St. Dominic waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Nerinx Hall Markers a 16-0 shutout. Considering the Crusaders have won 12 contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Abigail Mandrell was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Mandrell was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.
In other pitching news, Ann Alsop looked comfortable as she pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. What's more, she also racked up five strikeouts, the mostshe's had since back in September.
Back at the plate, St. Dominic got a massive performance out of Angela Williams, who went 4-for-4 with three stolen bases, three runs, and four RBI. Another player making a difference was Madeline Ganey, who went 3-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Dominic was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .762. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .344 or higher in four consecutive games.
St. Dominic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Nerinx Hall, they are on a 17-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-15.
St. Dominic's road trip will continue as they head out to face Eureka at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Nerinx Hall does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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