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(ROCKDALE)–THE ROCKDALE LADY TIGERS’ HOPES
FOR THE PLAYOFFS FELL JUST SHORT AS THE LADY TIGERS
FELL TO THE LEXINGTON LADY EAGLES IN A THRILLER
9 TO 7 IN 9 INNINGS IN A TIEBREAKER GAME AT THRALL
ON FRIDAY.
THE LADY TIGERS JUMPED OUT IN FRONT IN THE
BOTTOM OF THE FIRST AS RILEY EANES SCORED ON
KARLEY LEOPOLD’S SACRIFICE FLY TO MAKE IT
1 TO NOTHING LADY TIGERS. ROCKDALE ADDED A RUN
IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 2ND AS MACY KNESEK’S R-B-I
SINGLE SCORED AUTUMN MONTELONGO FOR A 2 TO
NOTHING LEAD.
LEXINGTON RESPONDED IN THE TOP OF THE 3RD
AS ALEXIS GONZALES’ R-B-I SINGLE SCORED JORDYN
DODD, AND KYLEE MUHL’S R-B-I SINGLE SCORED
MACKENZIE FOLEY TO TIE THE GAME AT 2 ALL.
ROCKDALE CAME BACK IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
AS HAVEN JIMENEZ SCORED ON A PASSED BALL AND
ANDREA SALAZAR REACHED ON AN ERROR, SCORING
EMILY DEPINE TO GIVE ROCKDALE A 4 TO 2 LEAD.
LEXINGTON CAME RIGHT BACK IN THE TOP OF THE 4TH
WITH 2 MORE RUNS AS GONZALES’ R-B-I DOUBLE SCORED
ASHTON ANDRESS AND SAVANNA CLAPTON TO TIE IT
AT 4 ALL.
ROCKDALE CAME BACK AGAIN IN THE BOTTOM OF
THE 4TH. MARIANA CASAREZ’ R-B-I DOUBLE SCORED RILEY
EANES, AND KARLEY LEOPOLD THEN STEPPED UP AND HIT
A 2 RUN HOME RUN TO GIVE ROCKDALE A 7 TO 4 LEAD.
FROM THERE, AFTER 11 RUNS IN 4 INNINGS, BOTH
OFFENSES WENT SILENT FOR OVER 2 INNINGS. ROCKDALE
WAS 2 OUTS AWAY FROM WINNING THE GAME AND
CLINCHING A PLAYOFF SPOT WHEN KYLIE HOBBS DOUBLED,
AND KYLEE MUHL BROUGHT HER HOME ON AN R-B-I SINGLE,
AND THEN ASHTON ANDRESS’ R-B-I DOUBLE SCORED MUHL AND
NATALIE MARTINEZ TO TIE IT AT 7 ALL.
IN THE TOP OF THE 9TH, ANDRESS’ R-B-I DOUBLE
SCORED HALEY MARTINEZ, AND JORDYN DODD’S R-B-I
SINGLE SCORED ANDRESS FOR A 9 TO 7 LEAD. ROCKDALE
THREATENED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 9TH. HANNAH
RODRIGUEZ WAS HIT BY A PITCH TO LEAD OFF THE
INNING. COURTESY RUNNER MACKENZIE MUSTO WAS
THROWN OUT AT 3RD WHEN MACY KNESEK SINGLED.
WITH ONE OUT, RILEY EANES APPEARED TO HIT INTO
A GAME-ENDING DOUBLE PLAY, BUT THE THROW TO
2ND WENT WILD AND ROCKDALE HAD RUNNERS AT
FIRST AND 2ND WITH 2 OUTS, BUT CASAREZ FLEW OUT TO
CENTER TO END IT.
KARLEY LEOPOLD TOOK THE LOSS IN THE CIRCLE FOR
THE LADY TIGERS.
THE LADY TIGER SENIORS, KARLEY LEOPOLD,
AUTUMN MONTELONGO, AND MACY KNESEK PLAYED
THEIR FINAL GAME IN A ROCKDALE UNIFORM.
