SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — The Schaumburg Boomers hit four homers and scored in six different innings to record a brief two-game sweep of the Florence Y’Alls with a 12-3 victory at Wintrust Field on Saturday afternoon.

Seth Gray belted a solo homer with two outs in the bottom of the first and Ryan McCarthy followed with a solo shot of his own down the line in right to make the score 2-0. Brett Milazzo crossed the plate in the second to push the lead to 3-0 before Gray went at it again in the third. The third baseman slugged a two-run homer to make the score 5-0 and Kyle Fitzgerald connected on his first of the year two batters later.

Florence scored a run in the fourth but the Boomers put the game away with a sixth inning RBI single from Tyler Depreta-Johnson, two runs in the seventh and consecutive doubles from Gray and McCarthy in the eighth. Depreta-Johnson has hit safely in each of the first eight games this year. Florence scored twice in the ninth to account for the final.

Gray finished with three hits and five RBIs, posting the first multi-homer game of the season for the Boomers. All nine members of the lineup reached base with eight tallying a hit. Alec Craig and McCarthy also finished with three hits in the win. After hitting just 50 homers last season, the Boomers own nine in the first eight games of 2024. The 12 runs and 16 hits were both season highs.

Jackson Hickert improved to 2-0 on the season by working five innings, allowing one run on four hits with a walk and five strikeouts. Jacob Smith worked two scoreless and Mitch White threw the eighth with Dallas Woolfolk finishing out the win to cap the first homestand of the season.

The Boomers (7-1) are off on Sunday and Monday before spending three games in the Chicago area against the Joliet Slammers beginning on Tuesday morning at 10:05am. LHP John Wilson is the scheduled starter for the series opener in Jolier. The team is back home next weekend for three games over Memorial Day weekend. Tickets for all games in the 2024 season are on sale now! Make plans to be part of the fun this summer! Visit boomersbaseball.com or call 847-461-3695 to secure yours.