Schaumburg Boomers rally to take lead but fall to Washington

The Schaumburg Boomers fell behind early and rallied to lead in the fifth inning, but the Washington Wild Things scored the final six runs to nab a 10-5 win in the opener of a weekend series at Wintrust Field.

Washington jumped ahead with single runs in the first and third. Christian Fedko smacked his fourth homer of the year to tie the game in the bottom of the third before Washington scored twice in the fourth to lead 4-2.

The Boomers strung together four consecutive hits in the fifth to score three runs. Alec Craig led off with a double and Will Prater followed with a single. Fedko doubled home the first run to bring the Boomers within 4-3 before Chase Dawson singled home the tying run and Kyle Fitzgerald put the Boomers in front with an RBI groundout.

Washington took the lead again with three runs in the seventh and added a run in the eighth and two in the ninth to grab the win. The Wild Things scored in six innings. The game marked the first time in six previous meetings that a contest between the two teams was decided by more than three runs.

The 10 runs allowed matched a season-high total.