The Butler baseball team broke out of its offensive slump, pounding out 12 hits on the way to a 7-1 road win over Armstrong Thursday afternoon.

Dallas Hays had three hits, including a triple, and drove in three runs and Adam Hohn singled and tripled and drove in a pair for the Golden Tornado (4-4).

Garrett Banner got the win, scattering three hits in seven innings.

Butler 020 230 0 — 7 12 1

Armstrong 010 000 0 — 1 3 4

W: Garrett Barner 7IP (3K, 4BB). L: Lazaroff 4.1IP (1K, 1BB).

Butler (4-4): Adam Hohn 1B 3B 2-RBI, Dallas Hays 2-1B 3B 2-RBI, Justin Stewart 3-1B RBI

Tuesday: New Brighton at Butler, 7 p.m., at the high school field

Moniteau 11, Keystone 3 — Nathan Sosigian had a pair of hits and drove in four runs to lead the Warriors.

Lee DeMatteis got the win, striking out five in four innings.

Moniteau 610 300 1 — 11 10 0

Keystone 003 000 0 — 3 7 7

W: Lee DeMatteis 4IP (5K, 2BB). L: Corey Rapp 4IP (3K, 3BB).

Moniteau: Jake Jewart 2-1B, Derek Brown 2-1B, Nathan Sosigian 2-1B 4-RBI

Softball

Gabby Stewart had a day.

Stewart homered twice and drove in nine runs as Moniteau downed Karns City, 15-0.

Stewart also singled twice.

Cortney Claypoole went 5-for-5 with three RBI for the Warriors (5-0).

Kennedy DeMatteis tossed a 1-hitter for the win. Mackenzie Dunn broke up the no-hit bid with a single in the sixth for Karns City (2-2).

Moniteau 134 000 7 —15 14 2

Karns City 000 000 0 — 0 1 2

W: Kennedy DeMatteis 7IP (10K, 2BB). L: Sami Grazioli 3IP (3K, 3BB).

Moniteau (5-0): Gabby Stewart 2-HR 2-1B 9-RBI, Cortney Claypoole 5-1B 3-RBI, Kennedy DeMatteis 3B RBI

Karns City: Mackenzie Dunn 1B

Monday: Karns City at A-C Valley

Tuesday: Pine-Richland at Moniteau

Knoch 10, Highlands 0 — Sydney Natili had three hits, including a double, as Knoch rolled to this five-inning mercy-rule win.

Amanda Fischer also tripled for the Knights (9-1, 4-1).

Celia Knappenberger picked up the win in the circle.

Highlands 000 00x x — 0 1 2

Knoch 123 31x x — 10 11 0

W: Celia Knappenberger 5IP (4K, 1BB). L: Emily Cochran 3IP (0K, 2BB).

Knoch (9-1, 4-1): Sydney Natili 2B 2-1B, Avery Keller 2-1B, Natalie Brown 2-1B, Amanda Fischer 3B

Tuesday: Knoch at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic

Seneca Valley 15, Butler 1 — Mandy Magill went 4-for-5 at the plate as Seneca Valley rolled.

Elayna Nagy and Karli Hacker also went 3-for-4 for the Raiders.

Julia Gibson homered for Butler and Autumn Pettinato had two hits.

Boys Tennis

Seneca Valley got key wins from singles players Jake Yankel and Alex Garczynski to edge Butler, 3-2.

Seneca Valley 3, Butler 2

Singles: Matt McMaster (B) d. Jeremy O'Connor 6-2, 6-3; Jake Yankel (SV) d. Nate Errington 6-3, 6-0; Alex Garczynski (SV) d. Elijah Errington 6-1, 6-0

Doubles: Tyler Bell-Trevor Bell (B) d. Stephen Vandrak-Jarrett Johnston 6-1, 6-0; Josh Weltner-Jacob Johnston (SV) d. Jake Zangas-Kyle Pfabe 6-4, 6-4