Nick Podkul hit a 2-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Schaumburg Boomers rallied to a 5-3 win over the Lake Erie Crushers to sweep the Frontier League wild-card series on Friday night.

Podkul’s heroics came moments after Frontier League MVP Anthony Calarco tied the game with a bloop single to left. Lake Erie built a 3-0 lead in the contest behind single runs in the first, second and fifth. Schaumburg drew within 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth. Alec Craig and Christian Fedko recorded back-to-back doubles to allow the first run to score and Calarco lifted a sacrifice fly. The Boomers left the tying runs on base in the sixth and seventh before the ninth-inning drama. Fedko was hit by a pitch with one away and moved up on a groundout. Calarco worked the count full wi

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