Lee Lawver's RBI-single in the bottom of the seventh inning plated Justin Vancheri with the winning run as Mars nipped Meridian 9-8 in Butler County American Legion baseball play on Saturday.

Mars also defeated East Butler 7-0 on Friday, with Wes Hillegas fanning 11 batters in the win.

Elsewhere:

• Brad Cottage delivered a two-run base hit in the top of the seventh inning to give East Butler a 4-2 win over Butler City on Saturday.

Cottage also pitched a complete game for the win and Jose Cumba added two base hits for Butler City.

• Meridian's Caleb Trombatt and Luke Dugger combined to limit Saxonburg to just two runs on six hits in an 8-2 win on Friday.

Meridian 104 010 2—8 7 3Mars 170 000 1—9 10 2Luke Dugger and McCleary; Chip Hasek (5 K, 3 BB), Lee Lawver (5) and Justin Vancheri.

W: Lawver (4 K, 2 BB).

L: Dugger (6 K, 2 BB).

Meridian: Luke Dugger 2-1B, Luke Master 1B 2B

Mars (5-2): Zach Zollner 2B, Chip Hasek 2-1B 2B 3RBI, Wes Hillegas 2-1B

Tuesday: Mars @ Butler City

Friday

Mars 032 200 0—7 9 0East Butler 000 000 0—0 3 0Wes Hillegas and Justin Vancheri; Adam Gregory, John Marra (3, 2 K, 2 BB), Derek Hays (5, 2 K, 2 BB) and Ryan Geibel.

W: Hillegas (11 K, 4 BB).

L: Gregory (4 K, 4 BB).

Mars: Chip Hasek 2-1B 2B, Wes Hillegas 2-1B 2B 3RBI

East Butler: Ryan Geibel 2B

Friday

Meridian 130 110 2—8 10 1Saxonburg 200 000 0—2 6 2Robert Zanella, Wirtz (6); Caleb Trombatt, Luke Dugger (7, 2 K, 0 BB).

W: Trombatt (3 K, 1 BB).

L: Zanella (4 K, 1 BB).

Meridian: Nick Belisario 2-HR 3RBI, Caleb Trombatt 1B HR 2RBI, Jordan Foley 1B 2R, Luke Dugger 2B R RBI, Jake Huey 2-1B RBI, Cory Achezinski 2-1B R

Saxonburg: Zanella 1B R, Hinterliter 2B R RBI, Stawicki 2-1B RBI, Shaw 1B, Wolford 1B