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On Wednesday, the 12-year-old All-Stars from the Pittsfield American Division got 15 of those outs on strikeouts. Christian Barry set the tone by striking out 10 over 3-⅓ innings and helped his cause with a first inning leadoff home run as Pittsfield opened the Section 1 tournament with an 8-1 win over Rutland at Deming Park. “Really, I just was throwing to the catcher,” Barry said. “I had a lot of trust in him. I knew he wasn’t going to let anything by him. I just had to throw strikes.” Rutland did get one baserunner on a ball to the backstop on a called third strike in the top of the second. Aside from that, the visitors were able to put just two balls in play against Barry: a ground ball to short and a leadoff single in the top of the fourth.