Boomers get early lead, squash Crushers

The Schaumburg Boomers jumped out to a 2-run lead in the first inning and never looked back Tuesday night as they defeated the Lake Erie Crushers 7-2.

In the first inning of his first game as a Boomer, Kenny Towns doubled home Jordan Dean who led off with a single. Towns advanced to third on the hit due to an error by the left fielder and would come around to score on a passed ball. Bryan De La Rosa got the Crushers on the board with a solo home run in the second. Towns came around to score again in the sixth on an error by Lake Erie shortstop Max Casper.

The Crushers looked poised for a comeback after they scored one in the top of the eighth to draw the score to 3-2 but a four run bottom of the frame gave the Boomers the 7-2 victory. Dusty Robinson singled home two runs with a one-out single to right center and Paul Kronenfeld laced a two-run homer over the right center wall for his fifth home run of the year.

Kagen Hopkins earned his second win as a starter throwing 6⅔ innings, allowing just 1 earned run and striking out a season high seven. Evan Boyd threw yet another scoreless inning to extend his scoreless streak to 18 innings. The Boomers record for consecutive scoreless innings is 18.1.