Schaumburg Boomers shut out on the road by Joliet Slammers

The Schaumburg Boomers were unable to hold a 5-0 lead as the Joliet Slammers scored in their final three plate appearances to steal a 7-5 victory and sweep the midweek road series.

Michael Gould stole the show early, connecting on solo homers in the first and fourth innings to put the Boomers ahead 2-0. Gould pushed the edge to 3-0 with an RBI double in the sixth to score Andrew Sojka.

Anthony Calarco followed with a mammoth blast for his 12th homer of the year to make the score 5-0. Joliet chipped away, scoring twice in the bottom of the sixth and scoring three runs in the seventh, scoring the tying run on a controversial play. Joliet then scored two more in the eighth to grab the victory.

Schaumburg brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth but could not break through.

Gould finished 3-for-4 with the 2 homers and 3 RBI. Gould has homered six times over the last eight contests. Calarco also finished with 2 hits, raising his league-leading RBI total to 53.

The Boomers finished with nine hits in the loss. Eric Turner tossed 5⅓ innings and allowed two runs but did not factor in the decision. Aaron Glickstein suffered the defeat in relief.