What better way for the Hillsboro Hops to end the regular season than by winning a game in the same fashion they have won so many before?Playing just his third game in Hillsboro, Othello, Washington native David Garza led off the ninth inning with a tiebreaking solo home run to

Thought lost for the season after the opening game of the year, it's hard to imagine the Hillsboro Hops being where they are right now, which is way out in front of the pack in the Northwest League, without the services of Will Gorman.Gorman drove in four runs and was

It was an embarrassment of Richan for the Hillsboro Hops at Eugene's PK Park Thursday night.Paul Richan, the Chicago Cubs' second-round draft pick out the University Of San Diego, threw four perfect innings with five strikeouts, setting the tone for the Emeralds in a 2-1 win over the Hops (13-8

Relying on pitching and defense for three days out of the All-Star break, the Hillsboro Hops broke out of a hitting slump with an explosive sixth inning.The Hops' dormant bats came alive with a six-run, six-hit outburst in the sixth inning on the way to a 8-5 win at Tri-City.

When Jake Brodt walks into a bar, his first words must be, "Make mine a double."Brodt drove in the go-ahead runs in the sixth inning with a two-run double, his seventh of the series and McGregory Contreras hit a 2-RBI triple in a three-run second inning and added an RBI

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

SPOKANE, WASH. --- Will Gorman is a gamer. One night after returning to the Hops following a 44-day absence --- he was struck in the mouth by a fastball on Opening Night in Everett, causing multiple facial fractures --- Gorman collected four singles, knocked home two and scored two in

SPOKANE, WASH. --- Ardent Spokane Indians fans had to be thinking "here we go again," when they saw Will Gorman's mammoth drive down the right field line with two down in the top of the 9th on Sunday at Avista Stadium. After all, Spokane was 0-7 against the Hops in