Boomers sweep Mississippi

Ross Thompson carried a shutout into the ninth inning and as the Schaumburg Boomers completed a 5-3 win over the Mississippi Mud Monsters on Sunday.

Thompson set the tone with a perfect first, striking out a pair. Christian Fedko notched an infield hit with one away in the bottom of the inning before Myles Beale launched his third homer of the season, a two-run shot to hand the Boomers the lead.

Fedko extended the lead to 3-0 with a sacrifice fly in the second and Taylor Freeman made it 4-0 with a third-inning RBI single. Alec Craig pushed the lead to 5-0 in the eighth with an RBI single.

The run support was more than enough for Thompson, who faced the minimum through the first 4.2 innings. Mississippi scored three times in the ninth, but Caleb Riedel closed the door for his second save.

Thompson finished with eight strikeouts in eight innings of work, allowing three runs on six hits with no walks. The Boomers logged 11 hits as every member of the lineup reached base at least once. Craig finished with two hits along with Will Prater. Schaumburg is 9-0 at home this season.