The Schaumburg Boomers (36-51) beat the Joliet Slammers (37-50) 6-1 on Thursday at Silver Cross Field behind Ty Nelson, who went 1-2 and hit a home run.
He homered in the sixth inning.The Schaumburg Boomers relied on Eddie Cody to eat up innings en route to the win. Cody allowed one earned run, four hits and two walks while striking out two over six innings of work.
Mike Garza did his best to jumpstart the offense for the Joliet Slammers, reaching base two times. He tripled in the fourth inning.
Kevin Walter was charged with his eighth loss of the year. He lasted just six innings, walked one, struck out four, and allowed four runs.