Schaumburg Boomers rally to grab sixth straight victory

The Schaumburg Boomers erased an early 2-0 deficit in the opener of a weekend series with the Joliet Slammers to record an 11-6 victory at Wintrust Field before a sellout crowd and claim a sixth consecutive victory.

Joliet opened the scoring with a pair of tallies in the third inning. Banks Tolley smacked a two-run homer to tie the game in the bottom of the fourth. Schaumburg took the lead in the bottom of the fifth by scoring four times, all with two outs.

Anthony Calarco posted a two-run double and Tolley added a two-run double later in the frame to make the score 6-2. The visitors drew within 6-4 by scoring twice in the sixth but the Boomers put the game away behind five runs in the bottom of the inning.

Cole Turney drove home a run with a single and Kyle Fitzgerald singled home two before Anthony Calarco blasted his 12th homer of the year to make the lead 11-4. The homer was the 43rd of Calarco’s career with the Boomers, tying him for the franchise’s all-time lead.