OGDEN — Josh Broughton threw three sterling innings in his first-ever start as a pitcher Thursday night, but it fell apart for the Ogden Raptors in the fourth and the Missoula Paddleheads asserted themselves as the Pioneer League's best team in a 10-1 win.

OGDEN — Josh Broughton is competing in professional baseball for the first time since 2019 and is playing positions that put him in the batter's box regularly for the first time since college.

The 2021 Pioneer Baseball League season, its inaugural journey as an independent league, is not yet one month old but the first-place Ogden Raptors have found success in both the win column and in helping players' careers.

The Ogden Raptors dispatched Rocky Mountain 12-2 on Monday afternoon to secure the six-game road series 4-2 and set the table for a big showdown this week at Lindquist Field between the two division leaders, and by far the two best teams in the Pioneer League.

The Ogden Raptors got back to their old ways, following a 23-7 victory Saturday night with a 25-0 demolition of the Rocky Mountain Vibes on Sunday afternoon in Colorado Springs.

A game tied 4-4 after six innings soon became a blowout win for the first-place Ogden Raptors, stopping a two-game skid with a 23-7 victory Saturday night over the Rocky Mountain Vibes in Colorado Springs.

The Ogden Raptors dropped a second straight game for the first time this season, surrendering a late lead Friday night in a 4-3 loss to the Rocky Mountain Vibes in Colorado Springs.

One of the first players the Ogden Raptors lined up for this independent, 2021 season will no longer be with the team, but it’s good news.

After consecutive series sweeps, the Ogden Raptors wasted no time putting runs on the board Wednesday in Colorado Springs, leading to an 8-4 win over the Rocky Mountain Vibes in the road series opener.

The Ogden Raptors won again late Monday night, their 13th straight of the 2021 Pioneer Baseball League campaign that saw their record improve to an impressive 14-1.

In a game contested daily, no team can win forever — which felt like the message the Ogden Raptors were learning Sunday evening at Lindquist Field.

The Ogden Raptors gave up the first run of Saturday night's contest against the Grand Junction Rockies. But, beyond that, the home team put together its most complete win yet.

OGDEN — The Ogden Raptors failed to score in an inning just once Friday night, but it came at a time, the seventh inning, when it kept the outcome in doubt.

OGDEN — Starting pitcher Anthony Donatella paired with the Pioneer League's best offense to put away the game early Thursday night at Lindquist Field.

OGDEN — Raul Shah has an economics and finance degree from the prestigious Johns Hopkins University but the native of Baltimore, Maryland, isn't done chasing his baseball dreams.

OGDEN —The Ogden Raptors entered Wednesday with the best record in the Pioneer League at 8-1 and made a splashy player signing official as they opened their first full homestand of the season with a couple thousand fans in the stands, beginning a six-game set with the visiting Grand Junction…

First baseman Owen Taylor batted 6 for 7 and drove in eight runs to lead an Ogden Raptors onslaught Monday afternoon in a marathon 31-11 win over the Great Falls Voyagers to complete a six-game road sweep.

The onslaught of runs that brought the Ogden Raptors a comeback victory Saturday night continued in the early innings Sunday as the Raptors defeated the Great Falls Voyagers 17-10 for their sixth consecutive win.

In the daily game of baseball, sometimes even good teams turn in sleepy performances, face tough pitching, or simply don't have it.

The Ogden Raptors won both games of a Friday doubleheader in Great Falls that finished after midnight Saturday, improving to 5-1 on the young season.

Two big innings fueled the Ogden Raptors in a 17-8 blowout win of the Great Falls Voyagers as the two teams opened their six-game series Thursday night in Great Falls.

Because Sunday's game between the Ogden Raptors and Boise Hawks was washed out by a hailstorm, the two teams played earlier Monday evening for the first of two seven-inning games to complete the series.

OGDEN — The mountain vistas of Ogden overlooked Lindquist Field like sentries, as usual. But finally, on a cool, cloudy, late-spring night, the downtown ballpark was filled with the constant, lively drone that only comes in sports with the pace, atmosphere and feel of baseball.

OGDEN — The Ogden Raptors have not played since Sept. 15, 2019, losing the Pioneer League championship to Idaho Falls in the third and final game of the series at Lindquist Field.

It’s been more than 600 days since the Ogden Raptors professional baseball club has competed in a game.

OGDEN — The Ogden Raptors roster is nearly set and the team is ready to open the gates to the public ahead of the 2021 Pioneer Baseball League season.

OGDEN — For two days at Lindquist Field, baseball players from far, wide, nearby and just down the street tried to earn a spot on the Ogden Raptors baseball team.

Going from decades of Major League Baseball affiliation to independent status has brought many challenges to the Pioneer Baseball League, with funding player and coach salaries being chief among them for teams like the Ogden Raptors.

OGDEN — After 19 months of waiting, there’s only one more month left until Raptors baseball returns to Ogden.

Ogden Raptors team president Dave Baggott has latched onto the phrase “let’s get back to the fun” for his team’s upcoming Pioneer League season that brings baseball back to Ogden after the pandemic pause of 2020, and does so in a new, independent format.

The Ogden Raptors baseball team is scheduled to play at Lindquist Field at 7 p.m. May 22, against the Boise Hawks. Ogden’s manager will be a familiar face to fans.

OGDEN — Despite losing major league affiliation, the Pioneer Baseball League is moving forward to its 2021 season and that materialized more Wednesday when each team of the league's current lineup released their schedules.

Hall of Fame baseball manager Tommy Lasorda died Thursday night of a heart attack at age 93. The former Los Angeles Dodgers skipper won the World Series with his team in 1981 and 1988, and attended in Texas as the Dodgers won the 2020 title less than three months ago.

After much consternation and little information, Major League Baseball broke its silence Monday about long-reported and rumored plans to cut Pioneer League teams, including the Ogden Raptors, out of MLB affiliation.

OGDEN — With the 2020 minor league baseball season canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Ogden Raptors will open the gates at Lindquist Field for two nights this weekend.

OGDEN — After being caught up in turbulence late in 2019, bad news continued Tuesday for fans of Minor League Baseball.

OGDEN — As sports leagues negotiate when and how to return to game action following months of shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Major League Baseball, in particular, is embroiled in a salary spat with its players.

After a pair of reports put a fresh scare into minor league baseball fans Tuesday, negotiations regarding a new Professional Baseball Agreement between Minor League Baseball and Major League Baseball continue to churn along as a few dozen markets wait to see what might become of baseball in …

As the two governing bodies of professional baseball in the United States continue to trade jabs over a contentious proposal to boot 42 minor league teams from major league affiliation, more lawmakers and public officials are joining the fight to keep professionally affiliated baseball in ci…

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced the coaching staffs Wednesday for their minor league affiliate teams for the 2020 season.

For about two months, a proposal to eliminate 42 Minor League Baseball teams from Major League Baseball’s affiliation agreement has simmered on the minds of baseball lovers across the country, including in Ogden.

Minor League Baseball’s Copa de la Diversión series is entering its third season in 2020 and the Ogden Raptors will now be part of the effort, which is meant to include the cultures and values of Hispanic communities around the country.

OGDEN — The Ogden Raptors tried to add one last memory to a season full of milestones Sunday evening, facing the Idaho Falls Chukars in a decisive Game 3 of the Pioneer League Championship Series at Lindquist Field.

OGDEN — The Ogden Raptors have known nothing but tension all week.