Winning pitcher Kevin Bacon also had two singles and scored three runs to lead Saxonburg to an 8-7 Butler County American Legion Baseball win over Meridian recently.

Austin Leffler and Justin Thompson also had two singles for Saxonburg, which pushed across the deciding run in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Jim McCaslin and Jay McDonough homered for Meridian.

In other action:

• Butler Township plated five runs in the top of the sixth inning in a 10-9, comeback win over Center Township.

Chris Codispot singled, doubled and drove in two runs for the victors.

Meridian 012 300 100—7 11 4Saxonburg 031 010 201—8 9 1WP: Kevin Bacon (6 IP) 3 strikeouts, 3walks.

LP: Jim McCaslin (8 IP) 5 strikeouts, 6 walks

Meridian: Austin Leffler 2-1B, Stush Antoszyk 2B 2-R, Kevin Bacon 2-1B 3-Rm, Justin Thompson 2-1B, Josh Uncapher 2B 2-R

Meridian: Nate Seezox 2-1B 2-R, Jim McCaslin 2-1BHR2-R, Jay McDonough 2B HR2-R, Mark Dietrich 1B

Today: East Butler @Meridian, Zelienople @Saxonburg

Butler Twp. 031 105 0—10 9 7Center Twp. 010 250 1—9 8 3WP: Bill Stoughton (2 IP) 0 strikeouts, 0 walks.

LP: Nathan Markle (3 IP) 8 strikeouts, 4 walks

Butler Township (8-5): Darren Blakley 3-1B 2RBI, Chris Codispot 1B 2B 2RBI, Jordan Roycroft 1B RBI

Center Township: Nathan Markle 3-1B, Rich Hasychak 2B 2RBI, Randy Hepler 2-1B

Today: Butler Township @ Mars