With Christian County up 1-0, Rodriguez took an 0-2 pitched and drilled it into the scoreboard in center and pushed the lead out to 4-0.
The Lady Rebels battled back with 2 runs in the bottom of the third and two more in the bottom of the sixth to cut the lead to 5-4, but Christian County picked up a pair of insurance runs in the top of the 7th inning to close out the win.
Rodriguez finished the game 2-4 with the home run and 4 RBIs. Jayda Turner was 3-4 with a run scored.
Freshman Bailey Harper went 3-3 with 2 RBIs for the Lady Rebels. Maddison Wade was 2-3 with a run scored. Naomi Gammon finished 1-4 with an RBI.
Alyssa Petterson and Jordan Turner combined in the circle to give up just two earned runs on seven hits, striking out ten and walking four.
Addison Woodall and Olivia Weikel combined to allow 5 earned runs on 8 hits, striking out nine and walking six.
