Ryan Lynch and Adam Spithaler combined to go 8-for-9 at the plate with six RBI as top-seeded Mars rolled over Karns City, 18-5 in the first round of the Butler County American Legion Baseball League playoffs Tuesday evening.

Lynch paced the team's offense with three singles, a double, a triple and four RBI.

Mike Lopresti doubled and drove in two runs for Karns City.

Mars (18-1) will host Butler City at 6 p.m. today.

In other games:

• Cory Pyle's 3-run double helped Butler City post a 9-8 victory over Butler Township.

Josh Anthony added two doubles and Nick Monteleone scored twice for the victors.

• East Butler received a 2-run home run from John Marra in the bottom of the third inning en route to a 4-3 triumph over Meridian.

• Saxonburg and Center Township were tied at 4-all after eight innings of play when the game was called because of darkness. The action will be picked up today at 5 p.m. at Laura Doerr Park.

The winner will play at East Butler while the loser will stay at the park to play Meridian

Karns City 010 121 0—5 5 2Mars 215 145 x—18 18 3WP: Chip Hasek (7 IP) 4 strikeouts, 5 walks.

LP: Coty McGregor (5Z\c IP) 5 strikeouts, 3 walks

Karns City: Mike Lopresti 2B 2 RBI, Coty McGregor 1B 2B RBI

Mars (18-1): Ryan Lynch 3-1B 2B 3B 4 RBI, Adam Spithaler 3-1B 2B 2 RBI, Chip Hasek 1B 2-2B, Adam Fleming 2B 3 RBI

Today: Butler City at Mars; Karns City at Butler Township

Butler Twp. 240 000 2—8 8 3Butler City 024 012 x—9 9 3WP: Jim McKissick (6+ IP) 4 strikeouts, 3 walks.

LP: Kyle Beam (4 IP) 3 strikeouts, 6 walks

Butler Township: Lee Will 2-1B, Jordan Roycroft 2B

Butler City (12-7): Cory Pyle 2B 3 RBI, Josh Anthony 2-2B, Nick Monteleone 2R, Ben Cress 1B 2B, Eric Lamotte 1B 2B

Today: Butler City at Mars; Karns City at Butler Township

Meridian 003 000 0—3 3 0East Butler 002 020 x—4 7 0WP: Eric Reges (4 IP) 0 strikeouts, 1 walk.

LP: Jay McDonough (4 IP) 2 strikeouts, 0 walks

Meridian: Jim McCaslin HR 3 RBI

East Butler (13-6): John Marra 2-1B HR 3 RBI, Tim Geibel 2B, Brad Cottage 2B

Today: Saxonburg/Center Township East Butler; Saxonburg/Center Township vs Meridian at Saxonburg