Boomers Drop Finale But Win Series
Published on June 9, 2013 under Frontier League (FL)
Schaumburg Boomers News Release
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - The Schaumburg Boomers suffered a 13-5 loss to the Joliet Slammers in the series finale on Sunday but still took two of three to win the series.
The Boomers nabbed an early 1-0 lead in the first, opening the scoring for the first time in the series. Gerard Hall tripled and scored on a Frank Pfister sacrifice fly. Joliet came back to tie the game with a single run in the third and plated seven unanswered to open an 8-1 lead with two more in the fourth and five in the fifth. Starter Cody Griebling allowed seven runs in 4.2 innings to suffer the loss.
Schaumburg totaled 10 hits in the game and has recorded double-digit hits in six straight contests. Seven of the 10 hits were for extra bases. Pfister drove home three runs while Hall, Steve McQuail, and Brian McConkey posted two hits each.
The Boomers (13-9) are off on Monday before beginning a six-game roadtrip Tuesday night at Windy City. RHP Mike Giovenco (1-2, 3.46) starts for the Boomers with RHP Daniel Cropper (1-1, 6.00) on the hill for the ThunderBolts in a 7:05 p.m. affair.
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