HOPKINTON — Déjà vu switched uniforms since the last time these Division III powerhouse baseball teams met and Hopkinton walked off with a 12-2 win over Campbell of Litchfield Monday, in a game abbreviated to five innings due to the mercy rule.

“This was like a mirror image of the last time, except that we won,” said Hawks coach David Chase, wearing a surprised smile after his 14-1 club broke open a close game by plating seven runs in the home half of the fifth inning, highlighted by a unusual occurrence.

Matt McCormack had doubled home two runs and Sam Bonifant stood on first after an RBI single when Colin O’Keefe walloped a grounder directly toward Campbell second Cabe Lacroix, who appeared ready to start his second double play of the game.

The ball never reached Lacroix. It struck the base umpire in the right leg. The umpire headed to the hospital for an X-ray. McCormack was credited with his second hit and Hopkinton’s rally continued until Jake Nelson’s two-run walk-off double.

“It was hit so hard and hit right at him. It was a certain double play ball, but that’s baseball,” said Campbell coach Jim Gorham after the defending champs (11-3) lost their third game in four days. “When something like that happens, you figure it’s just not your day.”

The Hawks experienced the same not-our-day feeling back when the then-undefeated squads met in Litchfield and Campbell claimed an 11-2 win, rallying for nine runs in the sixth inning after Hopkinton just missed converting a double play off an outfield fly.

“After that loss I told the team they’d learned a good lesson,” said Chase. “In this game, you just never know what can happen. You have to take advantage of any situation.”

After that bus ride home from Litchfield, Hopkinton has won 12 straight while outscoring the opposition, 98-13. Every player drove in a run or scored in Monday’s rematch. Nelson and McCormack each had three RBIs. Sam McManus added three hits and scored twice. Leadoff hitter Steve Auger scored three runs.

Senior southpaw Sam Bonifant offered an efficient 52-pitch effort, striking out one without walking anyone and improved to 5-1. Campbell scored on Chuck Neild’s two-run homer in the fourth, which were the first earned runs Bonifant conceded since the loss at Campbell.

Hopkinton took advantage of four walks to tally three runs in the first inning. Catcher Cody Caron relieved Campbell starter Vincent Bucci, who left the game with a sore arm in the first inning. Lacroix dove to snare a grounder and initiate an inning-ending double play.

Campbell nearly made it a one-run game in the top of the fifth when Christian Bourgea appeared to hit a two-run homer, but Nelson reached up at the base of the right field wall for the out.

“I thought it was gone. Oh, well. They did to us what we did to them at our place,” said Gorham. “I hope we have a chance to meet for round three (come tourney time).”