Road woes continue in Indiana for Schaumburg Boomers

The Schaumburg Boomers opened a weekend visit to Southern Indiana by dropping an 8-1 decision to the Evansville Otters on Friday night.

The Boomers placed runners on base in each of the first two innings, but Evansville struck first with a single tally in the bottom of the second. Schaumburg starter Buddie Pindel allowed three singles in the inning but didn’t allow much the remainder of the game until the seventh. Pindel retired 12 of 13 going into the seventh.

Evansville took advantage of three walks and two errors to strike for seven runs and break the game open, nabbing an 8-0 advantage. Jon Ponder logged a three-run double and Logan Brown connected on a two-run homer. The Boomers broke up the shutout in the eighth. Tony Livermore led off with a double to right and scored on a groundout from Myles Beale.

Pindel suffered the hard luck loss. The righty worked into the seventh and finished with two walks and six strikeouts, allowing four earned runs. Six individuals reached base in the loss. Kellum Clark finished with a pair of hits including a double as the Boomers tallied seven hits. Livermore reached base twice. Schaumburg placed runners on base in six innings but the leadoff batter reached only twice.