Early ripe, early rotten. That’s what it turned out to be for the Emeralds as the Hops came from five runs behind to defeat Eugene 7-5 on Saturday night, June 14, at Hillsboro Ballpark.
After relinquishing five runs in the top half of the second, Hillsboro responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the second, four more runs in the fourth, and two final runs in the sixth en route to a second straight win over the visiting Ems.
Ben McLaughlin and Jackson Feltner had two hits apiece, while seven different Hop players notched an RBI…