Briggs' walk-off double lifts Key West

Key West and Farley appeared destined to go to the 11th inning after Jared Munson and Dan Spain were retired to lead off the bottom of the 10th inning in a 3-3 game. But a two-out 2-2 pitch nailed Michael Jimenez and set the stage for Chris Briggs' heroics. Briggs crushed a 1-1 pitch to right field for a double, sending Jimenez in to score the winning run all the way from first.

The Ramblers (9-1) beat Farley for the third time this season in as many tries with Tuesday night's 4-3 win at A.J. Spiegel Park in Peosta. Andrew Redman pitched 3.2 innings of dominant relief to pick up his first win of the season. Redman struck out six and gave up just two hits.

Redman came in after starter Curt Dixon faced the first four hitters in the seventh and left men on first and second. Dixon had cruised through the first four innings, facing the minimum and throwing only 39 pitches. But a Chris Kerper RBI single in the fifth and a Jesse Lawler RBI single in the seventh put Farley within striking distance. Brian Miller then evened the score with a bloop RBI double off Redman in the seventh.

Dixon looked like he might breeze to victory after Justin Kuhle gave the Ramblers a 3-0 cushion in the fourth inning. With the bases loaded, Kuhle lined a high change up from Billy Schmitt into the left center gap and cleared the bases. Farley responded by tagging Dixon with three earned runs to chase him from the game after 6.1 solid innings of work.

Briggs finished 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles. Cory Davidson and Cam Stewart each went 2-for-4 with two singles.

The Ramblers will be back in action on Friday for a 7 p.m. contest at Cascade in an EIHL date.