Balltown, behind starting pitcher Steve McDonough, led 3-0 after five innings. The Ramblers finally got on the board with Luis Reyes' RBI ground out in the bottom of the sixth. Key West later took advantage of two key Balltown errors and a free pass to win on LaMere's walk-off in the ninth.
The clutch two-out hit made a winner of Kenny Capesius, who worked three innings in relief of starter Jake Schaeffer. Capesius moved to 8-0 this season by limiting Balltown to a run on three hits while working the seventh, eighth and ninth frames. Schaeffer allowed three unearned runs in six innings before giving way to Capesius.
Both Anthony Ruden and Chris Briggs went 2-for-5 to lead the Rambler attack. LaMere also drove in a run in the eighth with a sacrifice fly.
Two nights earlier Farley got on top of Key West ace Jordan Hohensee (8-3) with five first-inning runs on five hits. Hohensee settled in, but the Ramblers played catch up the rest of the way and ultimately fell 8-7.
Key West made it a tight contest with a four-run third inning that included a two-run double from Andrew Redman and a two-run homer from Chris Briggs, who tied Redman for the team lead with four long balls on the season.
Farley pushed its lead back up to 8-4 with a run each in the fourth and sixth innings of a seven-inning affair. Key West responded with three tallies in the bottom of the sixth, one coming on a Ruden RBI triple to get back in it. In an attempt at a seventh-inning rally, the Ramblers went down 1-2-3.
Ramblers with multiple hits included Ruden (3-for-4), Ben Oglesby (2-for-2), LaMere (2-for-3) and Briggs (2-for-4).
Key West returned to play Thursday (July 31) with a doubleheader at Cascade. The action got started at 6:30 p.m.
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