The Hillsboro Hops won an epic 7-6 battle against the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes on Saturday evening at Ron Tonkin Field. The Volcanoes took an early commanding lead, but the Hops did not falter as they fought back twice to overcome their division rivals. Hillsboro is fighting for the second playoff spot

It's not a playoff series, but the Hops seem to be infected by their recent Eugene postseason curse.Luis Vazquez ripped a two-out RBI ground rule double to right field to score Caleb Knight with the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Eugene Emeralds needed just two hits to

Wilfry cruised, Davis got off the Schneid and the Hillsboro Hops capitalized on Vancouver mistakes while surviving a bullpen collapse.Steven Leyton went 4-for-5 and hit his second home run of the season and Jose Cuas steadied a shaky Hillsboro bullpen, recording the final four outs for his third save as

KEIZER, ORE. --- Salem-Keizer scored twice in the first inning and led throughout en route to a 4-2 win over the Hillsboro Hops on Thursday night at Volcanoes Stadium. Hillsboro (8-6) is now one game behind first-place Salem Keizer (9-5) in the Northwest League's South Division.The Volcanoes' first-inning runs came

BOISE, IDAHO --- On Thursday afternoon, Hops right-hander Matt Tabor was named to the Northwest League postseason all-star team. Two hours later, he showed why.Tabor tossed five innings, allowing five hits and two runs to earn his second victory of the season in a 5-2 Hops win at Boise Memorial