CONNER BECKER, Standard-Examiner<\/p>\n
Chase Valentine celebrates a run scored during the Ogden Raptors’ home opener with the Missoula Paddleheads on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at Lindquist Field in Ogden.<\/p>\n
The Ogden Raptors are off to a 6-6 start in the second half of the Pioneer Baseball League schedule, just missing a three-game sweep at Glacier to wrap up a road trip to Montana.<\/p>\n
Now, the Raptors (35-25 overall) welcome the Long Beach Coast to Lindquist Field for the first time, hosting the new club July 28 through Aug. 2.<\/p>\n
Long Beach arrives in a season worth some heralding. The Coast went 37-11 to win the first half and clinch a playoff spot, holding a league-best overall record of 47-13.<\/p>\n
The Coast, playing at what can be described as a pitcher-friendly park, leads the PBL in team ERA at 5.16. It\u2019s a strength-versus-strength series, as the Raptors lead the league in team batting average at .353.<\/p>\n
The new team is technically the same as the one that spent 2011-25 in Grand Junction, Colorado, and relocated to the historic Blair Field at Long Beach State University. The club traces back to the Butte (Montana) Copper Kings from 1978-2000 and the Casper (Wyoming) Rockies from 2001-11.<\/p>\n
Ogden\u2019s Kyler Stancato is second in the league with a .429 batting average. Chase Valentine is second with 34 stolen bases and seventh with 73 RBIs. Giuseppe Ferraro-Nahr is batting .412 and lead the team with 18 home runs.<\/p>\n
Starting pitcher Nico Saltaformaggio continues to pace the league in pitching wins, now at eight.<\/p>\n
1-2 AT GREAT FALLS<\/p>\n
Ogden opened last week with losses of 9-7 and 13-10 at Great Falls before avoiding a sweep with a Thursday win by a 14-8 tally.<\/p>\n
Chase Valentine hit two home runs and drove in five runs to lead the Raptors in that victory. Tyler Ganus went 3 for 5 with two doubles.<\/p>\n
Nico Saltaformaggio got the win to improve to 8-1 on the mound, allowing five earned runs on 11 hits over six innings, striking out four and walking one.<\/p>\n
2-1 AT GLACIER<\/p>\n
Ogden rolled that win into a three-game win streak, starting with a 14-6 win Friday to begin a three-game set against the Range Riders, based in Kalispell, Montana.<\/p>\n
The Raptors rapped 21 hits in the win, 19 of them singles, led by Chase Valentine\u2019s 4-for-6 performance. Four other Raptors totaled three hits. Jose Ballista won on the mound, allowing three earned runs on five hits over six innings.<\/p>\n
Saturday, playing as the Utah Fry Sauce, Ogden broke a 3-3 knot with a bases-loaded walk and a wild pitch in the eighth inning to win 5-4. The Fry Sauce won with nine singles, three more from Valentine.<\/p>\n
Ogden couldn\u2019t complete the short sweep Sunday, however, as Glacier answered with a 9-6 victory. Cole Jordan homered and Giuseppe Ferraro-Nahr batted 5 for 5, but the Range Riders broke a 6-6 tie with an RBI double in the sixth and a two-run homer in the seventh. Four Ogden pitchers combined to strike out 10 and walk just one, but seven of Glacier\u2019s 13 hits went for extra bases, including two homers.<\/p>\n
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