VIBES WALK-OFF THWARTS RAPTORS COMEBACK
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - Having just tied the game in the top of the ninth, the Ogden Raptors were hoping they could put Saturday's contest into extra innings and work the magic that brought them two extra-inning walk-off wins earlier in the week.Unfortunately, the bottom of the ninth didn't make
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - Having just tied the game in the top of the ninth, the Ogden Raptors were hoping they could put Saturday's contest into extra innings and work the magic that brought them two extra-inning walk-off wins earlier in the week.
Unfortunately, the bottom of the ninth didn't make it to the second hitter.
Ogden, trailing since the second inning, had scored twice in the top of the ninth to tie the game and had the potential go-ahead run thrown out at the plate. Twice, in the fifth and eighth innings, the visitors committed errors that allowed Rocky Mountain to pick up insurance runs and create a two-run gap entering the ninth.
The Vibes, going against a spot starter in Ogden's
After putting two on with no outs in both the third and fourth without scoring, the Raptors finally broke their goose eggs in the fifth. With one out and a runner on first,
In the bottom of the fifth, however, the Vibes picked up an insurance run. With two out, a runner on first was balked to second before scoring when a bouncing ball tipped off the glove of Ogden first baseman
Two more Raptors runs - a Vivas sacrifice fly scoring
Another unearned run for the hosts pushed their lead to two entering the ninth. The second batter of the eighth reached on a ground ball that bounced off
In the ninth,
Despite the defensive miscues, the Raptors also turned in multiple sterling plays. In the first, the Vibes had runners on the corners and one out before a shallow pop-up sent second-baseman Arocho into center field. The runner on third tried to tag and score, but Arocho's throw was perfect, the runner was out and the inning ended. Mendoza, who entered the game in the second after starting catcher
Ogden and Rocky Mountain play game two of their four-game series Sunday afternoon at 1:30.