Right-handed starter Nico Saltaformaggio is 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA and was named the Pioneer Baseball League’s pitcher of the week for May 26-31.

The Raptors went 2-4 in a home set against the Missoula Paddleheads during the week. Both victories came when Saltaformaggio started, bookending the series with wins Tuesday and Sunday, combining for a 0.64 ERA with 11 strikeouts in 14 innings.

Saltaformaggio went seven innings in each start. In the opener, a 9-3 win, he allowed one unearned run on four hits, striking out four and walking zero. In the Sunday finale, a 17-10 victory, he allowed one earned run on seven hits while striking out seven and walking one.

For the season, he has 18 strikeouts to two walks and allows a 0.90 WHIP (walks and hits per inning).

Meanwhile, Ogden (5-8) won consecutive games for the first time this season by taking the Tuesday opener of a six-game road series at Idaho Falls in a 22-16 marathon of 3 hours and 52 minutes.

The Raptors recovered from an eight-run deficit after starter Ryan Radkey allowed 10 earned runs on eight hits and four walks. Relief pitcher Dylan Gardner eventually got the win, following Radkey with three no-hit innings, allowing one baserunner (a walk) while striking out two.

A Colson Lawrence solo homer in the fifth cut Ogden’s deficit to 10-4 but Gardner’s steady pitching performance helped the Raptors get to the sixth inning and past Idaho Falls (1-11) starter Ian Lanik.

A 10-run sixth began with a hit-by-pitch and two walks with the bases loaded; a two-run double from Lawrence tied the game 10-10 and Chase Valentine tripled with the bases loaded to put Ogden ahead 14-10.

Valentine and first baseman Giuseppe Ferraro-Nahr each drove in five runs for the Raptors. Ferraro-Nahr hit 4 for 4 with a homer and scored four runs. Lawrence hit 4 for 6 with a home run and two doubles.

The Chukars used seven pitchers to get through the week’s first game. The series continues Wednesday through Sunday in Idaho Falls.