Jeff Denardo drove home Zach Verona with a single with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning to cap a three-run rally as CranberryTownship slipped past Zelienople 9-8 in this Butler County American Legion baseball game from Saturday.

Greg Ference picked up the win in relief for Cranberry (3-12).

Elsewhere:

• Ryan Armahizer doubled and singled twice and Greg Hayes worked out of the pen to get the win as East Butler improved to 15-2 with a 6-5 win over Zelienople Saturday.

EastButler also beat Saxonburg 4-2 onFriday.

Zelienople 001 500 2—8 12 1Cranberry Twp 210 201 3—9 15 1Smigel (0 K, 3 BB), Perry (1, 2 K, 1 BB), Britner (5, 9 K, 2 BB), Haney (6) and Forsythe. Zach Verona (3 K, 4 BB), Greg Ference (4) and Chris Inman.

W: Ference (2 K, 1 BB).

L: Haney (2 K, 1 BB).

Zelienople: Forsythe 2B 1B, Peffer 2-1B

Cranberry Township (3-12): Verona 2-2B 1B, Ed Michalski 2B 1B, Greg Chapman 2B 1B, Chris Inman 4-1B, Dustin Ondo 3B, Jeff Denardo 1B GWRBI

East Butler 001 311 0—6 10 2Zelienople 201 020 0—5 7 1Ryan Geibel (1 K, 0 BB), Greg Hayes (2), Nick Rossmiller (6) and Jamie Masciarelli. Forsythe and Smigel

W: Hayes (0 K, 2 BB).

L: Forsythe (1 K, 1 BB).

SV: Rossmiller (1 K, 0 BB).

East Butler (15-2): Ryan Armahizer 2B 2-1B, Mike Bresnahan 2B 1B, Masciarelli 2-1B.

Zelienople: Forsythe HR 2B, Grinder 2-1B, Muto 2-1B