BETHANY — It may be that kind of year for area high school softball teams which face Chillicothe High School junior pitcher Sarah Baldwin.
The right-handed phenom, who played for a summer team which won a national to9urnament just before the start of high school preseason practices, threw a perfect game, striking out 16 of the 21 batters she saw, as the Lady Hornets began the 2010 season yesterday with a 6-0 road victory over the South Harrison Lady Bulldogs.
“Great pitching and defense,” CHS head coach Stan Baldwin, the pitcher’s dad, commented after Sarah Baldwin posted her 10th prep career no-hitter.
The Lady Hornets hurler, who also went two for three with a walk three runs batted in at bat, handled two of South Harrison’s batted balls herself. Two others went to first baseman Annie Turbyfill and the fifth to second baseman Kelsey Hicks.
Ninth Lady Bulldogs in a row went down on strikes from the fourth through two outs in the seventh inning. Six in a row were fanned in the second and third.
Offensively, the Lady Hornets scored twice in the fourth and four times in the fifth to belatedly provide the working margin.
“It took us a white before our bats came alive” against losing pitcher Teara Pettijohn.
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BETHANY — It may be that kind of year for area high school softball teams which face Chillicothe High School junior pitcher Sarah Baldwin.
The right-handed phenom, who played for a summer team which won a national to9urnament just before the start of high school preseason practices, threw a perfect game, striking out 16 of the 21 batters she saw, as the Lady Hornets began the 2010 season yesterday with a 6-0 road victory over the South Harrison Lady Bulldogs.
“Great pitching and defense,” CHS head coach Stan Baldwin, the pitcher’s dad, commented after Sarah Baldwin posted her 10th prep career no-hitter.
The Lady Hornets hurler, who also went two for three with a walk three runs batted in at bat, handled two of South Harrison’s batted balls herself. Two others went to first baseman Annie Turbyfill and the fifth to second baseman Kelsey Hicks.
Ninth Lady Bulldogs in a row went down on strikes from the fourth through two outs in the seventh inning. Six in a row were fanned in the second and third.
Offensively, the Lady Hornets scored twice in the fourth and four times in the fifth to belatedly provide the working margin.
“It took us a white before our bats came alive” against losing pitcher Teara Pettijohn.
