Barrosa drove in all of the Hillsboro Hops two runs to beat the Boise Hawks 2-1. Jorge Barrosa wasn’t everywhere on the field. Just those places and times he was needed. Star Wars Night Tonight was the annual Star Wars night at Ron Tonkin Field. Among the festivities, we got to see a miniature […]
Rickey Martinez came back to the lineup almost a week after injuring his foot in practice. Working on a three-game losing streak, the Hillsboro Hops welcomed him back to the head of the lineup. Going 3 for 3, Martinez helped lead the 6-0 victory over the Boise Hawks. Foul Ball Rickey Martinez took a mighty […]
Yorvis Torrealba ended up a home run short of the cycle but he did just about everything else including scoring the go ahead run as the Boise Hawks defeated the Hillsboro Hops 2-1. Torrealba did have plenty of help from his teammates as well as a lock down pitching staff. Mound Control Both sides started […]
This time, it was the Hops given a taste of their own medicine by the Boise Hawks, 6-3. Instead of the Hillsboro Hops jumping out from the starting gate, it was the Hawks who took a 6-0 lead before the visitors could reach the scoreboard. Hawks Strike First Ezequial Tovar singled home Bladimir Restituyo in […]
Hillsboro? We have lift off. The Hops leave the Boise Hawks behind 12-3 as they launched in the first and second inning while scoring eleven runs. Afterwards, the Hawks needed a telescope to find their visitors. But, as usual lately, the Hops had to stave off a rally, though mild, in the late innings. Boise […]
The Ricky Martinez grab will be talked about for quite a while. With two runners in scoring position and two outs in the bottom of the ninth, the play was set up for an exciting victory. But, the question remained: which team would get the win? The answer would be the Hillsboro Hops over the […]
Kristian Robinson led the way as the Hillsboro Hops took a page from their win Saturday night instead of Sunday’s loss. The Hops batters swung hard and often leaving the Boise Hawks behind in their dust, 8-2. Magic Inning Like Saturday’s game, there was one inning that everything went right for the home team. The […]
The Hillsboro Hops, after scoring eleven runs the night before, couldn’t get on the scoreboard against Frederis Parra and the Boise Hawks. The Boise mound held the Hops to just four hits and only one extra base hit. The closest the Hops came to coming home was when Tristan English led off the seventh with […]
Tristin English blasted his first career pro homer in the fifth as a part of getting the frustration out of their system. English’ lead off homer over the right field fence was the first of ten Hops batters rounding the order. But, there were plenty of heroes at the plate and on the mound that […]
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 […]
