Boomers swept by Lake Erie

The Schaumburg Boomers led for the first time on the weekend, but the Lake Erie Crushers scored three unanswered runs to notch Sunday’s 4-3 victory and sweep the weekend series in Ohio.

John Tucillo homered for Lake Erie to open the scoring in the bottom of the third. Schaumburg answered with three runs in the fourth. Chase Dawson led off with a double and scored on an RBI single from Christian Fedko.

Anthony Calarco smacked a two-run double to give the Boomers the lead but was stranded at second. Lake Erie tied the game in the fifth with a pair of runs and scored the winning run in the seventh on a two-out RBI double by Walner Espinal, who knocked home two. Schaumburg put two on base in the ninth with two outs but came up empty against Lake Erie closer Trevor Kuncl, who nailed down his 18th save.

Jacob Smith made the start and allowed three runs in five innings, striking out seven. Matt Helwig was hit with the loss. Dallas Woolfolk and Dylan Stutsman posted scoreless innings out of the bullpen. Calarco, Jake Meyer and Dawson all had two hits. Alec Craig reached three times with a single and two walks. Brett Milazzo singled in the ninth to push his on-base streak to 15 games.