scored two more runs in the top of the fourth to grab a 9-6 lead.

Once again the offense came to his rescue, as McWilliams reached on an error and McNeal crushed a ball that the centerfielder couldn’t handle as he crashed into the fence, putting runners at second and third with one out.

A passed ball to Steve Blout (before he walked,) and an RBI single by Inglis cut the lead to 9-8 before Jeff Blout drove home the go-ahead runs with a triple to make it 10-9 in Duxbury’s favor. Blout would eventually score to give the Dragons an 11-9 lead after four innings.

Jacobson escaped unscathed in the fifth after a leadoff single, and senior captain Matt Savard led off the bottom of the fifth with a triple before scoring on an error.

McWilliams came on in relief in the top of the six and put the Eagles down one-two-three.

Duxbury showed it can manufacture runs too in the top of the sixth, as Jeff Blout walked, moved to second on a sacrifice by Kazanowski, advanced to third on an infield out, and scored on a Pat Sweeney pinch-hit single to make it 13-9.

McWilliams did his Papelbon imitation once again, as he retired three straight batters in the seventh to get the save and the win for Jacobson.

“These kids are really playing together and we’re only dressing 13 players. We are down in numbers, but everyone is contributing,” said Earle. “They are doing what they are supposed to do and they love doing it. You can’t ask for anything more.”

It’s a big week for the Dragons, who took on Marshfield Monday afternoon and Hingham Tuesday in a crucial Patriot League match-up. The regular season ends at home on Thursday afternoon with Scituate.