John Cumpston of Butler City had two doubles and shortstop Jeff Slater made three great plays on defense Tuesday, but Mars scored a run in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game at 6 before darkness halted the Butler County American Legion Baseball contest.

Rush hit a home run for Mars.

Butler City 300 100 2 — 6 8 1Mars 200 210 1 — 6 6 2BC: Steve Bartley (5 IP, 5 K, 1 BB).

M: Rush (5 IP, 5 K, 3 BB).

Butler City: (2-4-1) Johnny Cumpston 2 2B

Mars: (3-2-1) Rush HR

Saturday: Butler City vs. Karns City at Highfield