Big seventh inning powers Boomers past Mississippi

The Schaumburg Boomers scored six times in the bottom of the seventh inning to pull away from the Mississippi Mud Monsters in an 11-3 victory at Wintrust Field.

Kyle Fitzgerald singled home a run in the bottom of the first to open the scoring. Fitzgerald made the score 2-0 with a sacrifice fly in the third and Andrew Sojka followed with an RBI single to push the lead to 3-0.

Mississippi drew within 3-2 in the fifth but the Boomers plated a pair of unearned runs to answer. Leading 5-3 in the seventh, the Boomers put the game away. Michael Gould recorded an RBI single, Aaron Simmons walked with the bases loaded and Sam Kuchinski and Alec Craig followed with consecutive sacrifice flies. Christian Fedko singled home two to finish the scoring.

Eric Turner worked five innings to earn the win, allowing two runs while striking out five. Dylan Stutsman tossed two frames while Nick Paciorek and Mitch White finished out the win. Anthony Calarco notched three hits. Fitzgerald drove in a pair of runs.