Raptors Finish Off Winning Homestand

The Ogden Raptors completed their seven-game homestand Thursday night by falling to the Great Falls Voyagers, 19-2.
Ogden took the first five of the seven games in their final stretch against Pioneer League North division teams before two losses to Great Falls.
The visitors went on the board first with seven runs in the second, knocking out Raptors starter Adalberto Peña. A grand slam in the third and four more in the fifth made it 15-0 before Ogden went on the scoreboard.
In the bottom of the fifth, Mitchell Hansen tripled to center with one out. The next hitter, Samuel Ortiz, hammered a drive to center that was caught, but Hansen tagged and scored.
Garrett Hope added another run for the hosts with a blast to left-center in the seventh, his sixth with the Raptors in 2017.
The Lindquist Field crowd was entertained as the Raptors inserted two position players to pitch. The first time a player pitched for the Raptors was just over a week ago, when Brock Carpenter took the mound at Great Falls. Thursday. Luis Paz came off the bench to induce a ground ball double play to end the eighth and Hope switched from first base to take the hill in the ninth.
With the Raptors falling while the rest of the South won for the second-straight day, Ogden is now two games behind Orem for first in the second half and just one ahead of Grand Junction for second place.
The Raptors visit Orem for a two-game series Friday and Saturday, with both games beginning at 7:05. After a day off Sunday, the Owlz return the favor by traveling to Lindquist Field Monday and Tuesday.