Hops Hit Parade Evens Series
A no-hitter, flawless defense and a multitude of hits normally means an easy win. Nothing has been easy in this five-game series at Spokane for the Hillsboro Hops.Tyler Keele took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and the Hops pounded out 18 hits against three Spokane pitchers in an 8-2
A no-hitter, flawless defense and a multitude of hits normally means an easy win. Nothing has been easy in this five-game series at Spokane for the Hillsboro Hops.
Keele retired the first 14 hitters he faced before hitting back-to-back batters with two outs in the fifth inning. No-hitter still intact in the sixth,
Keele allowed just two hits over seven innings pitched, the second a leadoff home run by Spokane's
The Hops had hits in every inning except the eighth. THey had multiple hits in six conscecutive innings and put runners in scoring position in all but two innings. Yet they were clinging to a 3-0 lead when Drew Ellis led off the seventh with his first professional home run to left field off Spokane reliever
The Hops finally breathed a sigh of relief after the four-run inning gave them a 7-0 lead. But after Cordero's homer put the Indians on the board, they loaded the bases with none out in the eighth inning after reliever
The game also featured the first professional home run Arizona Diamondbacks ninth-rounder Camden Duzenack (Dallas Baptist), who led off the ninth with a towering bomb to left center for the Hops' final run. Duzenack had four hits, drove in three and scored three runs, adding a double in the sixth inning.
The Hops close out the series Monday night with