Proctor 7, Superior 3
Duluth News Tribune, May 6, 1995
The Rails took advantage of eight Superior errors to score six unearned runs and win a Lake Superior Conference game on the road.
Travis Tanski hit a two-run homer for Proctor, 3-4.
Losing pitcher Justin Craker allowed four hits and struck out seven. The Spartans are 4-3.
Spartans fall to Proctor
Proctor Journal, May 11, 1995
Proctor scored six unearned runs to down Superior 7-3.
The Spartans had eight errors to aid the Rails in the conference win. Proctor had four hits and seven strikeouts.
Travis Tanski powered in a two-run homer.
Spartans derailed by Rails
Superior Telegram, May 6, 1995
The Proctor Rails took advantage of eight fielding errors committed by the Superior Senior High School defense and derailed the Spartans by a 7-3 score. The loss drops the Spartans to 4-3 and the Rails improved to 3-4.
Sophomore righthander Justin Craker, starting his first varsity game, allowed just four hits, and six of the seven runs were unearned in the game. Craker struck out seven and walked four in the contest.
Proctor scored first as Jeremy Zywicki reached on an error, moved to third on a thowing error and later scored on a fielder's choice ground out off the bat of Travis Tanski.
Superior got two back in the bottom of the first as Tom Pink stroked an RBI single to left center scoring Tom Nelson, who singled and stole second to open the inning. Paul Hadley ran for Pink, and scored on a fielding error on Wayne Hakkila's ground ball.
Both teams scored on unearned run on fielding errors in the third, which gave Superior a 3-2 lead.
The Rails made the score 5-3 in their half of the sixth as they scored three runs on three errors and one hit.
Proctor added two more runs in the seventh as Andy Slattengren reached on an error and scored as Tanski's fly ball to center hit the top of the fence and bounced over.
Ben Carlson fashioned a five-hitter against Superior. He struck out five and walked three.
"We were just not a very good baseball team today," said SSHS Head Coach Steve Olson. "Justin pitched a fine game, but we didn't play the defensive ball that we are capable of playing. We had a decent week, winning three out of four games, but would have had a great week had we beaten a team like Proctor." ...