The Schaumburg Boomers lost 8-7 to Gateway on Tuesday. Courtesy of the Chicago Boomers

The Schaumburg Boomers kicked off a big series against the team chasing them in the standings, the Gateway Grizzlies, but could not hold a pair of leads in suffering an 8-7 defeat Tuesday night at Wintrust Field.

The Boomers grabbed the lead behind a pair of runs in the bottom of the first. Christian Fedko led off the game with a single and Chase Dawson followed with a double. Nick Podkul put the Boomers on the board with a sacrifice fly. Anthony Calarco followed with an RBI single. Gateway scored three times in the fourth to lead 3-2 but the Boomers quickly tied the game in the bottom of the inning when Will Prater raked a single to score Banks Tolley.

Three runs scored in the bottom of the fifth to

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