After scoring just one combined run in their two previous games, the Ramblers responded with their second 18-run outburst of the season on the way to an 18-0 drubbing of host Worthington on Sunday evening. Key West (5-6) got five shutout innings from starter Andrew Redman and a trio of Ramblers connected on a home run apiece to snap a two-game losing streak.
After getting on top with one unearned run in the first, shortstop Dan Spain set the tone for the rest of the game by smacking a three-run homer with one away in the second. Four batters later center fielder Tanner Denlinger crushed a three-run shot of his own to make the score 7-0.
But the Ramblers weren't done there. Rambler newcomer Jayson Hinrichsen clubbed yet another three-run homer as part of a five-run third inning that put the game out of reach early. Key West led 12-0 after three and then ballooned the score to 18-0 with two runs each in the fourth, fifth and sixth frames.
Spain enjoyed a monster game as he added a two-run double in the fourth and a sacrifice fly in the fifth to give him six RBIs for the game. Denlinger drove in four.
A total of six Key West batsmen cracked two hits or more: Hinrichsen (2-for-3), Capesius (2-for-3), Deon Ploessl (2-for-3), Spain (2-for-4), Cory Davidson (2-for-6) and Denlinger (2-for-6). The Ramblers totaled 14 hits while also taking advantage of six Worthington errors.
Redman gave up just a single hit in his five innings of work. He struck out six on the way to improving to 10-1 since the start of the 2012 season. Spain fired two scoreless frames in relief of Redman.
Key West also won 18-0 over Holy Cross on June 6. The Ramblers have scored 10 or more runs four times this season.
Key West is back in action Tuesday night when Dubuque visits the Ramblers in Peosta for a Prairie League contest. First pitch is set for 7 p.m.
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