Schaumburg Boomers run up big margin in home victory

The Schaumburg Boomers chased the starter for the Lake Erie Crushers early for the second consecutive night, building a 5-0 lead after two innings en route to an 11-3 victory at Wintrust Field on Wednesday night.

Anthony Calarco handed the Boomers a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first with his seventh homer of the year, also scoring Alec Craig. Craig singled home two in the second and another run scored on an error. The lead grew to 6-0 in the fourth after Kyle Fitzgerald tripled and scored on a single by Satchell Norman.

Lake Erie scored three in the sixth, but the Boomers pulled away late. Fitzgerald doubled home two in the seventh and Andrew Sojka, activated from the injured list before the game, doubled home a run. Calarco also knocked home a run in the seventh and again in the eighth with a double to raise his league-best RBI total to 35 on the season, equaling his 2024 total.

The early run support was more than enough for Quinlan Wiley, who was signed before the game. Wiley fanned the first batter he faced as a professional and went on to work five blank innings, striking out seven. The offense backed him with 14 hits as eight individuals tallied at least one hit.