Mississippi slugs past Boomers

The Schaumburg Boomers amassed 12 hits and held a pair of leads but were outslugged in Wednesday’s 14-9 road loss to the Mississippi Mud Monsters.

The Boomers scored three times in the top of the first inning to grab the early advantage. Andrew Sojka led off the game with a walk and Christian Fedko followed with a single. Anthony Calarco opened the scoring by slapping an RBI double. Banks Tolley and Aaron Simmons followed with RBI singles.

The hosts scored twice in the bottom of the inning and added two more in the second to lead 4-3. Tolley put the Boomers in front again with a two-run homer in the third, but Mississippi scored six in the bottom of the inning before adding three in the seventh and one in the eighth to lead 14-5 before a frantic rally in the ninth highlighted by a three-run triple from Simmons.

Ross Thompson threw five innings in relief but suffered the loss. Simmons finished with three hits and four RBIs. Tolley drove home three while finishing with a pair of hits. Calarco and Fedko also tallied two hits.