FLORENCE, Ky. — Shumpei Yoshikawa retired 17 in a row from the third into the eighth and the 2021 Frontier League Champion Schaumburg Boomers completed the longest roadtrip of the year with a 9-2 win to sweep the Florence Y’Alls and finish the trip 6-4.

Florence opened the scoring with a single run in the bottom of the first after the Boomers left the bases loaded in the top of the inning. Yoshikawa settled in and the Boomers were able to seize control in the fourth. Blake Grant-Parks tied the game by lining a homer over the wall in left. With two outs, Mike Hart smacked a three-run shot to right, his team leading 16th of the year to put the Boomers ahead.

Grant-Parks doubled home a run in the fifth and Blake Berry contributed a two-run homer as the lead grew to 7-1 in the fifth. Single runs scored in the sixth and ninth on sacrifice flies to account for the final.

Yoshikawa won his sixth of the year, sitting down 17 in a row after allowing a leadoff single to Brennan Price in the third until Price doubled in the eighth. Yoshikawa matched a season high with eight innings, striking out seven. Kristian Scott fanned two in a perfect ninth to close out the win, posting strikeouts 800 and 801 of the season by the pitching staff, marking the third time the team has eclipsed 800 strikeouts in a season.

The offense banged out 14 hits and finished with 29 runs, 42 hits and 21 walks in the three games. Berry notched four hits while Alec Craig logged three from the leadoff slot. Craig amassed 10 hits in the series.

The Boomers (46-37) gained a little distance from fourth place Joliet, who saw a win streak end. Schaumburg is a half game ahead of Evansville, who plays tonight, in the West Division wild card race. The final homestand of the season begins on Tuesday when the West Division leading Washington Wild Things visit Wintrust Field in the first of 10 straight at home.

RHP Aaron Glickstein (6-5, 4.14) is scheduled to start the opener of the series on a $1 Hot Dog Tuesday presented by Clear Channel Outdoor. Don’t miss your chance to see one of the final games before summer comes to a close. Tickets for the 2022 season are on sale now! Visit boomersbaseball.com.