Sunday, August 5, 2012

Dominant pitching fuels perfect weekend

Behind a pair of masterful pitching performances the Ramblers notched three wins over the weekend, including a 1-0 pitcher's duel over Farley at the Dyersville Tournament. That victory also counted as a Prairie League win, meaning Key West (33-9) will have Monday off.

Andrew Redman continued his incredible 2012 season on Saturday in the first round triumph at the Dyersville Tournament. Redman, despite developing a blister on his pitching hand, fired six shutout innings while limiting Farley to only two hits and two walks. The right-hander is now 8-1 with a 1.35 ERA.

Sean O'Connor got the final three outs in the seventh inning to get the save. O'Connor has yet to allow an earned run in 19 innings of work this season.

Andy Seabrooke was nearly as good as Redman on the other side, but the Ramblers got the only run they would need in the very first inning when Chris Briggs' sacrifice fly brought home Dan Spain, who reached on a double. Seabrooke took the loss despite giving up only four hits.

On Sunday another Key West starting pitcher turned in a sparkling performance as Aaron Collins shined in a 3-1 victory over Bernard. Making his fourth start of the season, Collins threw six innings, surrendering four hits, four walks and one earned run to go with a pair of punch outs. Collins' fourth win of the season was preserved by Shawn Parker, a former Simpson College pitcher, who earned the save with a scoreless seventh inning.

The Ramblers got two runs in the second and one in the third off of Bernard pitcher Eric DeSousa. Parker started the game in left field in led the way with a 2-for-3 day that included a run scored.

Key West is back in action on Tuesday when it hosts Cascade at A.J. Spiegel Park in Peosta at 7 p.m. in an EIHL game. The Ramblers will play Cascade again on Wednesday when they resume play in the quarterfinal round of the Dyersville Tournament.

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