Schaumburg Boomers’ winning streak reaches six games

The Schaumburg Boomers ran their win streak to six games by finishing a road sweep of the Lake Erie Crushers with a 6-2 victory on Thursday night in Ohio.

Lake Erie opened the scoring in the top of the second with a single run, the lone tally that Quinlan Wiley would allow. Anthony Calarco tied the game with a solo homer in the fourth with one away, his 18th of the season. The RBI marked the 76th of the year as Calarco continues to build on his franchise record and league-leading total.

The next batter, Banks Tolley, singled before Andrew Sojka blasted a 2-run shot, his second homer in as many games, to give the Boomers the lead against Lake Erie All-Star hurler Anthony Escobar. Schaumburg received insurance with a run in the eighth and two in the ninth to seal the win.

Wiley allowed just one run in six innings, surrendering just two hits with a walk and a pair of strikeouts to earn the win, moving to 3-1 on the season. Ross Thompson, Dylan Stutsman and Mitch White all threw innings to close out the win. Schaumburg finished with 10 hits. Calarco, Tolley and Michael Gould all finished with a pair.