Schaumburg Boomers hold off Florence to win on the road

The Schaumburg Boomers held off a late rally by the Florence Y’Alls to capture an 8-7 win in Kentucky Tuesday night.

The Boomers needed to come from behind for the 15th time this season to win. Florence scored in the first, but Kyle Fitzgerald homered leading off the top of the second to tie the game with his fifth homer of the year and first on the road.

The Y’Alls scored another run in the third before the Boomers scored four unanswered. Alec Craig tied the game with a triple in the fifth, coming with two outs to plate Felix Aberouette.

Will Prater directed the Boomers to the lead in the top of the sixth, serving a 2-run single through the right side to put Schaumburg ahead for the first time in the game at 4-2. Evan Orzech padded the lead with a two-out RBI double to drive home Prater.

Three needed insurance runs scored in the top of the ninth after Florence tallied a single run in the eighth. Frontier League Player of the Week Christian Fedko, who was robbed of a homer earlier in the game, coaxed a bases-loaded walk and Chase Dawson singled in a pair. The runs were needed as Florence scored four times in the bottom of the ninth, three on a homer from Ed Johnson, but Dallas Woolfolk sealed the win, stranding the tying run at second.

Aaron Glickstein posted his best performance of the year, throwing seven innings on the mound to earn his second win, allowing two runs on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts. Fedko and Dawson both tallied two hits as the Boomers finished with nine.