VIDALIA — The big yellow ball did not bounce Vidalia’s way Wednesday night in the state championship tournament.

The Vidalia Nationals 11- and 12-year-old All-Stars held Shreveport to just two hits, but gave up six runs in the game to fall 6-2 in the final game.

“We hit the ball. We just didn’t catch any breaks,” Vidalia head coach Wes McCarver said.

Two three-run innings for Shreveport in the middle of the game did Vidalia in at the Vidalia softball complex.

Shreveport’s Ally Lary and Rachel Hewitt led off the Shreveport third inning with back-to-back walks. The next two batters reached on fielder’s choices and then two Vidalia errors and a wild pitch allowed three runs to score to make the game 3-0.

Shreveport finally ended the Vidalia no-hitter in the fourth inning when Marissa Reed tripled in Lary and Hewitt to put Shreveport up 5-0. Aubrey Smith followed with a single to score Reed and after four innings, Shreveport led 6-0.

Not only did Reed have the big hit of the game with her two-out triple, she was also dominant in the pitcher’s circle.

Reed pitched all six innings and gave up two unearned runs on five Vidalia hits. She struck out nine batters.

“Their pitcher was just a little better than ours tonight,” McCarver said. “Their pitcher kept us off balance and did a good job mixing up pitches.”

Vidalia threatened with runners on second and third in four separate innings, but was unable to push a run across until the sixth.

McCarver had a two-out double in the first inning, and Darby Beach followed with a single but both runners were stranded on base. Vidalia left eight runners on base in the game.

Jania Burns, Brianna Henson and MacKenzie Landers also had singles for Vidalia.

McCarver took the loss for Vidalia. She went three innings and gave up three runs with only one being earned.

Wes McCarver said despite falling short in the championship, he thought his team played well all summer.

“I am proud of all of them,” he said. “They came together as a team, and I am proud of that.”