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Bolts Drop Thriller to Boomers

July 12, 2024 - Frontier League (FL)
Windy City ThunderBolts News Release


SCHAUMBURG, IL- The Windy City ThunderBolts dropped a thriller in the first game of a three-game suburb showdown series against the Schaumburg Boomers 7-6 Friday night at Wintrust Field.

Henry Kusiak began the scoring for the ThunderBolts (21-35) with a solo home run in the top of the second.

A wild pitch to Boomers (30-25) Felix Aberouette tied the game in the second and Aberouette notched an RBI ground, handing the Boomers a 2-1 lead.

Windy City answered in the top of the third. Emmanuel Sanchez doubled. Infielder Christian Kuzemka cracked an RBI triple to the right field knotting the game 2-2. Kusiak muscled in an RBI single giving the Bolts a 3-2 lead. Outfielder Brennen Dorighi cranked an RBI double, accumulating a 4-2 lead for the Bolts.

After Sanchez gave the Bolts a three-run lead in the top of seventh reaching via error, Kuzemka knocked in Sanchez giving the Bolts a four run lead.

Schaumburg responded in the bottom of the seventh. Following a Tyler Depreta-Johnson single, Felix Aberouette spanked a two-run home run making it a two run deficit 6-4. Schaumburg made it 6-5 off a double play in the eighth.

In the bottom of the ninth, the Boomers knotted the game 6-6 in the bottom of the ninth when Christian Fedko singled in the tying run.

After the Bolts were held scoreless in the top of the tenth, a wild pitch from Bolts RHP Dan Brown (0-1) walked it off for Schaumburg on a wild pitch.

Dylan Stustsman (5-0) earned the win for the Boomers pitching a scoreless tenth inning striking out one.

Bolts RHP Rudy Gomez tossed 6.1 innings allowing four earned runs over six hits while walking three and striking out four.

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