Triple-A baseball. The final hurdle on the road to the Majors. A blend of up-and-coming prospects and veteran players looking for one last shot at glory in the bigs. There isn't another step on the ladder ... the next stop is the promised land. The blend of old and young

Just think of some of the big numbers put up in the Minors this year -- 40 homers, 104 stolen bases, 202 strikeouts -- and they’re just the tip of the iceberg. Terrific performances came in a variety of shapes and sizes during the 2024 Minor League season. To celebrate

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Midland, Texas (June 8, 2023) – Amarillo ran away from Midland in the later innings to win their third straight over their Oil Pan Cup rivals. Entering the seventh inning up by just a run, the Sod Poodles exploded for eight runs in the last three innings and collected 18

Amarillo, Texas (June 1, 2023) – The Amarillo Sod Poodles secured both games of their twin bill versus the Springfield Cardinals and extended their win streak to five games. Game one saw the Amarillo bats tie their season high of 18 hits and 13 runs scored in a 13-8 victory.

Corpus Christi, Texas (May 7, 2023) – The Amarillo Sod Poodles dropped their finale on Sunday, 5-4, and suffered their first series loss of 2023. Amarillo's bullpen dominated the show but the bats were unable to recover from the deficit in time. The Soddies fashioned an early lead in the

Springdale, Arkansas (April 19, 2023) – The Amarillo Sod Poodles came out on top in their first win of their six-game set on Wednesday night, topping the Naturals, 5-0. The Soddies' bullpen built off of RHP Bryce Jarvis' strong start who held the Naturals hitless through 5.0 innings. Jarvis started

Frisco, Texas – The Amarillo Sod Poodles (0-1) dropped the opening game of the 2023 campaign to the defending Texas League Champions, the Frisco RoughRiders on Thursday night. The Sod Poodles clawed their way back from an early deficit before a six-run bottom of the fifth inning capped the scoring

Hillsboro, OR (August 30, 2022) – The Hillsboro Hops took the first game of the final home series of 2022 in dramatic fashion. Diamondbacks’ 2021 second round pick from the University of Miami, Adrian Del Castillo, capped off his three-hit night with a walk-off single in the ninth. The Hops

Hillsboro, OR (June 10, 2022) – The longest losing streak of 2022 has reached six-games for the Hillsboro Hops. Everett didn’t have a run until the sixth inning where they broke the game open with six runs. Adrian Del Castillo had a big game at the plate, with a home

Pictured above is Hillsboro Strength & Conditioning Coach, David Robertson, a military veteran who threw out the ceremonial first pitch on Salute to Service Night. Hillsboro, OR (June 7, 2022) – The Hops were looking to improve their 5-1 home record this year against Everett, but couldn’t get past the

Hillsboro, OR (May 15th, 2022) - The Hops walked it off for the sixth time this season at Ron Tonkin Field, as they take five-of-six from the Spokane Indians. Spokane came into the series in sole possession of first place and with one game still pending today, Hillsboro will be

Eugene, OR (May 6th, 2022) - After yesterday's game was rained out, the Hops were back in action at PK Park on Friday. Ross Carver made his fourth career start and threw the best outing of his career. Carver struck out 10 in five innings of work, giving up no

Hillsboro, OR (April 27th, 2022) - Tim Tawa was the offensive star again for the Hops on Wednesday night, going four-for-five, with three runs scored. The top three hitters in the Hops lineup (Tawa, Vukovich and Del Castillo), all recorded two or more hits in the game. In Hillsboro's last

Hillsboro, OR (April 12, 2022)- Hillsboro wins their first game of the season 4-3 after five AquaSox errors and a Cam Coursey walk-off double in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Everett five errors tie the most ever by a Hops' opponent at Ron Tonkin Field (Everett 6/29/17). The