Geraldo Perdomo took advantage of being hit by a pitch to score the eventual winning run in an inning filled with mistakes. Leading off the top of the seventh, Perdomo took first and came home on an LT Tolbert RBI double. It became the winning run to keep the Hillsboro Hops ahead of the Boise […]
West Tunnell came on in the seventh inning and locked down the visiting Boise Hawks for the save. Allowing one hit and no score for Hawks, the Hillsboro Hops went on to win 5-2 to take the three game series 2-1.the The Hops bats erupted in the first inning with all they would need for […]
The new guy did it. New to the Hops, LT Tolbert arrived on a plane to join his new team in Hillsboro earlier in the day. Little did anyone know, LT would be the key in dispatching the Boise Hawks in a walk-off win that evening. In the bottom of the tenth, Lt stepped up […]
The Boise Hawks jumped out to an early 3-0 lead and kept a step ahead the rest of the game. The Hillsboro Hops managed to get within one run at 3-2 but could never even the score. After LJ Hatch led off the top of the fifth and subsequently scored on Luke Morgan’s ground out, […]
The Boise Hawks doubled down on the Hillsboro Hops in the tenth inning when Hawks Aubrey McCarty and Hidekel Gonzalez notched two runs on the board with back to back doubles. Daniel Jipping started the inning at second base and scored the first run. The win gave the visiting team the three-game series at 2-1 […]
The Hillsboro Hops got back on the winning track with a familiar course for them lately. Tonight’s one-run walk-off win came against the Boise Hawks in the tenth inning when Jorge Perez singled. Walking up to the plate, Jorge sent the two RBI, game-winning single that brought home Jake McCarthy home to tie the game […]
The Hillsboro Hops got back on the winning track with a familiar course for them lately. Tonight’s one-run walk-off win came against the Boise Hawks in the tenth inning when Jorge Perez singled. Walking up to the plate, Jorge sent the two RBI, game-winning single that brought home Jake McCarthy home to tie the game […]
Pitching again ruled the roost for most of the innings but the bats came alive in small spurts throughout the game. The Hillsboro Hops grabbed an early 1-0 lead and held it until the midgame. Then, it was the Boise Hawks who scored twice on Luke Morgan’s homer to take the lead. Despite the two […]
It was the alert base running of Jake McCarthy and his opportunistic scoring of the go ahead run in the eighth that led to the Hillsboro Hops taking the final game of the series, 6-5. Jake opened the inning with a bunt and Boise catcher Hidekel Gonzalez’ throwing error to first. A wild pitch by […]
It took them a day to settle into their comfort zone in Boise but the Hillsboro Hops handled the host Boise Hawks comfortably with Ryan Tufts help, 7-2. Jose Caballero was another strong contributor to the win. Ryan Tufts Returns to Hops Power was the keyword for the day as the Hops showered the field […]
The Boise Hawks built up a 7-0 lead while the Hillsboro Hops watched. Then, the Hawks watched as the Hops almost caught up to them, 7-5. The Hops were able to out hit the host team, 12-8. Hillsboro had more extra base hits, 4-3. The visitors even struck out less, 8-12. However, the road team […]
The Hillsboro Hops failed to pack a punch in their luggage for their final game of the season. The Hops lost to the host Boise Hawks 5-0. Behind their starting pitcher, Alec Byrd (W, 4-1), the Hawks kept the Hops bats away from home plate only giving up four hits during the game. After Byrd’s […]
The Hillsboro Hops eliminated the Boise Hawks with their win over the home team Saturday night, 14-7. Whenever the Hawks would score, the Hops would double it and increase their lead. By the time the dust settled, the Hops were on top of the mountain. Eugene still has a chance to reach them at the […]
The Boise Hawks defeated the Hillsboro Hops 3-2 on a night where the game took second place to the forest fires burning several miles away. In the fourth inning, with sunlight remaining, smoke was becoming visible past center field within sight of those attending the game. As the sky darkened with the coming night, flames […]
The Hillsboro Hops avoided extra innings with a walk off home run by Drew Ellis in the ninth to beat the Boise Hawks 2-1. The game winning shot came on the third pitch of the bottom of the ninth with no outs on a 1-1 count to the Hops’ third baseman. As soon as it […]
