Boomers take series from Trois-Rivieres

The Schaumburg Boomers only scored in three innings, but the team plated multiple runs in each of the frames to erase an early hole and down the Trois-Rivieres Aigles 14-6 on Sunday.

The Boomers won the series and finished the Canadian road trip with a 4-2 mark.

For the second time in the series the hosts put together a big inning in the opening frame. The Aigles tallied four runs in the first inning, three coming on a homer from Raphael Gladu. The Boomers responded with six runs in the second to open 6-4 lead. Evan Orzech drew the Boomers within 4-2 with a two-run single that came with the bases loaded. Tyler Depreta-Johnson followed with a run-scoring double and Alec Craig connected on a three-run homer, his second of the season, to put the Boomers ahead.

Schaumburg pushed the lead to 9-4 with three runs in the fifth. Kyle Fitzgerald knocked home the first by tripling off the wall in center. Aaron Simmons followed with a single to plate Fitzgerald. Orzech knocked home his third of the day with a blooper to left. Trois-Rivieres drew within 9-6 by scoring single runs in the fourth and sixth but the Boomers put the game away in the ninth with five runs on only two hits.

Aaron Glickstein earned the win, overcoming the tough first inning to work 5.2 frames. Mitch White tossed 1.2 innings, Cristian Lopez the eighth and Jake Joyce the ninth. The Boomers finished with 12 hits, seven walks and were hit by a pitch twice as everyone contributed in the lineup. Orzech reached in all five of his plate appearances and drove home four. Craig also drove in four runs. Orzech, Chase Dawson, Fitzgerald and Depreta-Johnson all logged two hits.

The Boomers (14-6) return to Wintrust Field on June 4 for a three-game stint. Cole Cook (1-1, 2.52) is scheduled to take the ball in the opener of the series.