Great Games in Boomers History: Recent Episodes
Tim Calderwood
In an otherwise undramatic game, Matt McGarry hit for just the second cycle in team history on June 18, 2021 in a 12-0 win over Southern Illinois
Guests galore as Schaumburg set a league attendance record in welcoming the best in the Frontier League in 2015 to Boomers Stadium
Let's set the scene for you:
May 18, 2012 - Avon, Ohio
An expansion team plays its first ever game. The team scores a run in the top of the first with two outs and then the starting pitcher strikes out the first three batters he faces. Not bad right?
Said team goes on to win 4-0 and then proceeded to sweep the season opening series. Said team was the Schaumburg Boomers.
RECAP
Heading to Pennsylvania, the longest trip for the team in the league, for the second time in a month, the Boomers wrapped up a third Frontier League playoff slot and a second division title with an 8-4 win over the Washington Wild Things. Entering the game with a magic number of two, the Boomers rallied from down 1-0 and 4-3 to begin a celebration, becoming the first team in the league to clinch en route to a third Frontier League title.
James Keller and Jack Parenty both logged three hits as the bottom of the lineup finished 7-for-14, Brandon Quintero struck out seven in six innings to log the win.
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