Pindel shines on the mound as Boomers blank Quebec

Buddie Pindel tossed eight shutout innings as the Schaumburg Boomers opened a six-game homestand with a 7-0 victory over the Quebec Capitales on Tuesday at Wintrust Field on Tuesday night.

Will Prater opened the scoring by coaxing a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the second inning. Cole Turney drilled a three-run homer in the third to extend the lead to 4-0. Anthony Calarco destroyed a ball in the fifth for a two-run shot over the wall in left that made the score 6-0. Calarco added an RBI single in the sixth.

Pindel did the rest on the mound, allowing just six hits with a walk and five strikeouts. The right-hander has gone 11.2 innings without allowing a run.

Calarco reached base in his first four trips to the plate and finished with three hits. Kellum Clark logged three hits in the first shutout of the season for the Boomers. Caleb Riedel finished out the win by tossing a scoreless ninth.