The Schaumburg Boomers built an early lead and did not relinquish the advantage in scoring a 3-2 victory over the Gateway Grizzlies on Sunday afternoon at Wintrust Field to take two-of-three in the key series and pull within two games of first headed into the final week of the season.
Chicago Fire FC (8-9-8, 32 points) fell 3-0 to the Los Angeles Galaxy (6-10-7, 25 points) at Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday night.
The Schaumburg Boomers set the single game record for attendance for the third time this season as 7,914 were in attendance at Wintrust Field to witness a 7-6 defeat at the hands of the Gateway Grizzlies. The Boomers also set the single season attendance mark with four home dates remaining, breaking the mark of 210,115 set last year.
The Chicago Dogs (51-40) scored six first-inning runs and never looked back as they downed the Gary SouthShore RailCats (37-54) 17-2 on Saturday afternoon.
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The Schaumburg Boomers secured a third consecutive trip to the playoffs for the first time in franchise history by winning a back-and-forth 7-6 contest against the Gateway Grizzlies on Friday night at Wintrust Field.
Down to their final out, the Gary SouthShore RailCats (37-53) pulled off a stunning rally to tie the game in the ninth inning, but the Chicago Dogs (50-40) came away with a 5-2 victory in extra innings.
The Gary SouthShore RailCats (37-52) were five outs away from a series-clinching win, but thanks to three runs in the eighth, the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (43-47) stormed back to take Thursday’s series finale 6-4.
The Schaumburg Boomers dropped a 5-3 contest to the Washington Wild Things in the record heat on Thursday afternoon at Wintrust Field as the team crossed the 200,000 fan plateau for the second consecutive year with six home dates remaining.
Little Shop of Horrors, written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, the duo behind Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, and directed by Landree Fleming, runs August 30-October 15, 2023 at Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd., in downtown Aurora.
