Ogden Raptors dominated early in 11-6 home loss to Yuba-Sutter

ISAAC FISHER, Special to the Standard-Examiner
Ogden Raptors first baseman Carter Mize takes a cut at a Yuba-Sutter pitch on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at Lindquist Field in Ogden.The momentum Yuba-Sutter built after falling behind 6-0 on Tuesday continued Wednesday and the Ogden Raptors couldn’t stop it.
Brandon McPherson silenced the Raptors for six innings while the High Wheelers ripped off 11 unanswered runs — good for a 25-4 rally in 12 innings across the two games — and Yuba-Sutter kept pace atop the Pioneer League with an 11-6 victory over Ogden on Wednesday night at Lindquist Field.
McPherson, who aced for Billings in 2023 and followed Mustangs manager Billy Horton to California with the High Wheelers, was scintillating through six innings. He allowed zero runs on three hits, striking out nine and walking zero, and his team led 11-0 when he took the mound in the bottom of the seventh.
True Fontenot singled for his team’s fourth hit and Denver Blinn drew a walk. Ogden outfielder Kenny Oyama cashed in to break the shutout with an RBI double that ended McPherson’s night.
Two batters later, Cole Jordan hit a grand slam against Yuba-Sutter’s Sam Drumheller to make it 11-5.
Chris Sargent singled home Jordan in the ninth for the final tally but the Raptors (3-5) didn’t threaten to rally.
The High Wheelers (7-1) scored four in the first against Ogden starter Chase Chatman and four more in the fourth against reliever Nico Saltaformaggio. Yuba-Sutter tagged Brayden Bonner with three unearned runs — a Bobby Lada RBI double and a Cuba Bess two-run homer — to get the visitors ahead 11-0 at the seventh-inning stretch.
Ogden’s Jordan and Yuba-Sutter’s Bess each had four RBIs.
The two teams play again at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.