Schaumburg Boomers surpass 2 million fans in loss to Gateway

The Schaumburg Boomers saw the 2,000,000th fan in franchise history come through the gates of Wintrust Field as part of the franchise record sixth sell-out crowd of the year in a 4-1 loss to the Gateway Grizzlies on Friday night.

The contest cruised along before Gateway opened the scoring in the top of the fourth against Schaumburg starter Antonio Frias. The Boomers immediately tied the game in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single from David Harris but could not take the lead.

The team did not lead in the contest. Gateway scored three times with two outs in the sixth to account for the final. Kevin Krause singled home the go-ahead run and DJ Stewart added insurance with a 2-run double.

The Boomers saw runners on base in six innings but placed multiple on base just twice, finishing with four hits. Frias worked 5⅔ innings and suffered the loss, allowing four runs while striking out four.

Cristian Lopez came out of the bullpen after making his first start last week and threw 3⅓ blank innings, striking out four and leaving runners on base in the sixth and eighth. Christian Fedko was on base twice in the loss, which saw seven members of the order reach.