Boomers Hold off Florence
August 1, 2012 - Frontier League (FL)
Schaumburg Boomers News Release
FLORENCE, Ky. - The Schaumburg Boomers captured the season series from the Florence Freedom by holding off the hosts 6-4 on Wednesday night.
Schaumburg (41-27) needed just three batters to take the lead. Karexon Sanchez led off with a walk and was sacrificed to second before scoring on a double from Frank Pfister. The Boomers tacked on two more in the second to open a 3-0 lead against Florence starter Sean Gregory (6-6), who suffered the loss despite working seven innings. Sanchez roped a two-out two-run double to center.
The three-run advantage was more than enough for Cody Griebling (3-1). Griebling worked his fourth quality start in as many appearances, pitching through seven innings to earn the victory. The rookie has worked into the seventh in every outing this year. Griebling allowed two runs as Florence posted single tallies in the second and third. Mike Valadez poked an RBI single in the sixth while Steve McQuail mashed his 12th homer of the year, a two-run blast in the seventh.
Florence (36-32) brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth, scoring twice, but Adam Tollefson recorded back-to-back strikeouts to close the win.
The roadtrip wraps up with the series finale tomorrow night at 6:05 p.m. RHP Robby Donovan (7-3, 3.48) will take the ball for the Boomers against RHP Brandon Mathes (1-0, 4.28).
PECKS
- McQuail is tied with Pfister for the team lead in homers; McQuail has accomplished the feat in just 41 contests
- Seven different individuals posted hits for the Boomers
Season Tickets, Group Outings and single-game tickets for the Inaugural Season of Schaumburg Boomers Baseball are on sale now by calling the 847.461.3695, by visiting www.boomersbaseball.com or by stopping by Schaumburg Boomers Stadium located at 1999 S. Springinsguth Road in Schaumburg.
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