Boomers rally after injuries to top Otters
The Schaumburg Boomers had two players leave due to injury, but tallied a 6-3 victory over the Evansville Otters on Saturday night.
Kyle Ruchim led off the game with an infield single and Josh Gardiner moved him to third by finding an opening on the left side of the infield. Seth Spivey handed Schaumburg the early lead with a run-scoring groundout. Evansville tied the game with a run in the third against Preston Jamison, who left the game due to injury after just 2⅓ innings. Gardiner would leave the game in the fourth due to an injury as well, forcing catcher James Keller to move to second base.
The Boomers came back with three in the bottom of the third to grab the lead for good. David Harris knocked home his 16th run of the season with a double and Sean Godfrey added an RBI while a wild pitch scored the final run. Ruchim and Spivey extended the lead with RBI singles in the sixth. Evansville scored twice in the ninth and brought the tying run to the plate, but the Boomers held on for a third consecutive win.
Austin Goss, the top pick at the 2017 Frontier League draft, earned his first career win by working 3⅔ scoreless frames in relief of Jamison. Derek DeYoung made his season debut with two perfect frames, striking out three. Austin Kerr worked the ninth to cap the win. Ruchim finished with 2 hits and 2 runs as the Boomers finished with 9 hits. Gardiner and Cosimo Cannella also posted 2 hits. Cannella tallied his first career multihit performance.
The current three-game win streak matches the longest of the year for the Boomers (10-4), who have been in first place all season.