The Casper Ghosts snapped their five game losing streak behind Tyler Gagnon’s six shutout inning performance in a 2-1 win over the Ogden Raptors in one hour and fifty eight minutes at Lindquist Field.
Gagnon picked up his second win of the season, and he allowed just 2 hits and walked only one batter while striking out eight.
The Ghosts were kept off the board until the third inning. Jeff Squier reached base on an infield single with one out. He was driven home on an RBI triple by Jose Rivera off the right field to give the Ghosts a 1-0 lead. Rivera scored on a sacrifice fly by Brett Tanos.
After Gagnon left the game the Raptors had a chance to put runs on the board against Clinton McKinney. Jake Lemmerman led off with a double, and then Mike Pericht struck out. After that Bobby Coyle singled, but Lemmerman was held at third to give Ogden runners at the corners with one out. Coyle tried to steal second, and the throw by Anthony Aguilera was off line, but it was cut off by Rivera who threw to third and picked off Lemmerman. Then Jonathan Garcia grounded out to third and the inning was over.
With the score 2-0 Ghosts, Coty Woods entered the game to try for his third save of the season. He retired the first two batters he faced, but then Lemmerman homered to left to make it a one run game. That brought up Pericht who leads the league in homers and RBI, and he drove a ball to deep right field, but it was run down by David Dinatale, and it preserved the Ghosts win 6-4.
The Ghosts are now 1-3 on their 7-game road trip, and they now go to Orem to play the first of three Saturday night. First pitch is set for 7:05.
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