Hermantown Boys Come From Behind For Win Over Proctor

Apr 13, 2012

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.
The game was a rematch of last season’s section finals.

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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