Boomers sweep Windy City

The Schaumburg Boomers will head into the Frontier League All-Star break with momentum after sweeping the Windy City ThunderBolts with a second consecutive 12-1 victory on Sunday.

The Boomers opened the scoring in the first inning. Paxton Wallace doubled home Christian Fedko for the first run of the game with two away. Joe Johnson homered for Windy City to tie the game in the second but the Boomers answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning and went on to score 11 unanswered runs. Jake Meyer lifted a sacrifice fly to hand the Boomers the lead and Fedko added an RBI single. Meyer has driven home four in his first two games with the team.

Wallace drove home two in the fourth and Chase Dawson added a bases-loaded walk in the inning along with an RBI single in the seventh. Aaron Simmons connected on a two-run homer in the sixth while Felix Aberouette slammed a three-run shot in the eighth.

With both teams playing a doubleheader earlier in the week the clubs used a cluster of pitchers. Jacob Smith started for the Boomers on three days rest and allowed one run in four innings. Cole Stallings tossed two blank frames to pick up his first professional victory. Dallas Woolfolk, Jake Joyce and Mitch White all contributed shutout innings. The pitching staff struck out 12.

Five players recorded multiple hits as the Boomers finished with 12. Schaumburg amassed 40 hits in the three contests. Alec Craig, Fedko, Wallace, Anthony Calarco and Aberouette all posted two hits. The team also drew 10 walks and was hit by a pitch on three occasions.

The Boomers (32-25) will have five representatives at Wednesday’s Frontier League All-Star Game hosted by Quebec. Alec Craig, Tyler Depreta-Johnson and Fedko will start. Chase Dawson will be a reserve and Cole Cook will make his third All-Star appearance on the mound.