Ryan Hays hit a solo home run, doubled and singled as the SlipperyRock High School baseball team kept its playoff hopes alive with a 10-5 win over Erie Central.

Billy Messer singled three times and drove in two runs, and Mark White collected three singles for the Rockets (10-6).

In other games:

• Jesse Alfreno pitched seven strong innings, striking out seven, as Grove City split a doubleheader with Meadville, dropping the first game 5-1 and claiming the nightcap 7-2.

Craig Boliver drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh inning as the Eagles scored four runs in the frame.

SlipperyRock 014 300 2—10 16 2Erie Central 104 000 0—5 4 4WP: SeanRay (3 IP) 2 strikeouts, 4 walks.

LP: Jordan Fracassi (4 IP) 2 strikeouts, 1 walk

Slippery Rock (10-6, 6-6): RyanHays 2B, HR, 1B; Mark White 3-1B; Billy Messer 3-1B, 2-RBI; Josh Cress 2-1B, 2-RBI

Erie Central: Andy Sontag 2-1B

Saturday: United Local at Slippery Rock, 11 a.m.

Game 1

Meadville 000 014 0—5 6 1Grove City 001 000 0—1 5 1WP: Ben Kittka (7 IP) 3 strikeouts, 3 walks.

LP: BobRevesz (5 IP) 5 strikeouts, 3 walks

Meadville: Dan Roncolato 2-1B; Shawn Vernesoni 2B, 2-RBI

Grove City: Jesse Alfreno 1B, 2B, RBI

Game 2Grove City 000 102 4—7 3 1Meadville 000 002 0—2 3 3WP: Jesse Alfreno (7 IP) 7 strikeouts, 3 walks.

LP: Dillon Tabarabar (6 IP) 7 strikeouts, 6 walks

Grove City (13-4, 10-2): Beau Fisher 2B;Dan Keil 1B, Craig Boliver 1B, RBI

Meadville: Roncolato 2B

Monday: Grove City vs. SlipperyRock at Critchfield Park. 6 p.m.Boys LacrosseZach Reiser scored three goals and added four assists to lead Butler to a 10-7 win over Erie Spears.Zach Carbon and Josh Schuster each scored three goals while Chris Blakely added one score.The win gives the Golden Tornado (4-9) a WPSLA Division II playoff spot.Junior High LacrosseButler's Junior High boys lacrosse team improved to 13-1 this season with a 12-2 victory over Upper St. Clair recently.Jarrod Oesterling scored five goals for the Golden Tornado while Cody Conklin added three goals and an assist.Craig Slomers added two goals and Zach Harrison and Tyler Kotch scored one each. Alex Hill made 10 saves in goal.John Noel, Zach Tomasovic, Ryan Soule, Pat Kerr, Justin Eckstein, Isaiah Sawhney and Kyle Perschke played strong defensively.