Boomers’ bats explode in win over Joliet

The Schaumburg Boomers scored in their first five trips to the plate to motor past the Joliet Slammers 13-4 on Sunday at Wintrust Field, taking two-of-three in the weekend set.

Alec Craig led off the game by drawing a walk, the first of 12 free passes issued to the Boomers in the contest. Christian Fedko followed with a double before Andrew Sojka put the Boomers on the board with a groundout. Fedko scored on a wild pitch to make the score 2-0 and, with the bases loaded following more walks, Banks Tolley, activated from the injured list before the contest, delivered a two-run single in his first at bat with the team.

Schaumburg scored three in the second and one in the third and fourth innings before tacking on four in the fifth to build a 13-0 advantage. Dylan Kirkeby was the beneficiary of the run support, tossing five innings to win his first game as a professional. Kirkeby struck out five and allowed just three hits.

The Boomers posted double-digit hits in all three games of the series, finishing with 16. Fedko was 4-for-6 with three RBIs. Tolley also drove home three. All nine members of the lineup reached base with eight posting a hit.