With a playoff game on the line, Rockwall rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They never let the Lake Ridge Eagles onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory. The win was nothing new for Rockwall as they're now sitting on 16 straight.
Not much got past Ainsley Pemberton, who gave up just four hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Lake Ridge off the board. Pemberton has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in 12 consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Rockwall's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Rylie Swindall, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and a run.
Rockwall's win was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 25-7-1. As for Lake Ridge, their loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-11.
Rockwall will have a chance to go back-to-back against Lake Ridge: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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