Ramblers trounce Dubuque for seventh-straight win

The Ramblers survived shaky first and second innings from their starting pitcher and pummeled Dubuque, 15-5, on Thursday night in an EIHL contest at Petrakis Field in Dubuque. The victory gave Key West (13-4, 4-1 EIHL) its seventh in a row, a streak that includes a pair of wins over the Blues.

On this night the offensive attack that pounded out 10 hits while taking advantage of leaky Dubuque defensive effort was a key story line - as was the fine work of Austin Bradley, who worked 5.2 innings of scoreless relief. Bradley did not allow a single hit on the way to earning his second win of the season.

At the plate, second baseman Andrew Redman continued his monster season with a double, a triple and a pair of RBIs out of the No. 3 spot in the lineup. Redman cracked his triple as part of the nine-run third inning that opened up a 12-5 lead. Chad Crabill and Tony Ebel added RBI doubles during the monster frame.

Crabill stayed hot with a 3-for-4 night. Redman (2-for-4), Ebel (2-for-5) and Dan Spain (2-for-5) also put together multiple hit games for Key West.

Dubuque held leads of 2-1 after one inning and 5-3 after two innings prior to the Rambler explosion in the third. The Blues had won seven-straight meetings with Key West until the June 4 first round Farley Tournament game that saw the Ramblers take a 4-1 decision.

Key West returns to action on Sunday for a Prairie League tilt at Zwingle. Game time is 1 p.m.