For the first time in team history, Key West celebrated a Bellevue Tournament championship. The Ramblers shook off a 4-1 deficit with a four-run eighth inning and claimed a 5-4 victory over host Bellevue in Saturday's title game. Key West has now won eight-straight games and sits at 9-2 overall (heading into Sunday's action).
The red-hot Ramblers advanced to the championship game by earning wins over Farley, 6-5, Peosta, 5-3, Cascade, 9-4, and Bellevue while making their way through the bracket. In Friday evening's semifinal triumph, Nick Woltkamp tossed a complete game for his third win of the season. At the plate, Andrew Redman went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs, Ryan Siems went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and Dan Spain connected for a monster solo homer in the third.
The win over Cascade set the stage for the team's first tournament title of 2016. Redman, named the MVP of the Bellevue Tournament, continued his big early season performance with two more hits in the championship. His two-run double in the eighth was part of a run of five-straight Key West hits that vaulted it into the lead. Redman also knocked in the game's first run with a sacrifice fly to score Anthony Razo, who led off the game with a triple.
Afterwards Redman told the Telegraph Herald, "We didn't always make the plays behind our pitchers, but they stayed positive and kept battling. And we just kept chipping away until we won. We had to come from behind late to beat Farley, and we had to do it again tonight against Bellevue."
Anthony Ruden tossed six solid innings, but got a no decision despite striking out 10. He retired the first nine hitters he faced and surrendered just one earned run. Austin Bradley (winning pitcher) worked the seventh and eighth innings and gave up one unearned run. Redman then pitched in with a 1-2-3 ninth to earn the save.
Redman (2-for-3), Chris Briggs (2-for-4) and Razo (2-for-5) each had two hits in the title game for the Ramblers. Key West totaled nine hits as a team.
The Ramblers were back in action Sunday with a 1:30 p.m. Prairie League contest at AJ Spiegel Park in Peosta scheduled.
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