The Butler baseball team got its offense going Monday night.

The Golden Tornado scored 10 runs and Alec Bayer pitched three shutout innings to lead Butler to a 10-0, five-inning win over Penn Hills.

“It was nice. As the game went along, the kids started to relax and we got some hits,” said Butler coach Todd Erdos. “There was more energy and more confidence.”

Adam Hohn had a single and a double and Cade Negley, Sam Gross and Bayer each drove in two runs for the Golden Tornado (2-1).

Butler will be back in action at 7 p.m. Wednesday against Vincentian Academy.

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2 outs when mercy run scored

W: Alec Bayer 3IP (3K, 0BB). L: Tucci 3IP (4K, 1BB).

Butler (2-1): Adam Hohn 1B 2B, Cade Negley 2-RBI, Sam Gross 2-RBI, Bayer 2-RBI

Wednesday: Vincentian at Butler, 7 p.m.

Mars 3, Armstrong 1 — Frank Craska scattered four hits over seven innings and also had a pair of singles as Mars downed Armstrong.

Craska struck out three and walked just one in seven efficient innings to get the win.

Brandon Wetherholt also had a pair of singles for the Planets (2-2, 1-0).

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W: Frank Craska 7IP (3K, 1BB). L: Eli Hickman 4IP (3K, 1BB).

Mars (2-2, 1-0): Brandon Wetherholt 2-1B, Craska 2-1B

Armstrong: Hickman 2B RBI

Wednesday: Mars at Obama Academy

Slippery Rock 12, Reynolds 0 (six innings) — Kyle Benson drove in three runs and Dan Williams and Patrick Busa each had three hits in the Rockets’ rout.

Ricky Mineo got the win, striking out six in 5 2/3 innings for Slippery Rock (2-1).

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W: Ricky Mineo 5.2IP (6K, 4BB). L: Grey DeCiancio 4IP (3K, 2BB).

Slippery Rock (2-1): Kyle Benson 1B 2B 3-RBI, Dan Williams 3-1B RBI, Gunner Becker 2-1B, Patrick Busa 2-1B 2B 2-RBI

Reynolds: Hunter Jones 1B

Wednesday: Sharon at Slippery Rock

Freeport 10, Highlands 5 — Matt Charllton went 4-for-4 with two RBI and Tyler Hettrich, James Flemm each went 3-for-4 with home runs to lead the Yellowjackets.

Freeport pounded out 18 hits in the victory.

Sean Furlong picked up the complete-game win for the Yellowjackets.

Softball

Claire Crytzer smashed a pair of home runs as Freeport banged out 22 hits in a 16-5, five-inning win over Valley.

Ashley Schmidt had a pair of singles and two doubles, Ali DeJidas and Kristie Radvan a single and two doubles, Tori Radvan a pair of hits and Rebecca Fennell a single and a double to lead the Yellowjackets’ barrage.

Kristie Radvan picked up the win in the circle for Freeport (4-0). She fanned six and didn’t walk a batter in five innings.

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W: Kristie Radvan 5IP (6K, 0BB). L: Andie Jo Conwell 5IP (1K, 1BB).

Freeport (4-0): Ashley Scmidt 2-1B 2-2B, Claire Crytzer 1B 2-HR, Ali DeJidas 1B 2-2B, Kristie Radvan 1B 2-2B, Tori Radvan 2-1B, Rebecca Fennell 1B 2B

Valley: Rylee Gatto 1B 2-RBI

Wednesday: East Allegheny at Freeport

Knoch 10, Uniontown 0 (five innings) — Celia Knappenberger tossed a one-hitter and Monica Gourley and Abigail Black each singled and doubled to lead the Knights.

Avery Keller also doubled for Knoch (2-0, 1-0).

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W: Celia Knappenberger 5IP (4K, 0BB). L: Lyndsi Urani 4IP (0K, 2BB).

Uniontown: Emilee Hanilla 1B

Knoch (2-0, 1-0): Monica Gourley 2B 1B, Abigail Black 2B 1B, Avery Keller 2B, Sydney Natili 2-1B

Wednesday: Knoch at Derry

Slippery Rock 5, Saegertown 2 — Cheyenne Hindman struck out 12 in seven innings and also had a pair of hits as the Rockets hung on for this win.

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W: Cheyenne Hindman 7IP (12K, 0BB). L: Young 4IP (3K, 2BB).

Slippery Rock (1-0): Hindman 2-1B, Julianna Hutchison 1B, Julia Hart 1B

Saegertown: Swartout 2-1B

Today: Grove City at Slippery Rock

Boys Lacrosse

Grant Alexander found the net six times and Dan Rupert added five goals as Seneca Valley rolled to a 16-4 win over Chartiers Valley.

Ryan Greer also scored twice for the Raiders.

Girls Lacrosse

Madison Edkins scored five goals and Liz Hanks stopped 14 shots in goal as Seneca Valley toppled North Hills 13-7.

Hempfield 17, Freeport 7 — Chrissy Conklin scored six goals for the Yellowjackets.

Hannah Bowman also scored a goal for Freeport.

Boys Volleyball

Cody Schnur had 10 kills and Tyler Rankin added 21 assists as Butler remained perfect with a 25-14, 25-23, 26-24 win over Deer Lakes.

Dan Cline also had eight digs for the Golden Tornado (4-0, 3-0).

Tennis

The doubles tandem of Matt McMaster and Nate Errington earned a 6-1, 7-5 victory, but Butler fell to Hampton, 3-2.

Singles: Ted Donegan (H) d. Elijah Errington 6-0, 6-0; Abheet Badrinath (H) d. Trevor Bell 6-1, 6-0; Jake Zangas (B) by default

Doubles: Matt McMaster-Nate Errington (B) d. Tim Miller-Kurt Mueller 6-1, 7-5; Matt Grubic-Danny Dickson (H) d. Tyler Bell-Reed Krueger 6-3, 7-5

Grove City 5, Titusville 0 — Will Kemeny and Will Rastatter each earned 6-0, 6-0 victories to lead the Eagles (2-0) to this sweep.

Singles: Will Kemeny (GC) d. Drew Lobdell 6-0, 6-0; Will Rastatter (GC) d. Bruce Preston 6-0, 6-0; Mason Wise (GC) d. Mary-Kay Masiker 6-1, 6-3

Doubles: Jeffrey Biddle-Charlie Nesbit (GC) d. Blaise Bromley-Nathaniel Mohnkorn 6-0, 6-1; Peter Birmingham-Levi Aldstadt (GC) d. Juliet O’Brien-Sam Prichard 6-0, 6-2