Schaumburg Boomers split doubleheader on the road

The Schaumburg Boomers finished out the month of May by splitting a doubleheader with the Washington Wild Things on a chilly Saturday night in Pennsylvania. The Boomers won the opener 6-0, then lost the second game 9-2.

In Game 1 the Boomers jumped ahead in the first inning and kept adding on to win. Banks Tolley doubled home Michael Gould with two outs in the first to open the scoring. Another run would come across on a balk. Aaron Simmons connected on his third homer of the season in the fourth, a two-run blast, to extend the lead to 4-0. A balk scored another run in the sixth and Christian Fedko lifted a sacrifice fly in the seventh to finish the scoring.

In Game 2 Washington sent 10 men to the plate in the first inning and scored five runs to lead early and not look back. The Wild Things carried a shutout into the ninth, but Kyle Fitzgerald notched a 2-run single to break up the shutout. Fitzgerald tallied two hits as the Boomers finished with five. Cole Cook suffered the loss, allowing seven earned runs in 4⅓ innings.