Schaumburg Boomers take series from Greys

Posted June 18, 2015 9:01 pm

Special to the Daily Herald

The host Schaumburg Boomers captured the rubber game of the series from the Frontier Greys, notching a 6-3 victory on Thursday night.

Schaumburg jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third inning. Joel Hutter had an RBI single and Mike Schulze extended his team-best hitting streak to 12 games with a 2-run single. The Greys came back to tie the game, but the Boomers jumped ahead for good in the seventh. Craig Massey and Hutter had RBI doubles in the inning.

The Boomers have won four of the last five series. Hutter paced the offense with 3 hits and 2 RBI, while Jordan Dean finished with 2 hits, a walk and a pair of runs scored.

Brett Mabry worked 5⅓ innings in a no-decision, allowing 3 runs. Brandon Bargas grabbed the win with 1⅓ perfect innings of relief, and Hideyoshi Otake worked the ninth for his third save.

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