Chris Herold and Dan Brent both doubled and Blaise Taggart struck out four batters in five innings as Mars defeated Cranberry Township, 7-4, in Butler County American Legion baseball Tuesday.

Mars also defeated Prospect, 5-4, Monday, as Ryan Schroth struck out six in a complete-game win.

In other games:

• Brandon Wissinger tripled and homered for Saxonburg in a recent 9-7 win over Prospect.

Cranberry Twp. 012 010 0—4 7 2Mars 340 000 x—7 7 1W: Blaise Taggart 5 IP (4 K, 1 BB).

L: Dunn 6 IP (1 K, 0 BB).

Cranberry Township: Verona 2-2B

Mars (4-2): Chris Herold 2B, Dan Brent 2B

Sunday: Butler City at Mars

Monday

Prospect 001 011 1—4 4 3Mars 230 000 x—5 6 3W: Ryan Schroth 7 IP (6 K, 0 BB).

L: Hemphill 6 IP (5 K, 2 BB).

Prospect: McDougall 2-1B

Mars: Chris Herold 1B 2B, Sean Roach 2B

Prospect 100 050 1—7 11 5Saxonburg 216 000 x—9 12 2W: Tyler Geary 7 IP (0 K, 4 BB).

L: Bonzo 6 IP (4 K, 1 BB).

Prospect: Badgett 3-1B, Campbell 1B 2-2B

Saxonburg (2-4): Rob Briggs 1B 2-2B, Brandon Wissinger 3B HR

Thursday: Saxonburg at East Butler