Schaumburg Boomers hit 3 home runs, still lose at Evansville

The Schaumburg Boomers connected on three homers but suffered another 1-run defeat in Evansville, falling 10-9 on Wednesday night.

Bren Spillane put the Boomers ahead with a 3-run homer in the first. Evansville grabbed the lead with 5 runs in the second. Spillane singled home a run in the third to draw the Boomers within 5-4.

Down 6-4 and with two outs and two strikes, Kyle Fitzgerald smacked a grand slam in the fifth to give the Boomers an 8-6 lead that would extend to 9-6 on an Andrew Sojka homer in the seventh. Evansville scored 4 runs in the bottom of the inning and held on for the win.

Spillane drove home 4 along with Fitzgerald. Sojka tallied 2 hits and scored 4 runs. The Boomers struck out 14 times in the defeat. Eric Kozlowski suffered the loss on the mound.