VALDOSTA — Win No. 5 was supposed to be a chance for Valdosta to get some guys in off their bench and work on their baseball expertise.

A 12-0 win against Westover Wednesday didn’t last long enough for that to happen however as the game was stopped after five innings.

“We wanted to get guys in that didn’t play much,” Valdosta coach Bart Shuman said. “It’s hard in baseball to get the bench in. We wanted to play kids three or four innings.”

The Wildcats started the game aggressively on the base paths and sharp with the gloves in the first two innings.

The third inning saw two hits and pitching trouble by Westwood for two runs, before the Wildcats ended it in the bottom of the fourth, scoring eight of their 12 runs.

Ryan Danbury led the game off with a double and advanced to third on a wild pitch before Briggs Smotherman hit a sacrifice to bring in the games first score.

The Wildcats would continue to capitalize on wild pitches as they scored another in the second.

Valdosta kept pressure on the Westover defense by being aggressive on the base paths.

“Fortunately we were able to run the bases good and put pressure on the defense,” Shuman said.

Daniel Fowler reached base in the third as Westover’s centerfielder dropped a fly ball. Fowler then found homeplate on a Will Welch double.

Welch wouldn’t remain on second base long as the next batter Brent Turner hit an RBI single.

The Wildcats calmed down the aggressiveness on the basepaths in the fourth, but still poured on the runs.

Valdosta saw the batter’s box 14 times during the fifth scoring eight runs.

Smotherman started it off with a single, as Will Flail drove him in. Flail was knocked in by Welch before the Wildcats would load the bases and bring runners home with the efficiency of an assembly line.

Turner and Welch had two hits each, as Westwood errors and wild pitches led to a Wildcat victory.

The Wildcats next matchup will not come as easily as they face off against Tallahassee Lincoln Friday.

“That will be as good as any game we’ve played all year,” Shuman said.