Entering the final week of the Prospect League regular season, the Butler BlueSox and the Slippery Rock Sliders appear to be headed in opposite directions.

Butler won all three of its games over the weekend — including a 6-2 victory Sunday over the first-place Chillicothe Paints — while Slippery Rock dropped a pair of doubleheaders to North Coast, at home Saturday and in Lorain (Ohio) Sunday.

With the loss, the Paints (27-21) dropped percentage points behind North Coast (26-20) for first place in the Eastern Division. Butler (26-23) is just 1½ games behind, followed by Richmond (22-27, 5½) and Slippery Rock (21-28, 6½).

For the BlueSox Sunday, the team broke a 2-2 tie with one run in the eighth inning and three in the ninth for the victory.

Brian Youchak had a double and two singles, Zach Noonan a double, single and two RBI and Sean Gusrang two hits and two RBI to pace the win.

Butler graduate Aaron Ordy added two hits, Jacke Healey a double and single and Frank Esposito added a double.

Andrew DiNardo scattered two runs on six hits over 6⅓ innings with five strikeouts and two walks.

In Saturday's games, Noonan had two hits and two RBI and Greg Desantis doubled in the 7-4, eighth-inning win.

Bryan Billigen, Youchak, Healey and Gusrang each drove in a run for Butler.

Anthony Munoz picked up the win in relief, allowing one run, three walks and one strikeout in one inning in relief of Butler graduate Brian Warheit. In all, the BlueSox recorded just one strikeout and eight walks.

In the second game, Billigen and Noonan, batting first and second in the lineup, each had three hits — including a home run for Billigen and a double for Noonan — in the 7-2 triumph.

Gusrang also homered to drive in three runs for Butler, which was led by Sean Holliday, who allowed two runs and six hits over five innings to record the win.

Slippery Rock was swept by the North Coast Knights Saturday 6-2 and 5-3, then lost to the Knights 4-0 and 11-5 Sunday to fall to 21-28.

It marked the Sliders' seventh consecutive loss and 11th in 12 games to fall to last place in the Eastern Division.

The Sliders had just three hits in the first game Sunday as Charlie Kelly and Kenny Stoneback each had a double and Mike Devine added a single.

Andrew Morris tossed his third complete game, but fell to 5-4 despite allowing just one earned run (four total) on five hits in six innings.

In the nightcap, Derek Carr had three hits, including two doubles and two RBI. Kelly and Derek Diruscia each had a double with Kelly and Shane Eyler each getting an RBI.

On Saturday, both teams combined for four hits in the 2-0 Knights' win. Kelly had a double and single for Slippery Rock, which outhit North Coast 7-6 in the nightcap, but came up short.

Carr and Matt Howard each had a double while Diruscia and Nick Spisak each added an RBI single.

After hosting the Sliders tonight, the BlueSox have three consecutive games against Chillicothe, including Wednesday and Thursday nights at Pullman Park. Butler does not play North Coast again this season.