While Key West's overall 18-game win streak fell by the wayside at last week's Worthington Tournament, the Ramblers have extended their winning streak in league action to 11 by taking games over both Epworth (July 3) and Farley (July 5) this week. Key West (21-3) is now 8-1 in the Eastern Iowa Hawkeye League and 4-0 in Prairie League action.
In Sunday's 6-2 win at Epworth, the Ramblers did most of their damage in the third inning when they scored five times. Key West pushed across six runs in the contest despite being limited to six hits. Dan Spain went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs out of the No. 2 spot in the lineup and Austin Simmons fired four innings and improved to 3-0 this season.
Then on Tuesday night, the Ramblers returned to Peosta and drubbed Farley, 8-0, behind six shutout innings from all-star game starter Nick Woltkamp, who tops the team with six victories this season. He tossed six innings, allowing just three hits and a walk while striking out two. At the plate, Woltkamp went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs as part of the five-run second inning. Andrew Redman also went 2-for-4 and Anthony Ruden added two RBIs.
In relief of Woltkamp, Capesius worked a scoreless seventh inning, lowering his sparkling ERA to 0.31 in 29 innings this season. Capesius has surrendered only 15 hits, eight walks and three total runs and sports a record of 5-0. Woltkamp (6-1), Capesius (5-0), Redman (3-0) and Simmons (3-0) each have three wins or more.
Tournament action is scheduled to resume on Thursday night with Key West opening up with Farley in the first round of the Cascade Tournament. First pitch is slated for 8:30 p.m. View the full bracket HERE.
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