Tim Battaglia hit a three-run homer in the third and a solo shot in the fifth to lead Cloquet at home. Battaglia also was the winning pitcher, limiting the Rails to four hits and striking out seven in six innings.

Jeremy Kramer was 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs and Joe Carlson had a three-run homer and scored twice for Cloquet (4-3). Steve Abrahamson had...

(Duluth News Tribune, May 5, 2000)