RECAP: Boomers Capture Ninth Straight
CRESTWOOD, Ill. — The 2013 Frontier League Champion Schaumburg Boomers, presented by Wintrust Community Banks, set a franchise record with a ninth straight win, rolling past the Windy City ThunderBolts 18-2.
Records continue to fall in the 2014 season for the Boomers, who have posted 10 or more hits in seven of the last eight contests. The win streak matches the longest of the season in the Frontier League. A night after clinching a second straight playoff spot, the Boomers wasted no time in jumping on Windy City, scoring six first inning runs, all with two outs.
Ty Nelson drilled his second homer of the season, a grand slam over the wall in left, to open the scoring. Schaumburg has hit five grand slams this season. Michael Valadez added a two-run homer in the inning. Tony Delmonico hit a two-run homer in the sixth as the Boomers scored in each of the last five innings to equal a team record for runs in a game. Schaumburg has scored 18 runs in a game four times this year, all in the second half of the season. The Boomers drew a franchise record 14 walks in the game with six coming from Joe De Pinto, setting a team and Frontier League record. Eddie Cody worked 6.2 innings on the mound to improve to 7-1, striking out four. Cody took a shutout into the seventh.
Schaumburg (57-34) kept pace with River City at the top of the West Division. The series continues on Saturday night at 6:05 p.m. Justin Erasmus (2-0, 3.68) is scheduled to make his first start for the Boomers against RHP Brian Oliver (0-1, 7.50). The contest can be heard live on AM 1410 WRMN with the Voice of the Boomers and 2013 Frontier League Broadcaster of the Year, Tim Calderwood. Reserve your piece of the fun at Boomers Stadium this season by calling 847.461.3695 or visiting www.boomersbaseball.com.
More Info: The 2013 Frontier League Champions and Organization of the Year, the Schaumburg Boomers are an independent professional baseball franchise based in Schaumburg, IL. The club captured the first-ever title for the Village of Schaumburg and the second in a span of five days for prominent Chicago Personal Injury Attorney Patrick A Salvi and his wife, Lindy Salvi. Named after the Greater Prairie Chicken, which once roamed throughout Schaumburg and the surrounding areas in the 19th century, the Boomers excel in providing fun, affordable family entertainment and the best customer service in the business. For more information, visit www.boomersbaseball.com.
