Weston Hillegas pitched eight strong innings, striking out seven and walking no one, as Mars edged Saxonburg 4-3 in extra innings in Butler County American Legion baseball Wednesday night.

Adam Fleming singled, doubled and had an RBI, and Chip Hasek singled twice and drove in a run for Mars (12-1), which scored two runs in the top of the eighth and held off a Saxonburg rally.

In other games:

• Zelienople overcame six errors, thanks to an eight-run fifth inning, to topple Butler Township 11-4.

• In a game from Tuesday, Coty McGregor fanned 13 batters in a complete-game effort and Chad Bell had a grand slam home run to power Karns City past Zelienople 11-6.

Mars 100 000 12—4 8 1Saxonburg 200 000 01—3 9 2WP: Weston Hillegas (8 IP) 7 strikeouts, 0 walks.

LP: Brandon Wissinger (7⅓ IP) 1 strikeout, 2 walks

Mars (12-1): Chip Hasek 2-1B, RBI; Adam Fleming 2B, 1B, RBI

Saxonburg (7-5): Austin Leffler 3-1B; Dan Pickard 2B; Kevin Bacon 2B

Butler Twp 202 000 0—4 6 3Zelienople 020 081 x—11 13 6WP: Matt Brittner (7 IP) 2 strikeouts, 3 walks.

LP: Cory Birckbichler (2 IP) 1 strikeout, 2 walks

Butler Township (5-7): Billy Stoughton 2B

Zelienople (2-11): Brittner 2B, 3B; Sam Smigel 2B

Karns City 140 402 0—11 8 3Zelienople 020 112 0—6 4 4WP: Coty McGregor (7 IP) 13 strikeouts, 3 walks.

LP: Mark Haney (7 IP) 6 strikeouts, 4 walks

Karns City (3-6): Chad Bell grand slam HR, 1B; Mike Lopresti 2-1B; Matt Stimac 2-2B

Zelienople: Shane Kunder 3-1B; Matt Brittner 3B