The Hillsboro Hops blasted open a tight game to leave the Boise Hawks behind 7-1 for the victory Thursday night. A hustle-filled defensive play to start the game proved to be an omen when Hops second baseman Ryan Grotjohn speared a grounder up the middle with an amazing grab and wheeled around in a blink […]
The Hillsboro Hops struggled at the plate and fell to the visiting Boise Hawks, 5-1. Starting pitcher Ryan Luna (W, 5-4) went six innings giving up the lone Hops run on three hits. Luna came within three batters of a perfect game. The no-hitter was given up on Bryan Araiza’s double in the fifth with […]
The Hillsboro Hops did it again. Thursday night was not an echo of Wednesday nor a mirror image of the past. Yet, it was still the Hops over the Boise Hawks, 6-1, again. The Hops slowly built a lead through out eight innings before Boise got on the board with a Hidekel Gonzalez solo shot […]
The Hillsboro Hops used a four-run seventh inning to put the game enough out of reach for the win over the host Boise Hawks, 6-1. Before that, it was nip and tuck with starting Hops pitcher Connor Grey (W, 6-2) maintaining control over a tight game. JB Moss started the bottom of the first with […]
The Hillsboro Hops scored five runs in the eighth to come from behind and held off the host Boise Hawks to win 8-6 in the opening game of this three-game series. Boise had the tying run at first base in the bottom of the ninth with one out. Closer Erbert Gonzalez (S, 7) struck out […]
The Boise Hawks staked a quick 1-0 lead before the Hillsboro Hops jumped over them and held on for the win, 3-1. The main reason was the team effort of the Hops pitching staff. Matt Koch (W, 1-0) started for the second time during his rehab assignment and is showing no wear or tear on […]
The Hillsboro Hops made up for lost time and took their frustrations of the last couple of games out at the plate when they left the Boise Hawks behind, 11-3. It was the sixth inning that brought the release. Up until that point, the game was a close one between the two teams that never […]
The Boise Hawks came to town and handed the Hillsboro Hops a 5-1 defeat. At first, the reasons for the loss seem undefinable. Both teams appeared to be close in performance. The Hawks had six hits to the Hops four. Boise had only three more plate appearances than Hillsboro. So, what could explain the decisive […]
The Hillsboro Hops blasted to an 8-0 lead in just the second inning but had to add more to defeat the Boise Hawks 11-8. In doing so, the Hops have clinched a playoff berth for the third year in a row. While they are still two games in back of the South Division leading Eugene […]
The Hillsboro Hops took control from the mound and the plate, crushing the Boise Hawks 7-1. The Hops did it with eight hits and three walks from the plate along with thirteen strikeouts from the pitching staff. Mack Lemieux (W, 1-2) started and kept the Hawks scoreless through five innings allowing only two hits for […]
For the second time in nine days, the Hillsboro Hops take a closely fought game into extra innings only to lose by multiple runs in the tenth, this time to the Boise Hawks, 7-4. Instead of a grand slam homer that crushed the Hops on the 17th, the Hawks scored three runs the old fashioned […]
The Boise Hawks Willie Abreu stepped to the plate in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded and one out with the winning run on second base. The Hillsboro Hops All Star Jake Winston had taken the mound at the beginning of the inning. Abreu struck a hard grounder to short and the […]
The Hillsboro Hops led 8-0 before the Boise Hawks scored their first run in the sixth. After scoring five runs of their own, the Hawks fell to the Hops, 9-5. Jason Morozowski and Mark Karaviotis both hit home runs for the winning team while six different Hops batters hit a double. The team itself would […]
The Boise Hawks held onto a slim lead and outlasted the Hillsboro Hops 5-2 for the win. The Hawks took the lead in the second and held on for the rest of the way. First, Willie Abreu tripled and came home on Wesley Jones’ single to tie the game. Jones moved over to second with […]
You can’t win them all. After taking the first two games of the series, the Boise Hawks woke up and took their frustrations out on the Hillsboro Hops 9-3. Taking the lead early, the Hawks limited the Hops same way Hillsboro had limited Boise the previous two nights. Steven Linkous starting the scoring for the […]
