Corey Miller homered and Adrian Sykes had a single and a double to lead Cranberry to the brink of the Eagle County League baseball championship series with a 13-9 win in Game 2 of their best-of-five series Monday.

Cranberry is just one win away from reaching the finals.

Bill Clinefelter and Jason Swalga added two hits apiece for Cranberry.

In Game 1 Saturday, Mike Palano pitched a four-hitter and Cranberry rallied for three runs in the sixth inning to defeat Natrona Heights, 4-1, in Game 1.

The game was tied at one when Brendan Steiner delivered a one-out single for Cranberry in the sixth inning. Mike Gogolin followed with a walk and Sykes produced a run-scoring single.

With two outs, Clinefelter connected for a run-scoring single and Jason Swalga added a RBI double.

Palano struck out two in going the distance. Josh Abati had a run-scoring single for Cranberry in the fourth.

Cranberry posted a win in the Eagle County semifinal round for the first time in more than a decade.

Cranberry 040 300 6 -13 11 4Natrona Hts. 120 114 0 - 9 8 4WP: Josh Remerowski (6 IP) 7 strikeouts, 5 walks.

LP: Ben Smith (3 1/3 IP) 6 strikeouts, 3 walks

Cranberry (19-11-1): Jason Swalga 2-1B; Adrian Sykes 1B, 2B; Corey Miller HR; Bill Clinefelter 2-1B

Natrona Heights: Turka 1B, 2B, HR; Federicci 2B; Andryka 2B, HR

Today: Game 3: Natrona Heights @ Cranberry, 6 p.m.

SaturdayNatrona Hts. 000 100 0 - 1 4 2Cranberry 000 103 x - 4 7 3WP: Mike Palano (7 IP) 2 strikeouts, 3 walks.

LP: Chris Kelly (6 IP) 4 strikeouts, 3 walks

Natrona Heights: Josh Abati 1B RBI

Cranberry (18-11-1): Brendan Steiner 1B, Mike Gogolin 1B, Adrian Sykes 2-1B RBI, Greg Miller 2B RBI, Bill Clinefelter 1B RBI, Jason Swalga 2B RBI