Boomers hammer Evansville

Posted May 27, 2025 10:04 pm

Daily Herald report

The Schaumburg Boomers sent 13 men to the plate in the bottom of the third inning and scored nine runs on the way to a 17-6 win over the Evansville Otters on Tuesday at Wintrust Field.

Andrew Sojka opened the scoring in the bottom of the first with a two-run double to drive home Christian Fedko and Anthony Calarco. Evansville scored four times in the top of the second to take a momentary lead. Will Prater and Satchell Norman singled to begin the bottom of the second and both came around to score and tie the game.

Michael Gould doubled home the go-ahead run. Aaron Simmons added a two-run single while Prater and Alec Craig tallied RBI singles. Bren Spillane doubled home a run and Anthony Calarco busted the game open with a three-run double. Sojka finished the inning with an RBI triple. The Boomers scored a run in the fourth and three in the seventh, finishing with 16 hits.

All nine members of the lineup finished with a hit. Calarco, Sojka and Gould all drove home three runs. Eric Turner was the beneficiary of the run support, moving to 2-0 on the season by tossing five innings. Hambleton Oliver, Nick Paciorek and Isaiah Rivera all threw an inning.

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