Quebec sprints past Schaumburg Boomers

The Quebec Capitales scored in their first four trips to the plate and sprinted to an 18-3 victory over the Schaumburg Boomers in the middle game of the series on Wednesday night at Wintrust Field.

Quebec scored twice in the first, twice in the second, once in the third and four times in the fourth to lead 9-0. The visitors scored seven times in the sixth to break the game open even further. Schaumburg broke up the shutout in the seventh when Kellum Clark delivered a three-run homer, his fourth of the year.

Schaumburg managed just six hits in the loss but drew seven walks in addition to a hit by pitch. Alec Craig walked three times. Derek Salata suffered the loss, working four innings. Jack Snyder tossed a scoreless eighth and Christian Fedko came in from right field to pitch a scoreless ninth in his fourth professional appearance on the mound.