Boomers lose fifth straight

Posted July 22, 2012 1:21 am

Special to the Daily Herald

SAUGET, Ill. — The Schaumburg Boomers failed to hold a lead for the third time in as many games at Gateway, falling for the fifth straight time by a final of 6-3 on Saturday night.

The Boomers struck for an unearned run in the first inning and built a 2-0 lead when Frank Pfister homered in the third. The homer was the 12th of the season for Pfister.

Alex Rivers cruised through 5 shutout innings and left with the lead after allowing 4 hits with a pair of strikeouts.

Gateway clawed within a run at 2-1 in the seventh, but Adam Tollefson left the tying run at third. The Grizzlies struck for 5 runs in the bottom of the eighth, taking advantage of an error to grab the lead.

Schaumburg brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth after an RBI single from Jereme Milons but could not even the game. Chad Mozingo had 3 hits for the Boomers.

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