Francis Martinez set all sorts of personal records Wednesday night.The Arizona first-base prospect went 5-for-5 with a pair of homers and a career-high five RBIs before Rookie Advanced Missoula dropped an 8-7 decision to Idaho Falls at Melaleuca Field. He fell a triple shy of the cycle in the first

Boise, Idaho --- The Hillsboro Hops aren't used to being on this end of things. Entering Wednesday's series opener at Memorial Stadium, Hillsboro was 8-1 in extra-inning games, and 8-1 in walkoffs. However, it was the Boise Hawks who walked off with a 10-inning, 4-3 victory. Boise remains three games

The Hillsboro Hops are on a historic run, winning nearly every game of one of the longest road trips in their history.Hillsboro built an early 5-0 lead and held on for a 6-4 win at Salem-Keizer Friday night, their seventh win in nine days away from Ron Tonkin Field.

No ninth inning heroics necessary this time.The Hillsboro Hops (7-3 first half, 31-17 overall) overcame an early 4-2 deficit with five unanswered runs in a 7-4 win over the Vancouver Canadians (5-5, 24-24) in game two of their five-game series Thursday night in front of 3,004 at Ron Tonkin Field.

In a battle between teams that have won five of the last six Northwest League titles, the five-game series between Hillsboro and Vancouver began with a flurry of ninth-inning fireworks.The finale belonged to the Hops (6-3 first half, 30-17 overall) as WIll Gorman answered Otto Lopez's go-ahead three-run homer in

Hops newcomer L.T. Tolbert's first Hillsboro hit was a single back up the middle in the 10th inning to score Keshawn Lynch and Jorge Perez with the game-winning runs in a 5-4 walk-off win over the Boise Hawks (1-1 second half, 22-18 overall) Wednesday night at Ron Tonkin Field.With the

Hillsboro's 20th win and third walk-off win of the season comes in captivating fashion. In the third of five games with Tri-City, the Hillsboro Hops and Dust Devils played into extra innings, with the Hops emerging as 5-4 victors.

EUGENE, ORE. --- Hard work and preparation pay off. With the Hops slated to face tough sinkerballer Ryan Williams on Monday night at P.K. Park, Hillsboro hitting coach Micah Franklin broke out the pitching machine for pregame batting practice. The machine was set to throw sinker after sinker, and the

KEIZER, ORE. ---- The Hillsboro Hops withstood a two-run ninth-inning rally by Salem-Keizer to beat the Volcanoes 6-5 on Friday night at Volcanoes Stadium. The win moves first-place Hillsboro two games up on second-place Salem-Keizer with 16 games remaining in the first-half pennant race. It also secures the tie-breaker for

Hillsboro honored Canada Day on Sunday by serenading their 19-year old, Toronto-born catcher Andy Yerzy with his country's national anthem during his plate appearances. On Monday, they celebrated the man himself with a cloud of baby powder and a mob scene at second base.For the second time in three days,

Even with thirty feet of netting above the right field fence protecting them from flying spheres, the pooches who roam the park across Century Boulevard from Ron Tonkin Field better not get too comfortable.Hillsboro first baseman Francis Martinez rocketed a home run over that netting in the second inning, one

EVERETT, WASH. --- Hillsboro Hops center fielder Tra (pronounced "trey") Holmes hit a go-ahead double in the top of the eighth inning on Sunday evening at Everett Memorial Stadium, scoring Ryan Dobson and putting Hillsboro up 3-2. Wesley Rodriguez pitched around a single and an error in the bottom of

The few remaining Everett fans got to watch a fireworks show following Saturday night's game against Hillsboro. It was the Hops that delivered an explosive payload in the top of the first inning.Hillsboro sent 15 men to the plate and plated 12 runs in the first inning, setting a team

The Hillsboro Hops appeared to be in midseason form Friday night.Kenny Hernandez pitched five shutout innings, supported by an early five-run cushion and the Hops played virtually mistake-free in a 5-2 victory over the Everett AquaSox in the Northwest League opener for both teams.

Hillsboro, OR (June 12, 2018) - The Hillsboro Hops (@HillsboroHops) released their Opening Day roster on Tuesday. The announcement was made by the Hops in conjunction with their parent club, the Arizona Diamondbacks.The 27-man roster features six players who were with the club during last year's run to the Northwest