A tough night in Pennsylvania for the Schaumburg Boomers

The Schaumburg Boomers were shut out by the Washington Wild Things 5-0 on Saturday night in Pennsylvania, managing just two hits.

Washington grabbed the lead early as Andrew Czech recorded a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the first inning. Two more scored on a single from Caleb Ketchup in the second. Washington starter Andrew Herbert retired the first 12 batters of the game before hitting Anthony Calarco to lead off the fifth.

The Boomers did not record a hit until Tony Livermore doubled with one away in the sixth. Livermore was the only member of the Boomers to reach scoring position in the contest. Schaumburg struck out a season-high 13 times in the defeat.

The pitching staff allowed just four hits, but the Washington offense was more than enough. Harry Orth started and took the loss, allowing four runs in three innings. Kyle Moore spun four scoreless with Wyatt Cameron working the eighth. Alec Craig tallied the other hit for the Boomers, who have tallied just four hits in 14 innings against the Washington starting staff over the first two games of the series.