Newsome waltzed into their match on Thursday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They skirted past the Plant Panthers 5-4. For Newsome, this counts as revenge for the 4-2 defeat Plant walked away with the last time they faced one another back in April of 2023.
Newsome got a great performance from Wade Walton as he struck out ten batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits (and only one walk). Walton has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Anthony DeVito and Cash Peterson did most of the damage at the plate: DeVito scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Peterson scored a run while going 2-for-3.
On Plant's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cash Strayer, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Newsome pushed their record up to 12-3 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Plant, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-4.
Newsome will be playing at home against Durant at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Durant: 2.9, Newsome: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Plant, they are on the road again on Thursday to play Steinbrenner at 7:00 p.m.
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