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Zelienople's Wood shuts down Mars I, 5-3

Aaron Wood tossed a complete game and also added a pair of singles and scored two runs as Zelienople defeated Mars I 5-3 in an Eagle County Baseball contest Wednesday.

Elsewhere:

As it turned out, nine innings still wasn't enough as Freeport and Harmony battled to a 2-all tie.

Mike Gogolin homered and Greg Miller added three hits to back Mike Palano's complete-game effort with nine strikeouts in Cranberry Township's 10-3 win over Slippery Rock.

Mars I 210 000 0 - 3 8 1

Zelienople 102 200 x - 5 9 0

WP:

Aaron Wood (7 IP) 4 strikeouts, 1 walk.

LP:

Steve Cunningham (6 IP) 4 strikeouts, 3 walks

Mars I (13-6):

Paul Westwood 2B, RBI; Rege Burris 2B, RBI

Zelienople (12-6):

Dan Binder 2B, 1B, RBI; Marty Pegher 2B, 1B; Erin Fassinger 1B, 2 RBI; Aaron Wood 2-1B, 2 R

Friday:

Zelienople at Natrona Heights; Mars I at Harmony

Harmony 000 020 000 - 2 9 0

Freeport 000 002 000 - 2 6 1

Harmony:

Mark Bauman 2B, RBI; Habsburg 2-1B

Freeport (10-6-2):

Greg Samson 2B, RBI; Keith Kubit 2-1B; Wayne Greiser 1B, RBI

Friday:

Wexford at Freeport (6:15 p.m.) and Natrona Heights at Freeport (8:30 p.m.); Mars I at Harmony

Cranberry 322 003 0 - 10 11 3

Slippery Rock 030 000 0 - 3 8 2

WP:

Mike Palano (7 IP) 9 strikeouts, 2 walks.

LP:

Josh Smith (6 IP) 3 strikeouts, 6 walks

Cranberry Township (12-7-1):

Mike Gogolin HR; Greg Miller 3-1B; Bill Stehle 2B; Brendan Steiner 2B; Palano 2-2B

Slippery Rock:

Ketzel 3-1B; Christensen 2-1B

Friday:

Saxonburg at Cranberry Township; Slippery Rock at Mars II

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