The Schaumburg Boomers held a pair of two-run leads early, but the Washington Wild Things scored in six consecutive innings to run away with a 10-5 victory Friday night in the opener of a weekend series.

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A tightly contested series finale went extras Thursday night, but the Kane County Cougars edged the Gary SouthShore RailCats 2-1 in 10 innings at the Steel Yard.

The Schaumburg Boomers were unable to hold a 5-0 lead as the Joliet Slammers scored in their final three plate appearances to steal a 7-5 victory and sweep the mid-week road series.

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Chicago Fire FC (7-7-4, 25 points) suffered a 1-0 loss against the Philadelphia Union (12-3-4, 40 points) Wednesday night at Soldier Field.

Philadelphia took the early initiative and forced a penalty kick on a handball in the Fire box. Forward Bruno Damiani stepped up to the spot, finishing left to score the opening goal of the match in the 10th minute.

The Schaumburg Boomers dropped the middle game of the mid-week series at Joliet by a 7-0 score on Wednesday.