by Max Mercy
PROCTOR -- Hermantown overcame a 3-0 deficit with three runs in the fourth inning and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the sixth to defeat Proctor in a Lake Superior Conference baseball game at Proctor.
Winning pitcher Kevin Folman allowed one earned run on two hits, a walk, and a hit batsman in a complete game effort. Folman allowed just one base runner over the last five innings. He had four strikeouts.
Proctor jumped ahead with a run in the first inning when Ryan McCarthy hit a double scoring Jesse Scanlon from first base. Proctor added two runs in the second inning on a single by Paul Hegstrom, a walk, and an error.
Folman, Neal Pionk, and Matt Lord delivered consecutive singles in Hermantown's three-run fourth inning. In the sixth inning, Jared Thomas singled, advanced to third base on an error, and scored on a wild pitch.
Thomas was two-for-three with two runs scored.
Losing pitcher Jake Lewis (0-1, 0.00 ERA) did not allow an earned run in six innings of work. He threw a five-hitter with five strikeouts and no walks.
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Rails Notes
Jake Lewis surpassed 2011 graduate Alex Oachs for third place in the all-time PHS rankings for career innings pitched. He now has 137.2... Ian Scherber is now tied with 1987 graduate Mark Slattengren, 2005 graduate Kyle Wojtysiak, and 2009 graduate Eric Makitalo for sixth all-time at PHS with 65 career games played... Scherber also moved into a tie with 2006 graduate Dan Solarz for seventh all-time at PHS with 182 at bats... Jesse Scanlon is now tied with 2006 graduate Dan Carlson and 2009 graduate Charlie Habermann for sixth on the all-time PHS list with 48 career runs scored...