QUINCY — Every matchup between the Doggy Paddlers and the Burlington Bees so far this season has been a battle between two evenly matched teams with the series standing at 2-2 headed into their fifth meeting Thursday.

The Bees got their revenge from Tuesday’s home loss to Quincy with a 16-12 win over the Doggy Paddlers behind a strong second inning.

“They can really hit, they can really swing it, and they’re going to be tough all year long,” said Quincy head coach Brad Gyorkos. “I just think we need to be a little more consistent on the mound and if we do that we’ll be in good shape.”

Right-handed pitcher Nathan Murphy made his first start of the season against Burlington and had a tough second inning as the Bees’ hitters really created separation on the scoreboard.

Murphy pitched for about into the fourth inning, allowing eight hits, nine runs, six errors, three walks and six strikeouts.

Burlington freshman Conor Fitzpatrick would hit a one-run single, scoring teammate Dylan Shepherd to give Burlington a 2-0 lead at the top of the second.

A couple Quincy errors would give the Bees two more runs followed by an RBI from Cole Yearsley to give Burlington a 6-0 lead after two innings.

“Murphy got hit around early. I thought when he was in the strike zone he was really good,” Gyorkos said. “He got hit around early but then he settled in. He did OK. Obviously we wanted more zeros out of him, but I thought he did fine.”

On the flipside Burlington pitcher Danny Harris and their defense posed problems for Quincy, holding them scoreless through the first four innings and only giving up two runs through the first six.

Harris made his first start of the season pitching six innings, allowing one hit, two runs, two errors, two walks and threw four strikeouts.

“I think we just have to be a little more consistent with what we do, and if we do that we’re going to be fine,” Gyorkos said.

Quincy scored 11 runs combined through the next four innings and saw a grand slam from outfielder General Schofield in the bottom of the eighth to bring the score to 16-11 Burlington.

Schofield would end the night as Quincy’s most productive hitter going 3-for-4 at bat with two runs and five RBIs capped off by that major home run to keep them in the game.

Quincy would hold Burlington scoreless top of the ninth but scored just one final run in the bottom of the inning to drop to 2-3 against Burlington this season.

“We wanted more out of our bullpen, but for losing a game I thought they fought really hard,” Gyorkos said.

Quincy (6-8) will have a chance to bounce back Friday, traveling to take on the Springfield Lucky Horseshoes (5-9) at 6:30 p.m.

“We’ve had some really good days and some really bad days, so I think if we can be consistent and play a full nine innings of baseball, we’re going to be good. But if we keep getting down early we’re going to be in trouble,” Gyorkos said.