VIDALIA, La. &045; Thank goodness for good pitching.

For the first time in school history the Vidalia Vikings are 13-0, but there’s some nagging negatives that keep popping up: inconsistencies at the plate and in the field.

So when righthander Mac Ware fanned 12 over six innings to help the Vikings pound Bridge Creek, Okla., 11-0, in the second day of the Vidalia Invitational, that helped compensate for those nagging inconsistencies.

And honestly, Ware didn’t have his curveball at his best.

&uot;We’re living off our pitching,&uot; Vidalia head coach Johnny Lee Hoffpauir said. &uot;The first two innings we hit the ball hard, and it’s like we shut it down after that. We do not play good defense. If we don’t strike out 12 guys, we’re in a bind. We’ve done it with pitching, but we’ll take it. We’re winning, but we’ll have to get back to work on the other aspects.&uot;

Ware was more dominant in the first four innings after going almost solely with the fastball. He struck out 10 in the first four innings before getting pulled after the sixth for Trey White after allowing three hits.

&uot;I didn’t have my curveball tonight, but I had good control of my fastball,&uot; Ware said. &uot;I was throwing it outside, and they couldn’t hit it. Usually I mix it up.&uot;

The Vikings gave Ware support in the first two innings with five runs, but the Bobcats (3-7) couldn’t mount a threat after scoring 12 runs in a loss Friday in the first day of the Invitational.

The Bobcats got their first solid hit in the fourth when Scott Interwicz singled, and he went to second on a wild pitch. Ware struck out the next two batters before walking Michael Goldsmith.

Nick Root then launched a shot to left field, but Vidalia’s Jeffrey Anderson snagged it while backpedaling to end the inning.

&uot;He had a good fastball and a good breaking ball,&uot; said BC head coach Sonny Clay, a former head coach at Huntington and Natchez High. &uot;We haven’t faced anybody of his capability yet. He’s a good pitcher. He threw strikes and was around the plate. We had some good cuts up there. We had a couple of chances there if we would have gotten a hit. We just didn’t get them when we needed them.&uot;

The Vikings had their problems behind Ware, but so did the Bobcats behind Hawthorne, who went almost exclusively with the offspeed stuff for 4 2/3 innings.

White reached on an error to lead off the first and scored on a Ware double. Chris Williams’ sacrifice fly brought home Ware, and Barry Bowden beat the throw home from first when Ty Eicemann grounded out to third.

In the second Brett Hinson led off with a double and scored on an error on a ball hit by Reid Simpson. Simpson later came around to score on a wild pitch for a 5-0 lead.

&uot;We’re a young ball club, and we’re going to make mistakes,&uot; Clay said. &uot;We’ve had that in the past. When you play a good ball club like this, you can’t afford to make mistakes. We’ve hurt ourselves some (this year). That’s part of the game. You’re going to make errors. You don’t ever like them, but that’s what happens.&uot;

The Vikings didn’t like their five errors, either, but were able to overcome them. Nine-hole hitter Evan LaVelle reached on an error and went to second on a errant pickoff throw in the fifth inning. Ware walked Hawthorne with two outs before getting Interwicz to fly out to end the inning.

In the sixth Dalon Coberly reached on an error and went to second on a Root single, but Ware got Tommy Cannady to ground out to end the inning.

&uot;I told the guys somewhere down the line it’s going to come back to haunt them,&uot; Hoffpauir said. &uot;I’m concerned about our offense, but I’m definitely concerned about our defense. We’re not making routine plays.&uot;

The Vikings tagged three more runs on the board in the fifth and sixth. Bowden walked and came around to score on an error, and Chris Williams scored on a double steal for a 7-0 lead.

Pinch-hitter Ryan Thomas doubled home White in the sixth.