Boomers erase six-run deficit but lose at Joliet

The Schaumburg Boomers erased a 7-1 deficit but dropped a seventh straight game when the Joliet Slammers walked off with an 8-7 victory on Thursday night to sweep the midweek series.

Joliet scored in the first inning for the third time in the series, but the Boomers battled back to tie the game in the second when Alex Calarco crossed the plate on a throwing error. Joliet built a 7-1 edge by scoring three runs in the second and third.

Schaumburg started to come back in the fifth, taking advantage of an error. Alec Craig notched an RBI single and Kellum Clark, activated from the injured list before the game, stroked a two-run double.

Will Prater brought the Boomers within 7-5 in the sixth with an RBI single. The Boomers tied the score in the seventh inning, taking advantage of another error. Clark singled home his third run of the game to pull Schaumburg within a run and Kyle Fitzgerald tied the game with a sacrifice fly. The Boomers put the go-ahead run on base in the final three innings but couldn’t take the lead. Joliet ended the game in the bottom of the ninth with a sacrifice fly.