Joliet Slammers sweep doubleheader from Schaumburg Boomers

The Schaumburg Boomers managed just seven hits over two games as the Joliet Slammers received a pair of complete games to sweep the doubleheader and win the series on Thursday night.

Joliet won the first game 5-1 and the second game 3-1.

The first four batters of Game 1 reached base for Joliet as the hosts opened a 3-0 lead in the first inning and did not look back, adding two in the second to tally the win. Felix Aberouette homered in the third to account for the lone run for the Boomers.

Brendan Knoll suffered the loss on the mound, working five innings and allowing five runs. Knoll overcame the tough start to allow just one hit over his final three innings of work and face one over the minimum. Hambleton Oliver threw the sixth. Geno Encina tossed a complete game for Joliet. The Boomers finished with four hits all coming from different individuals.

In Game 2, Joliet again took the lead in the first inning, scoring with two away and added single runs in the third and fourth to build a 3-0 lead. The lone run for the Boomers came in the top of the seventh when Anthony Calarco led off the inning with an inside-the-park homer on a ball that wedged itself against one of the outfield banners.

The Slammers attempted to sell it as a double but it was still in play enabling Calarco to continue circling the bases.