Boomers’ ninth-inning rally comes up short

The Schaumburg Boomers scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning but stranded the tying run at third in dropping an 8-7 decision to the Florence Y’Alls in the opener of a six-game homestand on Tuesday night.

Florence scored in the first inning and built a 4-0 lead that held until the bottom of the sixth. The Boomers completed their first rally in the sixth, scoring four runs to tie the game.

Sam Kuchinski led off with a walk and Andrew Sojka followed with a single. Christian Fedko put the Boomers on the board with an RBI single. Sojka scored on a wild pitch as the Boomers drew within 4-2. Anthony Calarco registered an RBI single and Aaron Simmons evened the game with a bloop single.

Florence responded with four unanswered and carried an 8-4 edge into the ninth. The first three batters of the inning reached base and with two outs Sojka coaxed a bases-loaded walk to score the first run. Fedko smacked a two-run double but Florence was able to escape with the win.