Quincy Nieporte put the Boomers ahead with a solo home in the top of the first. Schaumburg scored in eight different innings and did not trail. Braxton Davidson led off the second with a solo homer. Dusty Stroup and Davidson hit back-to-back homers in the third as the Boomers led 5-0. Alberto Schmidt doubled home a run in the fourth and Matt Bottcher connected on a two-run homer in the fifth to make the lead 8-0. Stroup homered again in the eighth with two outs.
The Boomers finished with 18 hits in the win as all nine members of the starting lineup notched at least one. Schmidt, Davidson and Bottcher all posted three. Davidson also worked 1.1 innings on the mound. Florence used seven different pitchers, the last four of which were position players. Erik Martinez earned the win, allowing three runs in six innings while striking out 10 in the third double-digit strikeout showing by a Schaumburg pitcher this year.
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