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Mars II rallies, defeats Zelie

Mars II erased a 5-0 deficit and tallied four runs in the top of the seventh to beat Zelienople 11-7 on Wednesday in Eagle County baseball action.

Eric King led off the seventh with a double, advanced to third on a Tom Wigton single and scored on an RBI base hit from Ryan O’Connor to open the floodgates.

King, Wigton and Ryan Leonberg each tallied three hits for Mars II (12-3-1), while C.J. Weigand picked up the win on the mound with five solid innings of two-hit ball.

Mars II 002 014 4 — 11 15 2

Zelienople 050 110 0 — 7 5 1

W: C.J. Weigand 5IP (3K, 4BB). L: Crawford 2IP (0K, 1BB).

Mars II (12-3-1): Eric King 2B, 2-1B; Tom Wigton 2B, 2-1B; Ryan Leonberg 3-1B; Ryan Ganter 2B, 1B; Anthony Sclarski 2-1B; Ryan O’Connor 2-1B.

Zelienople (6-10): Motyl 2B, 1B; Zeander 1B, 2-BB; Durbin 1B, BB.

Friday: Mars II at Freeport I

Saxonburg 7, Wexford 0 — Nate Buttenfield struck out 10 and walked one during a complete-game shutout.

Ryan Fennell homered, while Alex Ziegler went 3-for-3, scored twice and was a home run shy of the cycle.

Wexford 000 000 0 — 0 4 2

Saxonburg 004 120 x — 7 9 0

W: Nate Buttenfield 7IP (10K, 1BB). L: Jay Mayhugh 6IP (3K, 0BB).

Wexford (5-9-1): Matt Johnson 2B, Brian Slavick 2-1B; Zach Sharrer 1B.

Saxonburg (15-3): Ryan Fennell HR, 2-RBI; Bobby Swartwout 2B, 1B, 2-RBI; Mac Megahan 1B, RBI; Alex Ziegler 3B, 2B, 1B, 2-R; Dustin Lalle 2-1B, R.

Friday: Saxonburg at Zelienople

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