Schaumburg Boomers can’t get bats going as road woes continue in loss to Gateway

The Schaumburg Boomers managed just four hits in suffering a 4-1 loss on the road to the Gateway Grizzlies in a day game on Wednesday.

Gateway took the lead in the bottom of the first on a three-run homer from Dale Thomas. The lead held for the entire game as Gateway starter Gage Vailes did not allow a baserunner until a third-inning walk to Henry Zipay. The Boomers did not manage a hit until Kellum Clark notched an infield single in the fifth.

Gateway added insurance in the eighth with a single run. Schaumburg broke up the shutout in the ninth. Kyle Fitzgerald doubled with two outs and scored when Cole Turney singled. Turney has hit safely in every game with the Boomers, who have dropped 12 straight away from home. Vailes threw a complete game and struck out 10 for Gateway.

Cole Zaffiro took the loss, allowing three runs in three innings with four walks and four strikeouts. Kyle Moore twirled three blank innings and struck out four. Tanner Shears finished the contest with two innings, fanning a pair. The Boomers struck out 10 in the game, the 13th time recording 10 or more strikeouts this season. Five individuals reached in the game for the Boomers, who have totaled just seven hits in the first two games of the series.