Ramblers take third place at Cascade

Bouncing back from a rough semifinal loss to Dubuque, Key West salvaged a third-place finish with an 8-3 victory over Bernard on Saturday evening in the consolation game at the Cascade Tournament. The Ramblers (26-4) jumped out to an 8-0 lead by taking advantage of sloppy defensive play by Bernard while riding the dependable right arm of Nick Woltkamp.

Woltkamp, now 8-1 as a pitcher, also came through with the bat, delivering a two-run double that increased Key West's lead to 5-0 in the fifth inning of Saturday's contest. Chris Briggs had broken a 0-0 draw in the fourth with an RBI single. Ryan Siems also supplied a run-scoring base hit in the fifth. Three unearned runs came across in the sixth thanks to three-straight infield errors committed by Bernard in the sixth.

Making his ninth start on the mound, Woltkamp held Bernard scoreless until the sixth inning. The righty workhorse worked all seven innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits and two walks while striking out four. Woltkamp owns a 2.15 ERA over 62.2 innings this season.

Brett LaMere (2-for-4) and Ben Oglesby (2-for-3, two runs) both collected two hits apiece. Playing his final game for the foreseeable future as a Rambler, Kenny Capesius drove in a run with a fielder's choice in the fourth.

Key West will get another shot at the Dubuque Budweisers, the Cascade Tournament runner up, on Tuesday (July 19) when it begins play at the Rickardsville Tournament. First pitch is scheduled for 8 p.m.