Jack Cone and Nick Ultsch led a parade of five homers and 10 extra-base hits for Ogden, Rafael Vazquez keyed another excellent pitching night, and the Raptors defeated the Boise Hawks 16-1 on Saturday night at Lindquist Field.

Vazquez allowed one unearned run on five hits, striking out seven and walking one over six innings for a mound victory.

Two Utah relievers in Carson Angeroth (Cottonwood High School, Utah Tech) and Shawn Triplett (Providence/Ridgeline High School) brought it the rest of the way. Angeroth allowed one baserunner in two innings, striking out one. Triplett threw a 1-2-3 ninth.

The three pitchers combined to walk one batter; Ogden hurlers have issued just four walks in the last 27 innings, and only two in the last 20 innings.

Meanwhile, the Raptors (16-19) mashed at the plate. Ogden had six-run innings in the second and the fifth.

Ultsch hit a grand slam in the second and Connor Bagnieski a solo shot to get things going. Raymond Gil hit a solo homer in the fourth, Chris Sargent a two-run dinger in the fifth, and Cone finished things off with a three-run blast in the sixth.

Cone homered, doubled and drove in six. Ultsch was 3 for 5 with his homer, a double and five RBIs. Gil (3 for 3) and Pearce Howard also doubled, and Bagnieski added a triple.

Boise (20-15) starter Robert Dudzinksi took the loss, allowing six runs in 2 1/3 innings.

The Hawks’ run came in the fifth when DJ Poteet scored on a sacrifice fly that would’ve been the third out of the inning if not for an error earlier in the frame.

Ogden goes for a series win at 2 p.m. Sunday.

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