Phil Waller stole five bases — including three in the bottom of the sixth inning for a key insurance run — as Butler City slipped past Zelienople 5-4 in Butler County AmericanLegion baseball Thursday.

Jim McKissick fanned seven batters and walked one in four innings of relief to earn the win for Butler City.

In other games:

• Chip Hasek tallied two singles, a double and two RBI in Mars' 14-4 romp over Center Township.

• Chris Codispot hit a grand slam home run and also hit another home run for a seven-RBI night as Butler Township outslugged Meridian 11-7.

• Prospect plated 12 runs in the top of the sixth inning to come away with a 16-3 victory. Adam Brydon drove in four runs and scored three times, while Sean Lefebvre had three RBI.

Brandon Ray and Joey Hemphill added two hits, two runs and two RBI apiece, and Josh Weitzel had two runs and two RBI, all for Prospect.

• Ryan Geibel hit a grand slam in East Butler's recent 8-6 win over Meridian.

Zelienople 002 001 1—4 6 1Butler City 310 001 x—5 8 0Muto and Peffer; Jose Cumba (1 K, 2 BB), Jim McKissick (4) and Ben Cress.

W: McKissick (7 K, 1 BB).

L: Muto (2 K, 1 BB).

Zelienople: Forsythe 2B, 1B; Muto 1B, 2B

Butler City (4-8): Ben Cress 2-1B; Jose Cumba 2-1B; Phil Waller 5 SB

Center Twp. 000 04x x—4 4 1Mars 114 8xx x—14 16 0Maloy, Cessar (3, 0 K, 1 BB), Martini (3, 1 K, 0 BB) and Campbell; Chip Hasek, Zach Bear (5, 0 K, 3 BB), Lee Lawver (5, 0 K, 0 BB) and Justin Vancheri.

W: Hasek (3 K, 4 BB).

L: Maloy (3 K, 0 BB).

Mars (8-3): Wes Hillegas 1B 2B RBI, Chip Hasek 2-1B 2B 2 RBI, Lee Lawver 1B 2B RBI, Jacob Bartlett 2-1B 2 RBI, Shane Bruce 2B

Saturday: Zelienople @ Mars

Butler Township 531 200 0—11 17 2Meridian 121 300 0—7 4 4Rob Cochran, Matt McCormick (7, 3 K, 1 BB) and Cory Birckbichler; Trombatt, Huey (4, 4 K, 2 BB) and McCleary.

W: Cochran (2 K, 6 BB).

L: Trombatt (0 K, 0 BB).

Butler Township (9-4): Ken Rosenbauer 3-1B, Bubba Uhlman 2B 3-1B, Jordan Roycroft HR 1B, Chris Codispot 2-HR 7-RBI, Cochran HR 1B, Birckbichler HR

Meridian: Achesinski HR

Complete box not availableEast Butler 010 050 2—8 x 1Meridian 000 220 2—6 x 2John Marra, Cottage (6, 3 K, 2 BB); Zack Dugger.

W: Marra (6 K, 2 BB).

L: Dugger (6 K, 2 BB).

East Butler: Luke Masters 2-1B, Ryan Geibel GSHR

Meridian: Zack Dugger 2-1B