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EAGLE COUNTY LEAGUE

Saxonburg (24-7-1) tallied all four of its runs with two outs in the bottom of the second inning in a 4-2 win over Freeport in the second game of their best-of-five Eagle County League semifinal series Friday night at Pullman Park.

Contributing to the big inning were Brendan Malone with a double and two RBI, Dustin Lalle with a double, an RBI and a run scored, Austin Leffler with a single, an RBI and a run scored, and Sandy Sanderson with a double and a run scored.

Nate Buttenfield pitched four innings in the win, while Curt Schnur entered the game with two runners on and no outs in the top of the seventh and shut down Freeport to earn a save.

Cy Haponski doubled for Freeport (22-11-1).

Saxonburg leads the series, 2-0 and will travel to Freeport's Swartz Field for Game Three at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Freeport 001 010 0 — 2 4 0Saxonburg 040 000 0 — 4 6 1W: Nate Buttenfield (4 IP) 1 K, 1 BB.

L: John Bastian (6 IP) 2 K, 2 BB.

Freeport (22-11-1): Cy Haponski 2B

Saxonburg (24-7-1): Brendan Malone 2B 2 RBI, Dustin Lalle 2B RBI R, Austin Leffler 1B RBI R, Sandy Sanderson 2B R

Saturday: Saxonburg at Freeport, Game 3, at Swartz Field, 6 p.m.

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