Schaumburg Boomers can’t dig out of early deficit, lose to Washington

The Schaumburg Boomers fell behind 7-0 early and were unable to come back, falling 9-6 to the Washington Wild Things in the opener of a weekend series Friday night at Wintrust Field.

Washington opened the scoring in the top of the second with two unearned runs against Schaumburg starter Aaron Glickstein. The Wild Things added five more in the third, sending nine to the plate and tallying five hits, three for extra bases. Caleb McNeely, who finished with four hits in the contest, notched a 2-run triple in the inning. Glickstein completed six innings but allowed single runs in the fifth and sixth to counter runs by the Boomers.

Seth Gray knocked home the first run for the Boomers with an RBI single in the fourth. Evan Orzech launched his first pro homer in the fifth. The Boomers drew within 9-6 by scoring four times in the sixth. Will Prater lifted a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded and Tyler Depreta-Johnson followed with a 2-run double to bounce Washington starter Jordan DiValerio from the game.

Alec Craig capped the inning with an RBI single, but the Boomers could not score against the Washington bullpen as Justin Goossen-Brown and Ryan Munoz combined on 3⅔ scoreless innings.

Glickstein took the loss, slipping to 1-2 after allowing nine runs, seven earned, in six innings. Peter Tveite struck out four in two scoreless innings and Mitch White added a scoreless ninth. The Boomers finished with 11 hits in the loss. Christian Fedko notched three along with Kyle Fitzgerald.