Pioneer League

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly is hoping Javy Guerra can build on his strong rookie season.

Guerra was promoted last May and went 2-2 with 21 saves in 23 chances and a 2.31 ERA. But Mattingly isn't ready to call the 26-year-old right-hander an established closer.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- Grand Junction will soon be home to a Colorado Rockies' farm club.

The Grand Junction Rockies will begin play in 2012 at Suplizio Field after the city council approved a 15-year lease with stadium owners late Monday. The Pioneer League team will move from Casper, Wyo., where it's known as the Casper Ghosts.

The Monfort Investment Group, headed by Colorado Rockies general partners Charlie and Dick Monfort, bought the team in January.

Dick Monfort says the Rockies are excited to be bringing the team to the Western Slope.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- It was apparently not meant to be.

Great Falls southpaw Blair Walters capped a perfect 11-0 season as the Voyagers clinched the 2011 Pioneer League Championship with a 7-1 victory over Ogden on Thursday night at Centene Stadium.

OGDEN -- Great Falls' first baseman Martin Medina hit a pair of home runs and catcher Kevan Smith drove in four as the Voyagers took Game 1 of the Pioneer League championship series with a 9-7 win at Lindquist Field.

Tuesday night's slugfest saw 28 combined hits as neither team had trouble at the plate with Great Falls' four home runs good enough to put them at 1-0 heading home for Game 2.

"Tonight was a tough loss,"

OGDEN -- It's time to see what Berryhill's boys are made of.

For the second consecutive season, Ogden will play for the Pioneer League Championship with the first pitch at Lindquist Field slated for tonight at 7 p.m.

OGDEN -- Orem's Daniel Vargas-Vila pitched six perfect innings as the Owlz avoided elimination from the Pioneer League South Division Championship with a 5-2 win over Ogden at Lindquist Field on Saturday night.

The 1-3 West Florida native struck out nine and held Ogden hitless through 6 1/3 innings as Orem tied up the series forcing a third game slated for this afternoon.

"The bottom line is he came out at us," Ogden Skipper Damon Berryhill said. "He hit his spots well and pitched a great ball game. Offensively, we really didn't show up."

Ogden logged a single hit until the bottom of the ninth inning and ended with a total of four on the night.

CASPER, Wyo. -- The Casper Ghosts were worried about Joc Pederson.

They should have paid attention to O'Koyea Dickson as well.

Dickson, Ogden's slugging first baseman, ripped a three-run home run in the top of the fifth inning to power the Raptors to a 9-4 victory over the Ghosts on Thursday night at Mike Lansing Field.