The Pittsburg Post 64 Junior Silverbacks finished weekend showcase tournament play 1-2-1 on Saturday and Sunday at Miami, Okla.

The Silverbacks moved to 7-4-1 on the season and they return home Wednesday night against Paola at Pittsburg State’s Al Ortolani Field.

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Tate Renn’s two hits and Kaiden Nash’s RBI single in the second inning were not enough for the Silverbacks against the Outlaws and their winning pitcher Gavin Bryan. Bryan collected six of the Outlaws’ 10 strikeouts against Post 64 in the tournament finale Sunday.

Drake Wilcox received the loss and he allowed three runs on four hits with five strikeouts and five walks over 3 2/3 innings.

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The Silverbacks earned their only win of the tournament in big style, highlighted by a seven-run outburst in the first inning Sunday.

Cooper Leonard started the scoring with a two-run single and Tanner Akins busted the dam wide open with his bases-clearing double. Brooks Walker’s RBI single came between Leonard and Akins’ big hits, and Akins scored on a sacrifice fly.

The Silverbacks came back and closed out the scoring with five in the third. Akins added an RBI single, Drake Boulware, Colton Widmer and Keaton Peak each worked bases-loaded walks and Gage King drove in a run with an RBI groundout.

Lexton Holloway earned the win and he allowed no runs on no hits with two strikeouts and no walks over three innings.

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Post 64’s Cooper Leonard and Arkansas Aces Fitts’ Kory Richardson dueled zeroes during their brief matchup on the mound Saturday. The teams managed to play only two innings before the rains came and washed out the day.

Leonard allowed no runs on no hits and had three strikeouts and two walks over two innings. Richardson gave up the only hit and pitched two scoreless innings with two strikeouts and no walks.

Leonard collected the game’s only hit.

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The Silverbacks jumped out 2-1 in the first, before the Rampage scored three runs in the second and three more in the third during the tournament opener Saturday.

Gannon Hobbs took the loss and he allowed seven runs on six hits with two strikeouts and seven walks over four innings.

August Amershek led Post 64 with two hits and Brooks Walker, Gage King, Tate Renn and Kaiden Nash each drove in a run. Drake Wilcox worked two of the Silverbacks’ six walks in the game.

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