TODD DRIVES RAPTORS WIN
OREM, UT - The Ogden Raptors were prevented from playing baseball Tuesday night because of a field issue, but it didn't cool off their bats.After scoring double-digit runs in back-to-back games, the Raptors took Wednesday's first game of a doubleheader with the Orem Owlz by a 7-2 margin.The game started
OREM, UT - The Ogden Raptors were prevented from playing baseball Tuesday night because of a field issue, but it didn't cool off their bats.
After scoring double-digit runs in back-to-back games, the Raptors took Wednesday's first game of a doubleheader with the Orem Owlz by a 7-2 margin.
The game started with little offense - Ogden put runners on in the first two innings but didn't score, and the Owlz did not have a runner reach base until the fourth - but in the top of the third
In the fourth, Ryan Ward lashed a double inside the third-base bag to lead off. A groundout put him at third, and
Todd added to his RBI total in the fifth, as three-straight two-out walks loaded the bases for the Deptford, New Jersey, native. Todd hit a slicing drive to left-center for a bases-clearing double. Up next was Jimmy Titus, who shot a line drive over the shortstop to score Todd for the seventh run.
On the mound, meanwhile,
Castro did stumble after the long top of the fifth, walking the leadoff hitter in the home half and then watching a two-run homer fly over the short porch in right field. Ogden's starter buckled down after that to get out of the inning and qualify for the win, and