The Ramblers failed on Wednesday night in their attempt to win back-to-back extra inning games as Bellevue's Justin Eissens brought the overtime battle to an abrupt end with a lead-off, walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning. With Bellevue's win, it advances to play in the semifinals of the Worthington Tournament on Friday.
Key West (17-4) wasted an outstanding start by Ben Cottrell, who made just his second appearance of the season as a Rambler due to a stint with the Waterloo Bucks. Cottrell gave way to Dan Spain after pitching seven fantastic innings. Spain took the loss after serving up the homer to Eissens.
Bellevue starting pitcher Dakota Bacus matched Cottrell's effort and got a no-decision. The Ramblers succeeded in cracking Bacus in the fourth inning only. Tim Carty led off and was hit by a pitch and was forced to second after Chris Briggs walked. Justin Kuhle followed with a sacrifice bunt that set up a two-run single by Jared Munson that put Key West up 2-1.
Bellevue took advantage of Cottrell's sixth-inning wildness and tied the game up, 2-2, in the sixth inning. The Ramblers went down silent in the seventh and eighth to pave the way for a Bellevue walk-off win in the eighth, courtesy of Eissens, who also got the win in relief.
The Ramblers now look forward to Saturday's 1 p.m. Prairie League game versus Farley at Table Mound Field in Key West.
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