Schaumburg Boomers rally for road victory

The Schaumburg Boomers trailed by three runs on three occasions but gradually battled back to capture a 6-5 victory over the Evansville Otters on Thursday afternoon in Indiana.

Evansville opened the scoring with a pair in the top of the second and a single run in the third. Chase Dawson put the Boomers on the scoreboard by drawing a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the third to score Tyler Depreta-Johnson, who doubled to start the inning. Evansville scored a single run in the top of the fourth to lead 4-1 before Alec Craig notched an RBI single in the bottom of the inning.

Evansville scored again in the fifth, but the Boomers drew within a run by scoring twice in the bottom of the inning. Anthony Calarco tied the score with an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh and Brett Milazzo gave the Boomers the lead with a groundout to score Christian Fedko.

Both teams heavily used their bullpen in the fifth game of the series. Jake Joyce closed the win for his 11th save, leaving a pair of runners on base. Hambleton Oliver collected his first win as a professional behind 2⅓ scoreless innings.

Dylan Stutsman bridged the gap between Oliver and Joyce, leaving the tying run on base in the eighth. Daniel Paret started and worked three innings with Cole Stallings piggybacking for two.

Both teams reached double-digit hits. Schaumburg finished with 10 as seven individuals collected a knock and eight reached base.

Andrew Sojka logged his third consecutive multi-hit game with three hits. Calarco finished with two hits and two RBI while Jake Meyer also posted a pair of hits.