Schaumburg Boomers suffer morning walk-off defeat
The Schaumburg Boomers were unable to hold an early five-run lead, suffering an 8-7 walk off loss to the Mississippi Mud Monsters on Wednesday.
The Boomers struck for a pair of runs in the first inning. Banks Tolley logged an RBI double while Kellum Clark drove home a run with a groundout. The advantage reached 3-0 in the third when Anthony Calarco blasted a solo homer. The homer was the 13th of the season for Calarco and the 44th of his Schaumburg career to pass Steve McQuail for the all-time franchise lead.
Mississippi tallied a single run in the bottom of the inning before a three-run homer from Jeff Nicol in the fourth extended the lead to 6-1. The Mud Monsters drew within a run by scoring four times in the sixth. Calarco gave the Boomers an insurance run with an RBI double in the seventh but Mississippi tied the game in the bottom of the inning and won it with an unearned run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.