Baseball Game Preview: Newton Rams vs. Rockdale County Bulldogs

Rams

Runs

03/20/25 @ Carrollton	4
03/19/25 @ Rockdale County	7
03/17/25 vs Rockdale County	11
03/15/25 vs Westlake	1
03/13/25 @ Heritage	18
+ 12 more games

The Newton Rams will challenge the Rockdale County Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Newton is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season.

Newton lost 14-4 to Carrollton on Thursday. The Rams have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Caden Brown was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 1-for-1. Dare'On Adkins was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.

Meanwhile, Rockdale County hadn't done well against Newton recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Rockdale County narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Newton 7-6. The victory was some much needed relief for the Bulldogs as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.

Rockdale County saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Wayde Maddox, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. The dominant performance gave Maddox a new career-high in hits. Another was Christopher Royal, who scored two runs while going 1-for-1.

Rockdale County's win bumped their record up to 5-12. As for Newton, their loss dropped their record down to 10-7.