Winner of 44 games a year ago, Key West has gotten on a roll again after dropping two of its first three games to begin 2016. Thanks to their latest win, a 5-3 Bellevue tournament quarterfinal win over Peosta on Wednesday, the Ramblers (7-2) have won six-straight games. In the victory over Peosta, Key West followed the lead of Andrew Redman on the mound and the hot bat of Ryan Siems.
A Clarke University standout, Siems went 3-for-4 and sparked a two-run second inning that put the Ramblers on top. Siems (now a scorching 13-for-21 on the season) delivered a one-out single and then scored on Nick Woltkamp's triple. Key West then got a run apiece in the third, fifth and sixth inning to provide enough cushion for Redman, who earned his 21st career win as a Rambler.
Redman tossed all seven innings and allowed just two hits and two walks while striking out 10. It was his first appearance on the mound since early in 2015. Last season Redman fired 24 innings without surrendering a single earned run, lowering his career ERA to 1.71.
In other recent action, Key West stacked wins over Rickardsville, 6-5 (May 24), Farley, 6-5 (May 29) and Dyersville, 9-1 (May 31). The triumph over Farley came in the opening round of the Bellevue tournament. In addition to Redman's fine work, Kenny Capesius has run off 17-straight innings without giving up an earned run to begin the season. He owns a perfect 3-0 record.
A spot in the Bellevue title game will be on the line on Friday when the Ramblers take on Cascade at 8:30 p.m. The other semifinal matchup (7 p.m.) features host Bellevue against Epworth. The two winners will meet at 7 p.m. on Saturday in the championship game. Key West has never won the Bellevue tournament, but has finished runner up (2012) and in third place (2015) in the bracket in recent seasons.
No comments:
Post a Comment