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

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.

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

After being bamboozled by bullpens the last three nights, a trio of Hillsboro Hops relievers spun some magic of their own Thursday night against Eugene.Kyler Stout, Trevor McKenna and Wesley Rodriguez combined to pitch five scoreless, one-hit innings as the Hops blanked the Emeralds 4-0 at Ron Tonkin Field, snapping