Boomers take series opener against Mississippi

The Schaumburg Boomers scored in their first four visits to the plate en route to an 8-5 series-opening win over the Mississippi Mud Monsters on Tuesday at Wintrust Field.

Andrew Sojka connected on another homer in the bottom of the first to set the tone, a two-run blast. Mississippi tied the game with a pair of two-out runs in the top of the second. Schaumburg responded with four in the bottom of the inning to take the lead for good. Will Prater drove home the go-ahead run with a single and Alec Craig added a sacrifice fly. Christian Fedko capped the scoring in the inning with a two-run homer. Anthony Calarco blasted his 19th homer of the year in the third and John Fiorenza added a solo shot in the fourth.

Starting pitcher Eric Turner improve to 6-1 on the year. Ross Thompson and Aaron Glickstein set the stage for Dylan Stutsman, who stranded the bases full in the ninth to log his first save.