The Schaumburg Boomers beat Windy City 4-1 on Wednesday. Courtesy of the Schaumburg Boomers

Christian Johnson carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning to help the Schaumburg Boomers to a 4-1 victory over the Windy City ThunderBolts at Wintrust Field on Wednesday night, lowering the magic number to win the West Division down to two.

The Boomers provided enough support in the bottom of the frame. Christian Fedko led off with a double. Chase Dawson walked and stole second. With two away Nick Podkul slashed a two-run single to left to open the scoring.

The lead grew to 4-0 in the third. Anthony Calarco drove home his 116th run of the year with a groundout and Podkul followed with a solo homer. Windy City had just two base runners against Johnson going into the seventh. The lone run for

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