Late leads are not safe for opponents of the Ramblers. On Tuesday night Key West rallied from a 3-1 deficit to record its 10th-straight victory. The latest outing resulted in a 6-4 victory over Cascade in an Eastern Iowa Hawkeye League affair. The Ramblers moved to 11-2 overall (5-1 EIHL) while tying a team record set by the 2014 squad for most consecutive victories.
Down 3-1 in the bottom of the fifth, Key West put up a trio of runs after Ben Oglesby (single) and Anthony Razo (walk) set the table to begin the frame. Nate Ramler drove in a run with a sacrifice fly and a Cascade error and a base hit by Siems brought home two more. After Cascade tied the game in the top of the sixth, the Ramblers responded with two more runs to provide the winning margin.
Siems went 2-for-3 on Tuesday and is now a blistering 20-for-35 (.571) on the year. He helped back a pitching staff that used Austin Bradley (4.2 innings) and Kenny Capesius (2.1) to navigate the seven-inning contest. Although Capesius allowed his first earned run of the season, he improved to 4-0 this season and is now 16-2 in his career with the Ramblers.
Key West is now off until Sunday's first round action at the Farley Tournament. The Ramblers will take on Dubuque in Farley at 1:30 p.m. Key West won Farley titles in 2011 and 2014.
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