After an 8-2 win over Durham Post 7 on Wednesday, Post 67 boasted a 3-0 record heading into the Memorial Day weekend.

Due to early Memorial Day deadlines, results of Cary Post 67's doubleheader against North Raleigh on Saturday were not available.

After watching his team play a solid game -- especially in the hitting and pitching departments -- Cary coach Neil Woodall found little to be down about.

The team outhit Durham 11-5, six of which came in a seven-run second inning.

Cory Tilton went 2-4 on the night, including a two-run homer in the second to start the team's scoring spree. Michael Gyoerkoe followed Tilton's home run with a line-drive single to center field. After Brad Scarlett walked, hits from Kenny Martin, Cory Harrilchak, Michael Rooney and Cory Holt led to five more runs.

But after the second-inning surge, Post 67 hit a wall, and it wasn't the outfield fence. The team didn't bring in another run until the bottom of the eighth when Tilton singled in Martin.

"We kept hitting the ball hard, but we were just hitting them at people," Tilton said. "But I think we played well. It's only the third game of the season, so we're still trying to figure some things out."

Durham's Daniel Benner scored off an infield ground out in the third, and Matt Toffaletti scored off a single by Cameron Falcon in the seventh.

While Post 67 controlled the game offensively, the pitching staff was equally as effective. From his years of coaching experience, Woodall has mastered a strategy that fits his team well: a deep pitching staff.

Routinely having nine pitchers at his disposal allows Woodall to keep a pitcher in the game for, at most, five innings at a stretch.

For Wednesday's first four innings, Ben Goldston got the start and the newest member of Post 67 performed to expectations.

"We pitch by committee a lot," Woodall said. "Our plan was to let Ben go through the Durham lineup twice because Ben gets people out by throwing off-speed and stuff and moving the ball around. But after seeing him twice, people tend to figure him out. After four innings, he did his job, and he did a great job."

Goldston allowed only three hits and one earned run before handing over the reins to teammate Chris Kott.

Kott finished the game for his first win of the season, allowing only two hits and striking out five Durham batters over five innings.

"I've just been working on throwing more strikes," Kott said. "I was trying to make the batters do a little more work against our defense."

Woodall said he usually likes to use a starting pitcher for five innings, followed by a set-up guy for two and a closer for two. However, his usual closer, Andrew Wilson, hasn't finished his season with Liberty University. Post 67 beat Wilson Post 13 (11-0) on May 21 and North Raleigh (8-7) on May 23.

Though the team finished 20-4 last year, Post 67 plays an ambitious 33-game schedule this season.

"I'm just happy with the way we're playing now, hitting and pitching," Woodall said. "Right now, life's good."