Schaumburg Boomers shut out Traverse City

Posted June 27, 2015 9:01 pm

Daily Herald News Services

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Schaumburg Boomers returned the favor by notching a 3-0 shutout of the Traverse City Beach Bums on the road Saturday night.

Edwin Carl continued to improve on the mound, spinning six shutout innings. Carl struck out 9 and allowed just 4 hits. The Boomers gave Carl all the support he would need with 3 runs in the third. Jordan Dean doubled home Justin Vasquez with the first run. Michael Valadez, who doubled in the inning, scored on a wild pitch, and Joel Hutter plated Dean with an RBI single.

Four relievers combined on the shutout with Clark Labitan collecting the save by notching a perfect ninth. Hutter finished with 2 hits in the contest and Mike Schulze extended his team record hitting streak to 19 games with a third inning single. The shutout was the third of the season and halted a 5-game losing streak.

Schaumburg (16-22) meets Traverse City in the rubber contest 4:05 p.m. on Sunday. LHP Peter Gehle will make his debut for the Boomers while RHP Michael Shreves (3-0, 2.46) counters for the Beach Bums.

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