Saturday, May 17, 2014

Redman's bat, Hohensee's arm lift Ramblers to EIHL championship


Two solo home runs from Andrew Redman and a seven-inning complete game shutout from Jordan

Hohensee pushed Key West past Rickardsville, 2-0, in Friday night's EIHL preseason tournament semifinal game in Rickardsville. The Ramblers improved to 2-1 overall by avenging a 5-3 loss to Rickardsville three days earlier.

Key West will play tonight (May 17) at 8:30 in the championship game against Farley, who defeated Dubuque 1-0 on Friday.

Against veteran Rickardsville hurler Tim Felderman, the Ramblers managed only three hits. But Redman made two of them count in a big way. He led off the fourth with his first blast and then added another with two outs in the top of the seventh. Redman went 2-for-3 in the game and is now 6-for-9 in the season's first three contests.

Those two big flies were enough for Hohensee, who has yet to allow an earned run in his first 15 innings of work. On Friday the Clarke University pitcher struck out six and surrendered only four hits and two walks. He allowed the first two hitters to reach base in both the third and fourth innings but was able to wiggle his way out of trouble.

Key West has enjoyed plenty of recent success against Rickardsville. Dating back to August 2011, the Ramblers have won nine of the last 11 meetings. Last season against Saturday's opponent, Farley, Key West went 2-2.

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