AMARILLO, Texas (April 19, 2024) – Playing as the best alternate identity in baseball for the first time in the new season, the Amarillo Calf Fries dropped their first extra innings game of 2024. The bats powered the offense in the early going but went cold as the temperature dropped

Amarillo, Texas (September 14, 2023) – Amarillo earned their 75th victory of the season behind a quality start from Amarillo left-hander Yu-Min Lin. Lin Matched his career-high for innings while Seth Beer delivered the only two runs Amarillo would need to take down the RoughRiders on Thursday night. Scoreless through

Little Rock, Arkansas (September 6, 2023) – The Sod Poodles fell into an early deficit and were unable to climb back as the Arkansas Travelers secured the 15-3 game-two win in Little Rock. Amarillo was paced by four players who each recorded multi-hit efforts to go along with 14 strikeouts

Little Rock, Arkansas (September 5, 2023) – The Amarillo Sod Poodles got the better of the Arkansas Travelers in game one of their series from Dickey-Stephens Park. After falling behind, Amarillo scored two runs in the top of the fourth, all they would need thanks to a combined pitching performance

Amarillo, Texas (September 3, 2023) – The Sod Poodles earned a series win on Sunday, taking four of the six games against the Midland RockHounds for the week. After falling behind in the series after Thursday, Amarillo rattled off three straight wins outscoring the RockHounds 33-11 over the final three

Amarillo, Texas (August 29, 2023) – Leading by three after the bottom of the first and then trailing by three after the top of the seventh, the Sod Poodles stormed back with four unanswered runs to take game one of the series over Midland. A.J. Vukovich helped to secure the

San Antonio, Texas (August 22, 2023) – The Sod Poodles began a six-game series in San Antonio on Tuesday night against the San Diego Padres Double-A ball club. Amarillo had the offense going early, scoring six of the first eight runs combined in the game. The Missions would plate six

Amarillo, Texas (August 20, 2023) – Earlier today, Minor League Baseball named Sod Poodles outfielder Neyfy Castillo Texas League Player of the Week for August 14-20. The outfielder went 11-for-23 (.478) with four home runs, two doubles, a triple, 14 RBI, nine runs scored, and drew two walks against the

Amarillo, Texas (August 20, 2023) – Amarillo once again jumped out to an early lead over the Arkansas Travelers and this time went wire-to-wire to close out the series with a 7-5 win. Tim Tawa and Neyfy Castillo each homered to cap excellent weeks at the plate while the Sod

Amarillo, Texas (August 18, 2023) – The Sod Poodles trailed the Arkansas Travelers for most of the Friday night clash. Some clutch two-out hitting in the eighth and a shutdown performance by the Amarillo bullpen over the final four innings allowed the Sod Poodles to take game four of the

Amarillo, Texas (August 16, 2023) – Los Pointy Boots de Amarillo exploded for a season-high 17 runs on 15 hits to take control of the series against Arkansas on Wednesday night. All nine in the Amarillo order recorded hits and scored with seven of the nine crossing the plate multiple

Amarillo, Texas (August 15, 2023) – Amarillo and Arkansas began their series with seven combined home runs, including Neyfy Castillo's second career grand slam on Tuesday night. The Sod Poodles built a five-run lead after the fifth and were able to outlast the Travs in the later innings. Conor Grammes

Amarillo, Texas (August 1, 2023) – Amarillo extended their lead in the South Division to two games after taking game one of the series against the Corpus Christi Hooks on Tuesday night. Corpus entered the series as the hottest team in the Texas League, winning 11 of their previous 13

Midland, Texas (July 28, 2023) – The Amarillo Sod Poodles dropped their Friday night game against the Midland RockHounds by a final of 10-9. The Sod Poodles jumped out to an early lead but were unable to halt a late push by their Oil Pan Cup Rivals. Amarillo starter Yu-Min

Amarillo, Texas (July 18, 2023) – The Amarillo Sod Poodles welcomed the visiting Wichita Wind Surge with a combined 17 runs and 26 hits in game one of the series. Prior to Tuesday night's series opener, the Wind Surge hadn't visited HODGETOWN since the 2021 season. Wichita struck first, plating

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

Everett, WA (August 6, 2022) – One of the best offensive performances of the season came at Funko Field on Saturday, as the Hops scored 13 runs on 18 hits. Caleb Roberts, Ryan Bliss and Neyfy Castillo all hit two-run home runs, A.J. Vukovich and Deyvison De Los Santos both

Eugene, OR (July 29, 2022) – Jamison Hill had a career night and cemented his name in the Hillsboro Hops record book, striking out 13 hitters, the most ever by a Hop pitcher. Hill also recorded 10 consecutive outs via the strikeout and tied the Northwest League record by striking

Eugene, OR (July 27, 2022) – An early hole was too much for the Hops to overcome on Wednesday, as the Emeralds got all five of their hits and runs of the game in the third inning. Luis Toribio hit his second homer in as many days and has now

Hillsboro, OR (June 26, 2022) – The Hops’ bats came alive in game six of the series, as they got eight runs on 13 hits. Eight-of-nine Hillsboro batters got a hit in the game, with five players getting two hits (Bliss, Del Castillo, English, Coursey and Semones). Brent Teller picked

Hillsboro, OR (June 9, 2022) – The Everett AquaSox continued their success over the Hops on Thursday, extending their win-streak against Hillsboro to eight games. Neyfy Castillo was responsible for the lone run allowed by Everett starter, Bryce Miller, a solo home run in his first game back from the

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

Spokane, WA (April 22, 2022) - Tim Tawa got the start in center field today, with Jorge Barrosa being promoted to AA Amarillo after yesterday’s game. Tawa hit his team leading third home run of the year, with Neyfy Castillo also hitting a solo home run. Hillsboro scored runs in

Spokane, WA (April 21, 2022) - After being shut out for the third time this season on Wednesday, Hillsboro came out of the gates hot scoring runs in both the first and second innings. Hops starter Jamison Hill had a no-hitter going into the fifth inning with two outs, but

Spokane, WA (April 20th, 2022) - Wednesday’s game at Avista Stadium featured a pitching duel between two 6’2” right handers, Ross Carver for Hillsboro and Mike Ruff for Spokane. Carver threw 5.2 innings, giving up five hits and two earned runs, while striking out three. Ruff threw six innings, giving