Brick and Mortar Job
On Thursday night, the Hillsboro Hops defeated the Tri-City Dust Devils 6-1 for their second straight win. The Hops flexed their muscles for five runs in the bottom of the sixth. Spencer Brickhouse and Eduardo Diaz fueled the attack with a solo homer each. Despite getting off to a shaky
On Thursday night, the Hillsboro Hops defeated the Tri-City Dust Devils 6-1 for their second straight win. The Hops flexed their muscles for five runs in the bottom of the sixth.
Despite getting off to a shaky start,
Hillsboro answered back in the bottom of the fourth when Brickhouse (8) blasted a high fly ball over the center field fence to tie the game. Meanwhile, Vernia settled into a groove, pitching scoreless ball over his last four innings. Vernia left after five, allowing just one earned run while striking out four.
For the second game in a row, the Hops delivered a five-run inning. Yesterday, coming out of the gate with a five-run first, but tonight the big inning came in the sixth. With the game still tied at one, Diaz (8) connected on a solo blast to left field -- homering in consecutive games. The Hops continued to apply pressure after
Despite the base running blunders, the Hops continued to tee off on Dust Devils new pitcher Kyle Molnar. Yerzy came home on a wild pitch and
Hillsboro's bullpen was outstanding, pitching shutout ball from the sixth inning on while only allowing one hit.
Hillsboro (33-40) will play a double header against Tri-City (29-45) tomorrow with the first game starting at 5:05 pm. The make-up game is from a rain out between the Hops and Dust Devils back on June 13. Catch all the action on Rip City Radio 620AM and www.RipCityRadio.com with the pregame coverage beginning at 4:50 pm.