HILLSBORO, OR – The Canadians could not secure their first series win since mid-April on Sunday, falling 10-2 to the Hillsboro Hops (AZ) at Hops Ballpark to wrap their nine-game road trip and the season set between these two clubs.
The Hops got to starter Silvano Hechavarria (L, 0-3) in the first, plating three runs with just one hit but aided but two walks, two hit batters and a balk. Alexis Hernandez uncorked a lead-off solo shot in the second to cut the deficit to two before Hillsboro responded with two more runs in the second to go up 5-1.
Things didn’t get any better from there. After Hechavarria left in the second, the Hops would get to the C’s pen for a run in the fourth and three in the fifth to race out to a 9-1 advantage before the Canadians used a lead-off double from Ryan Sprock, a fly out that advanced the runner and an RB( groundout from Jake Casey to pull within seven.