Schaumburg Boomers win first extra-inning contest

Kyle Fitzgerald blasted a pair of homers, including a three-run shot in the top of the 10th inning as the Schaumburg Boomers upended the Tri-City ValleyCats 8-6 on the road in the first extra-inning game of the season on Saturday night.

Seven of the eight runs for the Boomers scored on homers as the team connected on a season high four. Kellum Clark and Anthony Calarco went back-to-back in the top of the first to give the Boomers a 2-0 edge. The tandem homers marked the second time this season that the Boomers have gone back-to-back.

Tri-City tied the game with a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the inning. Fitzgerald sent his first one of the night over the wall in right in the fourth, a two-run shot to put the Boomers ahead 4-2.

Tri-City tied the game behind runs in the fifth and eighth. Starting with a runner at second in the 10th, the Boomers took the lead on a groundout from Clark before Fitzgerald’s three-run homer. The runs were needed as the hosts scored twice in the bottom of the inning before Caleb Riedel retired three straight as the Boomers snagged the win, their third of the roadtrip.