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Rockets roll to victory

Mitch Robinson had two singles and drove home a run and Cody Stephenson tossed a two-hitter as the Slippery Rock High baseball team downed Meadville 4-1 Friday afternoon.

The only run charged to Stephenson was unearned.

Elsewhere:

• Nick Ganter drove in four runs and Tyler Kepple tossed three no-hit innings as Karns City used a 13-run third inning to rout East Forest 15-0.

• Matt Eperesi singled twice and doubled, scored two runs and drove in one to lead Mars to a 7-1 win at Highlands.

• Nate Bresnahan hit two home runs in Butler's 18-7 thumping of Fox Chapel.

• Justin Grossman struck out 11 hitters in seven innings of work, but Knoch (2-5, 2-2) fell 2-1 to Kittanning.

Meadville 000 001 0 — 1 2 1Slippery Rock 130 000 x — 4 7 3W: Cody Stephenson 7IP (2K, 3BB).

L: Alex Glatch 6IP (0K, 4BB).

Meadville: Terence Goodrum 2B

Slippery Rock: Mitch Robinson 2-1B RBI, Connor Hogue 1B RBI, Andrew Gieraltowski 1B RBI

East Forest 000 xxx x — 0 0 0Karns City 11(13) xxx x — 15 10 0W: Tyler Kepple 3IP (3K, 1BB).

L: Snyder 2 1/3IP (2K, 1BB).

Karns City (4-0): Zach Barney 1B 2B RBI, Ethan Williams 2-1B 3-R, Brandyn Bowser 2B RBI, Nick Ganter 2-1B 4-RBI

Mars 231 000 1 — 7 11 0Highlands 000 010 0 — 1 2 2W: Nick Comport 4 IP (2K, 2BB).

L: Jake Tutak 5 IP (4K, 2BB).

Mars (4-0, 3-0): Matt Eperesi 2-1B 2B 2R RBI, Kevin Giallanardo 2-1B, C.J. Weigand 1B 3B 2RBI

Highlands (1-5, 1-3): Nate Torrent 1B, Joe Marchek 1B

Butler 025 410 6 — 18 18 2Fox Chapel 001 032 1 — 7 11 2W: Colin McKee 4 IP (4K, 5BB).

L: Letterle.

Butler (7-1, 3-1): Nate Bresnahan 1B 2HR, Tom Bruce 2-1B 2B, Anthony Graziani 2-1B 2B

Fox Chapel: Pistorius 2-2B, Terwilliger 3-1B

Kittanning 001 010 0 — 2 6 4Knoch 000 010 0 — 1 3 3W: Crytzer 7IP (6K, 2BB).

L: Justin Grossman 7IP (11K, 1BB).

Kittanning: Atwood 3B, 2-1B

Knoch (2-5, 2-2): Mark Keck 1B, Cody Beacom 1B, Mac Megahan 3B

Butler (3-2) banged out 17 hits and Makenzie O'Donnell pitched well in four inning of relief as the Golden Tornado routed Oakland Catholic 16-1.In other action:• Melea Mauthe had four hits and Kaylene Ireland added a triple and two singles as Slippery Rock rolled to a 10-2 win over Meadville.The Rockets (1-4) had 19 hits in the game.• Brooke Hiles smashed a triple and Breezzie Rich tossed three no-hit innings as Karns City (3-2) routed East Forest 16-1.• Autumn Neff had four hits and a run batted in to pace Moniteau in an 8-5 triumph over Redbank Valley.<B>Butler 250 81x x — 16 17 1Oakland Cath. 000 10x x — 1 2 4W:</B> Makenzie O'Donnell 4IP (4K, 2BB). <B>L:</B> Bauer 5IP (0K, 0BB).<B>Butler (3-2):</B> Amanda Skidmore 2-2B, Sara Cobern 3B 2-1B 3-R, Amanda Steinheiser 2B 1B 2-R, Sadie Marak 3-1B 3-R, Amber Steinheiser 2B 1B<B>Oakland Catholic:</B> Calagurie 2B<B>Meadville 000 002 0 — 2 7 0Slippery Rock 010 216 x — 10 19 0W:</B> Stephanie Kotomski 7IP (8K, 4BB). <B>L:</B> Bump 6IP (3K, 2BB).<B>Meadville:</B> Amato 2B<B>Slippery Rock (1-4):</B> Melea Mathe 4-1B, Jordan McCauley 2B, Kaylene Ireland 3B 2-1B, Marissa Kerr 3-1B<B>East Forest 001 xxx x — 1 0 2Karns City 4(10)2 xxx x — 16 9 1W:</B> Breezzie Rich 3IP (5K, 1BB). <B>L:</B> Harriger 2IP (0K, 12BB).<B>Karns City:</B> Brooke Hiles 3B 1B, Ceanca Everetts 2-1B, Lauren Mildren 1B, Rich 1B, Kara Kerschbaumer 1B, Alex Boyle 1B, Ashlyn Landgraf 1B<B>Moniteau 000 035 0 — 8 12 4Redbank Valley 000 030 2 — 5 7 2W:</B> Holly Colosimo 7 IP (4K, 1BB). <B>L:</B> Jones 7 IP (1K, 3BB).<B>Moniteau (3-0):</B> Chloe Eshenbaugh 1B 2B 2R 2RBI, Autumn Neff 2-1B 2-2B RBI, Holly Colosimo 2-1B R 2RBI, Kaylie Van Lieu 2-1B 2R RBI<B>Redbank Valley:</B> Pippa 2-1B 2R, Miller 2B HR 2R 4RBI

Butler's Mike Dreher and Xavier Krause both dropped 13 kills on Bethel Park in the Golden Tornado's 3-1 road win.Krause added seven digs and Dustin DeFrancisis 40 assists for Butler (6-1 overall).

Jack Boros and Nick Pfeiffer won the first two singles matches for Knoch, but the Knights fell to Quaker Valley 3-2.

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