Ogden outlasts Great Falls

OGDEN — Adam Godwin and Rosten Gil each hit their first home run of the year Sunday as the Raptors beat the Great Falls White Sox 7-6 in extra innings.

B.J. Richmond's pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the 11th inning scored Jesus Soto to give Ogden the win.

"If the throw (to the plate) had been to the other side, he would have been out," manager Juan Bustabad said. "But those are the chances you have to take."

Ogden tied the game in the seventh inning. With Jason Mooneyham at second base, Adam Godwin hit his first home run of the year over the right field wall to make the score 6-6.

Bustabad said Godwin's and Gil's home runs were examples of good hitting.

"They just hit it right in the sweet spot (of the bat)," he said. "That just shows you when you hit the ball good it can go far.

Cory Wade started the game and went six innings, giving up five runs on 10 hits while striking out four.

Four of the five runs he gave up were in the third inning.

"Wade pitched good after the third," Bustabad said. "He gave us three scoreless innings. That was clutch.

Daron Roberts went 4-for-4 for Great Falls with two home runs, but he was thrown out twice on the bases. He was picked off at first base in the first inning and was thrown out at second base trying to turn a hit into a double in the fourth.

With the game tied 1-1, the White Sox scored four runs in the top of the third. Roberts started the scoring with a solo home run and Brandon Allen followed four batters later with a three-run shot of his own.

Ogden responded by scoring two runs in the bottom half of the inning. Andrew Locke hit a single to right field with the bases loaded to score Jason Mooneyham and Russ Mitchell and cut the Raptor deficit to 5-3.

Rosten Gil homered for the Raptors in the sixth, but Roberts hit his second home run of the game in the seventh to make the score 6-4.

Miguel Ramirez made his debut on the mound for the Raptors. He gave up one run on two hits in two innings.

The run he gave up was Roberts' second home run.

"He gave up the home run but it didn't matter much because he threw strikes," Bustabad said. "I'd rather see him throw strikes."

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