Young outfield highlights 10-3 win over Placid

An all-high school outfield contributed heavily to a 17-hit, 10-3 victory over Placid Sunday afternoon at Table Mound Field in Key West. Deon Ploessl (2-for-5), Chad Crabill (2-for-4) and Kenny Capesius (1-for-3) comprised the Rambler outfield on Sunday, representing all three local high schools while combining for five of the team's 17 hits.

Ploessl led off the game with a bloop double and scored on a Dan Spain RBI single. Ben Cottrell then singled and knocked home Spain after he stole second as the Rambler hit parade got started early. Ploessl cracked an RBI single in the second and Cottrell guided a two-run double to right field to make the score 5-0 in the middle of the second.

Placid's Travis McDermott got the Pirates on the board with a two-run homer in the bottom half of the second. But Placid would get no closer than three runs the rest of the game as the Ramblers continued to tack onto the lead with one run each in the third- and fourth-innings and three in the sixth.

Spain (3-for-5), Cottrell (2-for-3), Chris Briggs (2-for-4), Matt Knabel (2-for-4) and Justin Kuhle (2-f0r-4) added to the Key West attack to give the Ramblers seven hitters with at least two hits on the day. With the victory, the Ramblers moved to 27-7 overall, marking the first time in team history that Key West has been 20 games over .500.

Sean O'Connor made his ninth start of the season and improved his record to 8-1. O'Connor went all seven innings and struck out nine hitters. He allowed seven hits and four walks.

Up next for Key West is Cascade at Peosta in a 7 p.m. EIHL contest.