Key West began the 2014 season on Saturday, May 10 with a 4-2, eight-inning victory over Cascade in the quarterfinals of the EIHL preseason tournament. After a rain out on May 11, the Ramblers returned to action on Tuesday and fell 5-3 to Rickardsville in the EIHL regular-season opener. Key West will carry a 1-1 record into Friday's rematch with Rickardsville - an EIHL semifinal clash.
Clarke standout Andrew Redman is off to a hot start with four hits in his first six at bats. He reached base in all four plate appearances in the win over Cascade. Redman has played second base in both contests to begin the campaign. He drove in the first run of last week's game with an RBI single to score Brett LaMere.
The Ramblers broke a 2-2 tie in the top of the eighth inning with Ben Oglesby's sacrifice fly to right. Key West added one more run to provide enough cushion for starting pitcher Jordan Hohensee, also a Clarke pitcher.
Hohensee went all eight innings and did not allow a single earned run while scattering five hits and a walk to go with his seven strikeouts.
Shortstop Dan Spain tallied three hits, including a double, in the win. Spain is 4-for-8 in the season's first two games.
Rickardsville got a run apiece in the eighth and ninth innings off of Key West reliever Braydon Poole in the Ramblers' first loss of the season. Leadoff hitter Luis Reyes and Oglesby both went 2-for-4 to lead the Key West attack.
Because of another postponement on Thursday, the Ramblers now look forward to resuming the EIHL tournament in Worthington on Friday. First pitch between Key West and Rickardsville is slated for 7 p.m.
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