Crushers-Boomers final

The Lake Erie Crushers will face the Schaumburg Boomers in the Frontier League championship series that begins Saturday.

The Crushers came from behind to defeat Traverse City 5-4 in the deciding Game 5 Thursday night/Friday morning. The game was delayed by rain three times and ended after 1 a.m. Lake Erie scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh -- immediately after a rain delay of 2 hours and 25 minutes -- to take the lead.

The championship series will match two people with ties to the Wild Things. Lake Erie is managed by Jeff Isom, who was Washington's original manager in 2002 and '03. Schaumburg has pitcher Shawn Sanford, who appeared in 18 games with the Wild Things this year and had an 8-5 record. Schaumburg also has a player on its roster who will be traded to the Wild Things after the season to complete the player-to-be-named trade for Sanford.