2009: Made 12 appearances as a pitcher,starting one contest ... Also played 15 games in the infield,including one start at shortstop ... Finished with a 2-3 record asa pitcher ... Had an ERA of 7.20 in 30 innings of work ... Struckout 18 total batters, including a season and career-high fivestrikeouts in his start against Bryant (March 17) ... Pitched acareer-high six innings in the Bryant game ... Picked up his firstwin of the season in the upset over Boston College, pitching astrong five innings with four strikeouts and allowing five hits andno earned runs ... Earned his second win in the 14-10 victory overLafayette (Apr. 18), pitching five innings and allowing four hitsand one earned run while striking out three ... Offensively, scoredfour runs in nine at-bats ... Collected a hit at CentralConnecticut (April 14) and stole two bases ... Made just one errorin 15 games ... Recorded 18 assists and nine putouts.
2008: Made nine appearances ... Finished theseason with 13.0 innings pitched ... Gave up 18 runs ... Allowed 17hits ... Struck out seven batters ... Pitched a season-high 2.2innings and had three strikeouts while giving up two runs on twohits against Georgetown (3/5) ... Pitched 1.0 innings and gave upone run and one hit while picking up one strikeout versus SaintJoseph's (3/8) ... Finished the season with a 0-1 record.
2007: Appeared inseven games ... Made one start ... Pitched 9.1 innings and gave up15 runs on 15 hits ... Struck out seven ... Walked five ... Had aseason-high two strikeouts and pitched 2.0 innings against Lamar on2/17 ... Pitched 2.0 innings against Boston College on 3/29 andHartford on 4/11 ... Started against Massachusetts on 4/25.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2006 All-Eastern ConnecticutConference (as an infielder) ... 2005 All-Eastern ConnecticutConference (as a pitcher) ... led team to state semi-finals in 2005... Selected to Futures Team during Legion season (2005).
PERSONAL: Son of Michael and Maryellen Blanchard... Has one sister, Caroline ... Majoring in accounting.
Blanchard’s Career Pitching StatisticsYear APP-S W-L SV ERA IP H R ER BB SO HBP 2007 7-1 0-1 0 12.54 9.1 15 15 13 5 7 12008 9-0 0-1 0 11.77 13.0 17 18 17 15 7 22009 12-1 2-3 0 7.20 30.0 44 30 24 12 18 5Total 28-2 2-5 0 10.50 52.1 76 63 54 32 32 8Blanchard’s Career StatisticsYear GP-S AB R H AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB 2007 7-1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 02008 10-0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 02009 10-1 9 4 1 .111 0 0 0 0 2 4 2Total 27-2 9 5 1 .111 0 0 0 0 2 4 2
