The Warren Central Vikings continue to befuddle coach Randy Broome.

On one night, they’ll beat a state power like Oak Grove. Other times, they’ll skate by a second-tier opponent. And sometimes, like Tuesday, they’ll do both.

WC had four baserunners thrown out and overcame two fielding errors and a subpar pitching performance from ace Zach Balthrop to beat Forest Hill 10-8.

“We’ve got to get better, plain and simple,” Broome said. “What worries me and what scares me, is we’re showing signs of a Hekyll and Jyde team. Or Jekyll and Hyde. You see how my brain’s gotten right now.”

Nick Carson went 3-for-3, Eric Douglas and Ryan Grey each had two hits and an RBI, and Cody Ferguson had a two-run triple that gave the Vikings the lead for good.

Shane Burt drove in three runs and Lanford Porter had two more RBIs for Forest Hill (2-10, 0-1 Division 6-5A), but the Rebels were nearly as sloppy as WC. Forest Hill starter Carlos Moncrief walked nine in 3 1/3 innings, and the Rebels committed five errors.

“It’s cold, and it’s tough when it’s cold,” Forest Hill coach Tommy Groves said. “Sometimes when you haven’t caught a groundball or had to make a play in two or three innings and all of a sudden you have to make one, it’s tough.”

WC (8-2, 1-0) led 3-1 after two innings before Forest Hill got to Balthrop in the third. Forest Hill tagged him for five hits and four runs in the inning, with Porter’s two-run single and an RBI double by Warren Mason the big blows.

The Vikings answered in the fourth, however. Moncrief, a sophomore breaking ball specialist, finally tired and walked the first four batters of the inning. Douglas and Grey followed with RBI singles to tie the game, and Ferguson’s triple made it 7-5. Ferguson later scored on an error to increase the lead to 8-5.

WC could have gotten more out of the rally, but one runner was erased on a stolen base attempt and another was thrown out at home.

WC added a pair of unearned runs in the fifth to make it 10-5. Forest Hill answered with a two-run single by Burt, coupled with an error on the play, to key a three-run rally that cut it to 10-8.

Douglas relieved Balthrop after Burt’s single and got out of the jam. Forest Hill brough the tying run to the plate in the seventh, but Douglas retired the last two to end it.