Butler City erupted for seven runs in the fourth inning and eight more in the fifth inning as it downed Cranberry Township 17-7 in five innings in Butler County American Legion baseball action Tuesday

Elsewhere:

• Jamie Masciarelli and Brad Cottage each had a pair of doubles and a single to highlight a 14-hit attack in East Butler's 13-4 triumph over Mars.

• Jordan Roycroft doubled, tripled and homered as Butler Township dealt Zelienople a 12-2, five-inning defeat.

• Cory Achezinski hit two home runs and collected five RBI in Meridian's 13-11 victory over Saxonburg.

• In action from Monday night, Butler City swept a doubleheader from West Sunbury, 8-6 and 2-1.

Jim McKissick struck out 11 and tossed a two-hitter in the second game. McKissick scored the winning run from third in the sixth inning on a bunt-single by Phil Wahler.

Cranberry Twp. 130 21x x—7 7 xButler City 110 78x x—17 22 1Don Beeman and Ben Cress; Inman (0 K, 3 BB), Kuhs (3), Swanson (5, 1 K, 0 BB) and Chapman.

W: Beeman (5 K, 2 BB).

L: Kuhs (1 K, 3 BB).

Cranberry Township: Inman 2-1B; DiNardo 1B, 2B

Butler City (7-10): Josh Marchinoski 1B, 2B, 3B; Phil Waller 2-1B; Ben Cress 3-1B; Jim McKissick 2B, 3B; Jose Cumba 3-1B, 2B

Thursday: Butler City at East Butler; Cranberry Township at Saxonburg

East Butler 313 022 2—13 14 1Mars 100 002 1—4 5 2Brad Cottage, Derek Hays (5) and Ryan geibel; Weston Hillegas, Ryan Schroth (5, 2 K, 3 BB) and Justin Vancheri.

W: Cottage (2 K, 1 BB).

L: Hillegas (3 K, 1 BB).

SV: Hays (1 K, 2 BB).

East Butler (13-2): Jamie Masciarelli 2-2B, 1B; Brad Cottage 2-2B, 1B; Ryan Geibel 1B, 2B

Mars: Chip Hasek 2-1B; Jacob Barlett 2-1B

Today: East Butler at Butler Township

Thursday:Mars at Meridian; Butler City at East Butler

Zelienople 011 00x x—2 5 5Butler Twp 302 25x x—12 15 1Perry and Forsythe; Hunter Lumley and Rob Cochran.

W: Lumley.

L: Perry (1k, 1bb).

Zelienople: Forsythe 1B HR

Butler Township (12-4): Rob Cochran 3B, Bubba Uhlman 3-1B, Lee Will 1B 2B, Jordan Roycroft 2B 3B HR, Chris Codispot 1B 2B

Saturday: Butler Township @ West Sunbury

Complete box not availableSaxonburg 014 220 2—11 12 4Meridian 200 164 x—13 11 5Saxonburg: Antostyk 2-2B, Gallo HR 2RBI, Thompson 2-2B, Wissinger 1B

Meridian: Cory Achezinski 1B 2HR 5RBI, Luke Dugger 1B 2-2B 3RBI, Caleb Trombatt 1B 2-2B RBI WP, Tanner Master 2-1B 2RBI

First GameButler City 020 010 5—8 8 0West Sunbury 230 010 0—6 3 1Dustin Hilgar (2k, 4bb), Jose Cumba (4, W, 5k, 0bb) and Ben Cress; Cruz Eshenbaugh (L, 5k, 2bb) and J. Stiner.

Butler City: Erik Lamotte 2-1B, Ben Cress 2-1B

West Sunbury: Nick Morrow 2-1B, Cruz Eshenbaugh 2-1B

Second GameWest Sunbury 100 000 0—1 2 2Butler City 001 001 x—2 5 1Nick Morrow (L, 7k, 3bb) and J. Stiner; Jim McKissick (W, 11k, 1bb) and Ben Cress

West Sunbury: Brian Eshenbaugh 1B, Nick Morrow 1B

Butler City: Phil Wahler 2-1B, Ben Cress 2-1B