A three-run ninth tied the game 4-4 after regulation, then Ogden won the tiebreaking Knockout Round for the win to beat the Voyagers.

Few details were available about the Knockout Round; the Pioneer League’s scoring and web service does not seem to have a way for teams to record Knockout information into box scores. The Raptors posted on Instagram that Chris Sargent was the winning batter for Ogden in the Knockout’s first round. The Voyagers posted on Instagram they had lost.

It was a rare Knockout win for Ogden; the Raptors are 1-1 in KO rounds this season.

Great Falls (23-46, 7-14 second half) did all its damage early against Ogden (31-38, 9-12) starter Mitchell Stone. The right-hander allowed six hits and issued four walks, allowing four earned runs in 3 2/3 innings.

All 17 hits in Thursday’s game were singles, and catcher Antonio Fernandez’s two-RBI single in the second got things going for the Voyagers.

The Raptors loaded the bases with one out in the fifth; Connor Bagnieski’s sacrifice fly broke the shutout, scoring Chris Sargent, but Pearce Howard struck out to end the threat. That was the only run GF starter Nate Madej allowed, pitching around five walks and allowing four hits in five innings.

In the ninth, Ogden got singles from Cole Jordan, Sargent and Nick Ultsch to load the bases against reliever Braden Forsyth. Bagnieski again drove in a run on an out, grounding out to second.

With two outs, Howard made up for his fifth-inning strikeout with a single to right field, tying the game 4-4. With Howard on second, Elliott Good grounded out to end the frame.

It wasn’t gravy from there: Dylan Matsuoka took the mound for Ogden and issued a leadoff walk to Xane Washington to open the bottom of the ninth. After a cat-and-mouse game with the runner on first and a strikeout, Washington stole second.

Matsuoka walked Jack Lynch but got Voyagers third baseman Oscar Serratos Jr. grounded into a double play to end regulation.

The two teams play again at 7 p.m. Friday.