FIRST EXTRAS EXPERIENCE KIND TO RAPTORS
OGDEN, UT - For over 50 games of the 2019 season, every game played by the Ogden Raptors had ended in the prescribed nine innings (or fewer). Facing the Missoula Osprey at Lindquist Field for the first time, however, the Raptors saw the madness of extra innings for the first
OGDEN, UT - For over 50 games of the 2019 season, every game played by the Ogden Raptors had ended in the prescribed nine innings (or fewer). Facing the Missoula Osprey at Lindquist Field for the first time, however, the Raptors saw the madness of extra innings for the first time.
The Raptors fell behind on an error in the top of the 11th but scored twice in the home half to walk-off and win, 4-3, against the Osprey, who entered the night tied for first in the North division second-half standings.
In a quick game that saw the first nine innings played in just over two hours, neither team could gain the upper hand and the ninth ended in a 2-2 tie.
The 10th went by scoreless, but in the 11th Missoula benefitted from an error by Jimmy Titus to start the frame and then a two-out dropped grounder by Titus to score the tiebreaking run.
Titus stayed calm and didn't try to do too much to make up for his errors when he came to the plate in the bottom of the 11th with Brandon Lewis on third base. Titus lashed the first pitch he saw over the left fielder and off the base of the wall for a long single to score Lewis and tie the game again.
With two out and Titus still on first,
Ogden went on the board first, with Lewis hitting a leadoff double in the fourth inning and Titus driving him in with a two-base hit of his own.
The Osprey came back in the sixth, as a bunt single opened the frame and a double with two out drove in the run. Thanks to an error on the play, the batter also came around and scored by knocking the ball out of catcher
A seventh-inning rally for Ogden tied the game, but they squandered an opportunity to pick up more.
The Raptors received excellent pitching throughout the night.
Ogden had a chance to score in the bottom of the 10th, but a bunt was caught out of the air and the throw doubled the runner off second.
The win ends Ogden's second losing streak of the season at two games. The Raptors and Osprey play game two of their four-game set Tuesday at 7:00 PM.