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Show HILLTOP TIMES TPIME S H Aug. 16, 2012 At left, Bruce Williams, 419th Logistics Readiness Squadron, sings the national anthem as the rain begins to fall. The game was called Aug. 10 due to rain and play resumed on Saturday as the first of a doubleheader. The Top of Utah Military Affairs Committee sponsored a military appreciation night in conjunction with the Raptors for the game against the Grand Junction Rockies. Below, Tyler Ogle slides into homeplate for the game winning run in the bottom of the ninth. ALEX R. LLOYD U.S. Air Force RAPTORS From page 1 header at Lindquist Field. The Raptors came into the bottom of the ninth trailing by one after Dahl's go-ahead single in the top of the inning. Jeremy Rathjen singled to lead off the inning, and Tyler Ogle's two-out hit set the stage for Boudreaux, who slapped a two-strike pitch into the right-field corner. Boudreaux may have had the game winner, but the night belonged to Seager. The shortstop, who was the 18th overall pick in this year's draft 4 eight spots behind Dahl 4 knocked in three runs and scored four more in one of his best professional performances. Seager has been on a tear of late and has multiple hits in five of his last six games, raising his batting average to .314. In the same span, he has hit all four homers of his season. The game, which was suspended due to rain on Friday night, resumed with two out and two on in the top of the first, and the Rockies immediately pushed across three runs in the inning, which technically took just under 23 hours to complete. Kazuki Nishijima replaced last night's starting pitcher Ross Striping once play was resumed and was mostly ineffective. The lefthander allowed two of Stripling's inherited runners to score and gave up two of his own in 31 innings. Jeff Popick and Julian Yan both hit homers for the Rockies. The Raptors wore special camouflage jerseys in support of the U.S. armed forces. It was Military Appreciation Night, sponsored in part by the Top of Utah Military Affairs Committee. After a 30-minute break, the teams met again at Linduist Field for a seven-inning game, a late game. PERS / DATA Nom IOU WIMPUICI PIK I LOVE TliTINi AU It 3 It C fll WEsnAhrj ,. aimma 679-0661 801-627-1110 .4va sill Above, Raptors employees pull out the tarps to cover the field when the game was called for rain on Aug. 10. Above right, the Hill AFB Honor Guard marches onto the field with the flag on Aug. 10. At right, the Raptors rush Justin Boudreaux to congratulate him for his two out, two run single which resulted in the Raptors win. Fans showed their appreciation as the Raptors won. |