Blankenship Tosses One-Hit Shutout Against St. Clair

Jaedin Blankenship cuffed St. Clair on Thursday as she put together a one-hit, 10-strikeout performance that helped the Lady Eagles to a 10-0 victory.

Blankenship cruised through St. Clair’s lineup. She needed just 66 pitches and allowed one walk in a game that went five innings.

Sullivan (8-2) won their 24th straight Four Rivers Conference tilt.

The offense bludgeoned Madelyn Ruszala, hammering out 10 hits.

Kayla Ulrich and Riley Branson each collected a pair of hits. 

Ulrich tripled, scored twice and drove in a run. Branson scored twice.

Hayli Venable doubled, had an RBI and scored.

Madyson Stahl singled and scored twice. 

Hanna Johanning singled, drove in one and scored.

Grace Halmick had a single and two RBIs.

Blankenship and Alexis Johson each singled.

Hannah Campbell scored.

Sullivan plated two runs in the first. They got on the board with Johanning’s one-out RBI single to center, then Sophia Weirich hit a sacrifice fly.

Branson pushed a bunt single and scored on Venable’s double in the second. St. Clair tried to throw out Branson at the plate, but the throw wasn’t in time, allowing Venable to reach third. She scored on a dropped third strike from Grace Halmick to push the lead to 4-0.

Ulrich led off the third with a triple to right and scored on an error by Marler.

Sullivan added four more runs in the fourth. 

Halmick had an RBI single to score Branson. Halmick scored on an error by Marler and Stahl, who got on via error, scored on Ulrich’s single to left. Sullivan led 8-0.

The ball found Marler again when Johanning rolled a grounder her way that was misplayed. That allowed Ulrich to cross the plate for a 9-0 lead.

Blankenship scored the winning run in the fifth on a passed ball.