It was a good start to what Todd Erdos hopes is no repeat of 2013.

Jesse Savisky pitched four shut-out innings and Nate Kibbie went 3-for-3 at the plate as Butler’s baseball team downed Woodland Hills 7-1 Friday evening at Kelly Automotive Park.

The Golden Tornado suffered through a 2-16 campaign last year.

“It was only our second time outside since we began practicing,” said Erdos, Butler’s head coach. “I thought we performed well. Defensively, we fielded the ball well.”

The Golden Tornado broke the ice in the bottom of the third inning. Kibbie reached on an infield single and stole second base before he was driven home on Ryan Denny’s double.

Denny advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on Cory Wheeler’s sacrifice fly.

The two runs were all Butler would need, though it tacked on two more in the fifth and three in the sixth.

Savisky struck out five and walked one to earn the win.

“He threw strikes,” said Erdos. “He pitched himself out of a jam in the second inning. The bases were loaded with one out and he struck out two batters to get out of it.”

Woodland Hills was limited to six singles.

Butler is scheduled to play another non-section game at Mt. Lebanon on Monday.

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W: Jesse Savisky 4IP (5K, 1BB). L: Jessell 4IP (7K, 1BB).

Butler: Nate Kibbie 3-1B, Ryan Denny 2B RBI, Cory Wheeler 2B 2RBI

Monday: Butler at Mt. Lebanon

Karns City 13, Keystone 3 — The Gremlins made quick work of the Panthers in this five-inning affair.

Wyatt Everetts singled, tripled and collected three RBI and Matt Yough had two singles and three RBI.

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W: Matt Yough 2IP (2K, 4BB). L: Beau Shettler 4IP (1K, 3BB).

Keystone: Reed Sawyer 2-1B

Karns City: Matt Yough 2-1B 3RBI, Nathan Weckerly 2-1B RBI, Wyatt Everetts 1B 3B 3RBI, Jimmy Thompson 1B 2B 2R

Monday: Brookville at Karns City

Track and Field

Butler’s Kaylynn Callihan won the shot put and discus against Pine-Richland and Fox Chapel as the Golden Tornado girls grabbed victories of 97-53 and 103-47, respectively.

On the boys’ side, Butler defeated the Rams 107-43 and the Foxes 81-69. Nick Peterson won the pole vault with an effort of 13 feet for the Golden Tornado.

Boys

Butler 107, Pine-Richland 43

Butler 81, Fox Chapel 69

3,200 relay: Butler (Fullerton, Knauer, Critchlow, Rader) 8:29.7; 110 hurdles: Semelbauer (PR) 17.08; 100 dash: Garnett (FC) 11.51; 1,600 run: Martin (FC) 4:41.69; 400 run: Robert Burdine (B) 53.87; 400 relay: Fox Chapel 45.2; 300 hurdles: Tyler Frederick (B) 43.09; 800 run: Batykefer (PR) 2:05.17; 200 dash: Garnett (FC) 23.14; 3,200 run: Not available; 1,600 relay: Fox Chapel (time not available)

Shot put: Derek Gengler (B) 45-2; Discus: Jared Blakely (B) 135.5; Javelin: Fox Chapel (distance not available); High jump: Phil Washington (B) 5-8; Long jump: Fox Chapel (distance not available); Triple jump: Pipich (FC) 41-9; Pole vault: Nick Peterson (B) 13-0

Girls

Butler 97, Pine-Richland 53

Butler 103, Fox Chapel 47

3,200 relay: Butler (Wiest, Keefer, Enslen, Brydon) 10:24.7; 100 hurdles: Quigley (PR) 15.73; 100 dash: Panos (FC); 1,600 run: Humphrey (FC) 5:24.1; 400 run: Alyssa DiPippa (B) 1:05; 400 relay: Pine-Richland 50.91; 300 hurdles: Manpelli (PR) 50.1; 800 run: Romeo (PR) 2:36.14; 200 dash: Quigley (PR) 26.0; 3,200 run: Humphrey (FC) 11:36.5; 1,600 relay: Pine-Richland 4:11.2

Shot put: Kaylynn Callihan (B) 35-5.5; Discus: Kaylynn Callihan (B) 92.5; Javelin: O’Koda (PR) 101-11.5; High jump: Julia Baxter (B) 5-0; Long jump: Panos (FC) 16-6; Triple jump: Kristen Knass (B) 34.5; Pole vault: Claire Weiland (B) 9-6

Boys Volleyball

Butler opened its season with a 3-2 victory over visiting Latrobe by scores of 26-24, 23-25, 25-27, 25-16 and 15-11.

Gabe Baroffio tallied 26 assists in the victory, Keenan Krause 15 passes, Matt Huey 18 kills and seven blocks and Matt Rudzki 17 kills.

Girls Lacrosse

Mya Reese and Megan Crawford both scored four times in leading Butler to a 19-8 victory over Allderdice at Art Bernardi Stadium.

Reanna Everton and Abbey Murdick both had three goals, Morgan Kappler scored twice and Michelle Reismeyer, Kayla Widenhofer and Lindsay Walters all scored once.

Boys Tennis

Butler’s top doubles team of Cam Sedwick and Henry May was victorious, but the Golden Tornado fell to Pine-Richland 3-2.

Pine-Richland 3, Butler 2

Singles: 1-Caleb Kramer (PR) def. A.J. May 6-1, 6-0; 2-Devin Fitz (B) def. Jacob Jeanson 6-2, 6-1; 3-Josh Cohen (PR) def. Ethan Turner 6-1, 7-5.

Doubles: 1-Cam Sedwick-Henry May (B) def. Cullen Young-Jonah Krause 5-7, 7-5, 6-4; 2-Aaron McClure-Jack DiNucci (PR) def. Brock Hinton-Tony Santilo 7-6, 3-6, 6-1.