Schaumburg Boomers hold off Windy City for fourth straight win

The Schaumburg Boomers held off the Windy City ThunderBolts on the road Wednesday morning, securing a fourth consecutive victory with a 5-4 decision.

The Boomers did not trail in the contest and haven’t trailed in the entirety of the first three contests in the series. Kyle Fitzgerald walked with one away in the opening inning, stole second before moving to third on an error and scored the first run of the game on an RBI groundout from Anthony Calarco.

The lead reached 2-0 in the fifth when Jeff Nicol knocked home Banks Tolley with a fielder’s choice. Windy City scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning to tie the score, but Schaumburg immediately answered with three in the sixth. Kellum Clark scored Fitzgerald with an RBI double and Banks Tolley connected on his fourth homer of the year, a two-run shot, to make the score 5-2.

Windy City scored a pair of runs in the seventh but left the tying run at third. The bullpen held the rest of the way as Schaumburg tabbed the victory.