Ricardo Ramirez came off the bench and never even had to swing his bat as Ramirez reached on a in the nine to lead the Terre Haute Rex (32-10) to an 11-10 win over the Hannibal Cavemen (9-29) on Thursday at Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stad.

With the Terre Haute Rex trailing by one in the ninth inning,.

Both squads had things going at the plate, tallying 21 runs and 20 hits, including zero extra base hits. Relief pitchers got their fill of innings during the game, with the opposing managers using nine pitchers in total.

Andrew Gutierrez racked up three RBIs on two hits for the Terre Haute Rex. He doubled in the second inning and singled in the ninth inning.

Korie Vire improved to 1-0 on the year by picking up the win for the Terre Haute Rex. Vire struck out one, walked none and gave up no hits.

Tyler Yancey (0-3) was the game's losing pitcher. He lasted just one inning, walked two, struck out one, and allowed three runs.