Sevierville, Tenn. - Down to his team's last strike with a two-run deficit, Daniel Lockhart faced long odds to extend Thursday's game at Smokies Stadium. The Jackson Generals' center fielder bet on himself, and at the end of an 11-pitch at-bat, he slapped an RBI single to left field, keeping

The Hops began a five game set against the Northwest Leauge North Division leaders, Tri-City Dust Devils. Tyler Badamo made his sixth start in a Hops uniform and first since throwing in the eclipse game in Salem. The Dust Devils sent six foot eight lefty Ben Sheckler to the mound. Tonight,

Austin Filiere's two-out bloop double to left scored Chris Singleton with the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth inning as the Eugene Emeralds defeated the Hillsboro Hops 3-2 in the opener of a three-game series at Ron Tonkin Field Wednesday night.The Hops had tied the game with two

A couple of balls to the backstop provided enough cushion for the Tri-City Dust Devils to win a pretty good pitchers duel.Prized Cuban prospect Osvaldo Hernandez threw six strong innings and the Tri-City bullpen mopped up with three scoreless as the Dust Devils (9-7 second half, 29-25 overall) defeated the

In another intense battle between the two first half champions, Vancouver emerged victorious after an eighth inning surge. Tyler Badamo, a fourth year minor leaguer from New York, made his second start for the Hops in just three days. Badamo loaded the bases in the first but was able to