Schaumburg Boomers drop series opener to Washington

The Schaumburg Boomers held a pair of 2-run leads early, but the Washington Wild Things scored in six consecutive innings to run away with a 10-5 victory Friday night in the opener of a weekend series in Schaumburg.

The Boomers dented the scoreboard first, when Anthony Calarco launched a 2-run home run to right field in the bottom of the first. The big fly was Calarco's fourth in his last six games and 13th of the season, tying for the Frontier League lead and lifting his league-leading RBI total to 55.

After Washington scored two in the top of the third to knot the game at 2-2, Schaumburg responded in the bottom half with a 2-run double from Aaron Simmons to lead 4-2.

It was all Washington from there. The Wild Things tallied two in the fourth inning to tie and took the lead for good with one in the fifth. Washington scored in each inning from the third through the eighth, adding additional 2-run innings in the sixth and seventh.