What started off on the right foot, ended on the wrong one.
After winning the first two games of their six-game series with the Eugene Emeralds, the Hillsboro Hops dropped the final four contests and in the process, watched as their postseason chances circled the drain.
With their 5-3 loss in the series finale at PK Park in Eugene, the Hops fell eight games behind the first place Ems, and seven games behind Vancouver for the final spot in this year’s playoffs with just 18 games remaining…