St. Michael's used a six-run fifth inning to defeat the East Butler American Legion baseball squad 8-0 in the losers bracket of the Region 7 playoffs in Indiana, Pa., Tuesday.

Brad Cottage had two of East Butler's (17-8) four hits.

Travis Rearick had four hits to lead St. Michael's, which received from complete-game effort by Dave Mehall.

East Butler 000 000 000—0 4 2St. Michael's 020 060 00x—8 13 1WP: Dave Mehall (9 IP) 6 strikeouts, 1 walk.

LP: Dallas O'Donnell (5 IP) 1 strikeout, 3 walks

East Butler: Brad Cottage 2-1B, Ryan Armahizer 1B; Jim Mascarelli 1B

St. Michael's: Travis Rearick 4-1B; Jeff Rolla 2-1B; Casey Theys 2-1B