Schaumburg Boomers winning streak ends at 6 games when Windy City scores 3 in eighth

The Schaumburg Boomers led for nearly the entire game, but three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning sent Windy City to a 7-6 win on Saturday night in Crestwood, stopping the season-long win streak for the Boomers at six games.

Following a rain delay of 18 minutes in the top of the second inning, the Boomers scored three runs. Evan Orzech opened the scoring with an opposite-field RBI single to drive home Seth Gray.

Alec Craig, who has reached base in every game this year, followed by drawing a bases loaded walk. Christian Fedko finished the scoring with a sacrifice fly. Windy City cut into the deficit with a single run in the third and scored three times in the fifth to open a 4-3 advantage.

The Boomers immediately answered with three runs in the sixth to grab the advantage again. Craig slapped a 2-run double down the line in right and another run came in when Orzech scored on a wild pitch.

Windy City scored three runs in rapid succession in the eighth to steal the win. Former Schaumburg player Christian Kuzemka, who was second in the league in RBI entering the night, tied the game with a 2-run triple. Kuzemka scored the winning run with two outs on a single by Emmanuel Sanchez.