Palermo lifts Center Township to win
Joe Palermo had a bases-clearing triple in the fifth inning to erase a 2-1 deficit and help send Center Township to an 8-2 victory over Butler City in Butler County American Legion baseball Thursday.
Clayton Smith also homered and Nathan Markle struck out eight in three innings of relief for Center Township.
In other action:
Jordan Roycroft had three singles and Joe Rekich had a double and a single to lead Butler Township to a 10-1 victory over East Butler.
Jonathan Bell struck out four batters and scattered six hits in a complete-game effort.
Kyle Texter had two doubles to lead Karns City to a 12-1 win over West Sunbury.
Joe Arndt struck out five in four innings pitched while Justin Demek collected two hits and two runs scored in Saxonburg's 7-3 win over Mars.
Center Twp. 100 043 0 - 8 9 2
Butler City 020 000 0 - 2 4 2
WP:
Chet Link (1 IP) 0 strikeouts.
LP:
Ben Cress (5 IP) 4 strikeouts.
Center Township:
Joe palermo 3B, 1B, 3 RBI; Clayton Smith HR; Trevor Dunkle 2B; Regan Young 2-1B.
Butler City:
Rob Faulk 2-1B
Saturday:
Karns City at Center Township
East Butler 001 000 0 - 1 6 5
Butler Twp. 013 420 x -10 10 1
WP:
Jonathan Bell (7 IP) 4 strikeouts, 1 walk.
LP:
Adam Gregory (3
IP) 2 strikeouts, 2 walks
East Butler (5-2):
Steve Scott 2B
Butler Township (5-2-1):
Jordan Roycroft 3-1B; Joe Rekich 2B, 1B
Friday:
Saxonburg at East Butler
Saturday:
Zelienople at Butler Township
West Sunbury 010 00x x - 1 3 0
Karns City 441 3xx x -12 10 0
WP:
Matt Ealy (3 IP) 2 strikeouts, 0 walks.
LP:
Kepple (2 IP) 3 strikeouts, 4 walks
West Sunbury (0-3):
Shaffer 2B; Eshenbaugh 2B
Karns City (1-1):
Josh Behrens 2-1B; Kyle Texter 2-2B; Spencer Collins 2B, 1B
Saxonburg 150 000 1 - 7 9 1
Mars 000 300 0 - 3 6 0
WP:
Joe Arndt (4 IP) 5 strikeouts, 2 walks.
LP:
Dan Pierre (5 IP) 7 strikeouts, 3 walks
Saxonburg:
Jeff Foster 1B 2B R, Justin Demek 2-1B 2R, Kevin Bacon 1B R, Dan Pickard 2-1B R
Mars:
Ryan Lynch 1B R, Dan Pierre 1B R, Alex Clark 2B R
Friday:
Saxonburg @ East Butler
Saturday:
Meridian @ Mars
