A four-run fifth inning, punctuated by Travis Lyons' bases-clearing three-run double, edged Zwingle in front, 4-3. That lead held up until the sixth when Thies, playing in his first-ever game as a Rambler, sent Kenny Capesius and Deon Ploessl to the plate with a base hit to make the score 5-4. Both Capesius and Ploessl reached on walks to begin the inning.
After a Cory Davidson ground out, Key West (25-5) exploded for three more runs with two outs. Andrew Redman drove home Thies with a double, Dan Spain followed with an RBI single and Chris Briggs crushed a triple to deep right field to plate Spain and cap the Ramblers' scoring output on the day.
Davidson, working in his second inning in relief of starter Aaron Collins, sandwiched in a hit batter in a scoreless top of the seventh on the way to picking up his first victory of 2012. It was his second appearance on the mound this season.
Key West got on the board first with an RBI ground out from Austin Gasper. Spain then came through with the first of his two RBI singles in the third inning prior to Davidson's run-scoring single in the fourth.
Collins went five innings in his third appearance on the hill this season. He allowed five hits, three walks, four runs (three earned) and struck out four. Davidson tossed two shutout innings and fanned three.
Spain powered the Rambler attack with a 3-for-4 day that included two RBIs, a run and a stolen base. Davidson went 2-for-4 with one RBI, a run and a stolen base.
Briggs' sixth-inning RBI tied Spencer Kuehn for the team lead with 32. Briggs also leads the squad with six home runs, just one off his own team single-season record of seven homers in 2010.
Key West, now 9-0 in Prairie League play, returns to action on Tuesday when it hosts Farley at A.J. Spiegel Park in Pesota at 7 p.m.
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