There's no place like home for Newton, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. They blew past the Heritage Patriots 9-3 on Wednesday. Considering the Rams have won four contests by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

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The team relied heavily on Caden Brown, who scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in stolen bases. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremiah Francis, who went 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI.
Newton hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Heritage struck out 11 times.
Newton pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs over those games. As for Heritage, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
Newton will have a chance to go back-to-back against Heritage: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:55 p.m. on Friday.
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