Boomers blanked in opener with Joliet
The Schaumburg Boomers were left feeling green on St. Patrick's Day in the Summer at Boomers Stadium as the Joliet Slammers tallied a 4-0 win in the series opener on Friday night.
Joliet scored a pair of runs in the top of the first on a 2-out, 2-run single from Edwin Gomez. The Slammers added single runs in the second and fifth to account for the final. Five pitchers limited the Boomers to just 6 hits. Schaumburg loaded the bases in the sixth and eighth but left the bases loaded in each frame.
Kit Fowler allowed 3 earned runs in five innings to suffer the loss. Michael Wood finished out the game with four scoreless innings. Opie Brodbeck and Rock Shoulders notched 2 hits each for the Boomers with Shoulders posting a double and a triple. The shutout marked just the fourth of the season against the Boomers.