Late rally lifts Joliet past Boomers

The Schaumburg Boomers scored four runs and held a late lead, but the Joliet Slammers plated three runs in the eighth inning to capture a 5-4 victory on Tuesday night.

The contest opened as a pitchers’ duel between Derek Salata and Joliet’s CJ Blowers. Joliet grabbed a 1-0 lead in the third that held until the sixth.

Banks Tolley singled with two outs and Andrew Sojka followed with a double. Joliet answered with a solo homer before the Boomers answered in the seventh. Michael Gould hit a two-run homer to also score Christian Fedko. Anthony Calarco followed with a solo blast.

Joliet struck quickly in the bottom of the eighth to take the lead and the win.

Salata allowed just two runs in six innings. Dylan Stutsman suffered the loss. Sojka, Tolley and Calarco all finished with a pair of hits.