Another capacity crowd sees Schaumburg Boomers drop decision to Boulders

Aaron Simmons hit a go-ahead 3-run homer in the bottom of the third inning, but the lead was short-lived as the Schaumburg Boomers dropped a 13-6 decision to the New York Boulders in the middle game of the weekend series before another capacity crowd of 8,022 at Wintrust Field on Saturday night.

New York grabbed the lead immediately as the leadoff batter, Austin Dennis, homered to start the game, the first of two runs in the inning. Schaumburg tied the game in the bottom of the second. Anthony Calarco led off the inning with his 22nd homer of the year, adding to his league lead and franchise record while driving home his 98th run of the season.

New York scored twice in the third but the Boomers led briefly in the bottom of the inning following the Simmons homer. New York scored runs in six innings with multiple runs in five innings to streak to the victory.

Four pitchers appeared in the contest. Christian Johnson started and worked four innings, suffering the loss. Hambleton Oliver returned and threw the fifth with Kai Taylor logging three innings and Nick Paciorek finishing out the game. The Boomers finished with nine hits. Banks Tolley tallied three hits from the leadoff slot in his first game at the top of the order.