Schaumburg Boomers drop pitchers’ duel

Cole Cook and Maddox Long battled each other pitch-per-pitch as both starting pitchers hurled eight innings, but the Schaumburg Boomers suffered a 2-1 loss to the Washington Wild Things in the rubber game of the midweek series at Wintrust Field.

The Boomers placed a runner in scoring position in the first inning and again in the third but could not solve Long. Washington put single tallies on the scoreboard in the fourth and fifth to nab a 2-0 lead against Cook, who finished the night with nine strikeouts.

Schaumburg managed just one baserunner from the third into the eighth. Thomas DeBrower and Alec Craig drew back-to-back one-out walks from Long. A groundout put the tying runs in scoring position and a wild pitch scored the lone run of the evening. Long recorded the final out and the Boomers couldn’t rally in the ninth.

Schaumburg was held to just three hits in the defeat as the top two pitching teams in the league backed up the stats. Cook allowed just the two runs on seven hits and did not walk a batter. Craig reached base twice and drew the 419th walk of his Schaumburg career, putting him one away from the all-time Frontier League lead.