Boomers rally to beat Gateway

The Schaumburg Boomers erased a late 3-0 deficit and walked off with a 5-4 victory over the Gateway Grizzlies in 10 innings on Sunday night at Wintrust Field.

Gateway built a 3-0 edge with single runs in the second, fourth and sixth against Schaumburg starter Cole Cook, who tossed seven innings in the victory. The Boomers drew three walks in the bottom of the eighth inning and Anthony Calarco slapped a three-run double to tie the score.

Gateway scored the go-ahead run with two outs in the top of the 10th to take a 4-3 lead. Andrew Sojka smashed the first pitch of the bottom of the inning for a triple to score the tying run, and the winning run crossed the plate when Gateway threw the ball into the outfield on an attempted double play.

Calarco and Kyle Fitzgerald both notched two hits as the Boomers took two of three in the series. Isaiah Rivera earned the win in relief as the fourth pitcher of the game. Schaumburg has won three extra-inning games this season. The walk-off marked the first of the season for the Boomers.