NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR (September 6, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (67-64) defeated the Arkansas Travelers (66-65), 6-5, in 13 innings on Saturday night at Dickey-Stephens Park. A back-and-forth late inning battle ultimately fell in Amarillo’s favor, snapping a seven-game losing streak. Both sides were held scoreless through the

AMARILLO, TX (August 29, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (66-58) fell to the Northwest Arkansas Naturals (62-62), 8-7, on Friday night at HODGETOWN. Five home runs were hit between both sides, but the Naturals evened the series at two games apiece, fending off a Sod Poodle comeback attempt. Javier

SAN ANTONIO, TX (August 23, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (63-56) defeated the San Antonio Missions (58-61), 2-0, on Saturday night at Nelson W. Wolff Stadium. Only two runs were needed in the pitcher’s duel to put Amarillo back in the win column to maintain their seven-game lead in

SAN ANTONIO, TX (August 22, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (62-56) fell to the San Antonio Missions (58-60), 1-0, in 10 innings on Friday night at Nelson W. Wolff Stadium. The hosts used a walk-off sacrifice fly to win a pitcher’s duel in which Daniel Eagen shined in his

AMARILLO, TX (June 10, 2025) -- The Pointy Boots de Amarillo (26-32) defeated the San Antonio Missions (31-27), 3-1, on Tuesday night at HODGETOWN. The low-scoring affair favored the hosts as a crucial eighth inning made the difference in the ballgame. The visitors had traffic on the basepaths early as

TULSA, OK. (June 4, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (22-31) defeated the Tulsa Drillers (23-30), 7-3, in 10 innings on Wednesday night at ONEOK Field. Amarillo’s offense came alive in the 10th, scoring four times to snap a five-game skid and secure their first extra-inning affair of the season.

AMARILLO, TX. (May 29, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (21-27) fell to the Frisco RoughRiders (28-19), 3-1, on Thursday night at HODGETOWN. Despite a quality start from the Amarillo lefty, the Sod Poodles drop the low-scoring pitcher’s duel. Frisco cracked the scoreboard first this evening, earning a run on

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX. (May 23, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (20-23) defeated the Corpus Christi Hooks (14-28), 1-0, on Friday evening at Whataburger Field. Five Amarillo pitchers combined to blank the Hooks, evening up the series and secured Amarillo’s 20th win of the 2025 campaign. Both starters showed their

AMARILLO, TX – Since the calendar turned to May, it has been the month of the starting pitcher for the Sod Poodles. As the team returns to hitter-friendly HODGETOWN this week, let’s shine the spotlight on the arms of the starters. Amarillo’s five-man rotation of Dylan Ray, Avery Short, Spencer

SPRINGFIELD, MO. (May 17, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (18-20) fell to the Springfield Cardinals (18-20), 4-3, on Saturday night at Hammons Field. Both squads go back and forth in the late innings, but the hometown team ends up on top. The Cardinals struck first this evening courtesy of

AMARILLO, TX (May 11, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (16-17) defeated the Tulsa Drillers (14-19), 6-1, on Sunday afternoon at HODGETOWN. A four-run fifth and 4.2 innings of scoreless relief fueled the Sod Poodles to their third straight series victory and first Sunday home win. Tulsa scored first on

MIDLAND, TX (May 4, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (12-15) defeated the Midland RockHounds (13-14), 6-2, on Sunday afternoon at Momentum Bank Ballpark. The offense erupted for five runs in the seventh inning to secure their third straight victory. Midland scored first in the second inning on a sacrifice

AMARILLO, TX (April 23, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (6-11) defeated the San Antonio Missions (9-8), 4-2, on Wednesday night at HODGETOWN. Following a nearly hour and a half delay, the Soddies earn the win on the backs of strong starting pitching and a pair of long balls. Amarillo’s

FRISCO, TX (April 17, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (2-10) fell to the Frisco RoughRiders (9-3), 5-3, on Thursday night at Riders Field. The visitors out-hit the hosting RoughRiders, but drop their fourth straight in the two-run contest. It would be Frisco who cracked the scoreboard first this evening,

AMARILLO, TX (April 11, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (1-6) fell to the Springfield Cardinals (6-1), 8-4, on Friday night at HODGETOWN. The one-run pitcher’s duel favored the visitors as the Sod Poodles got tabbed with the series loss. A bases loaded walk in the first inning gave Springfield

Hillsboro, OR (July 26)- A heartbreaking matchup between the Vancouver Canadians and Hillsboro Hops on Saturday night at Hillsboro Stadium ended with the Hops losing 2-1. The pitching was incredibly competitive, as Vancouver struck out twelve batters and Hillsboro seven. The Hops only gave up one earned run, but it

Hillsboro, OR (July 1, 2024) – The Hops returned home on Monday after one of the worst road trips in franchise history and picked up right where they left off at Hillsboro Ballpark, with a win. Avery Short pitched seven complete innings for the third consecutive start and allowed just

Hillsboro, OR (May 30, 2024) – It was day baseball at Hillsboro Ballpark on Thursday and for the second series in a row, the Hops have taken a 3-0 series lead. Last week, Hillsboro won the first three games of the series before dropping the final three against Vancouver. Avery

Hillsboro, OR (May 23, 2024) – Another day, another brilliant pitching performance by the Hillsboro Hops at Hillsboro Ballpark. After Spencer Giesting struck out 13 Canadians yesterday, Avery Short turned in an eight-strikeout shutout outing over 7.2 innings. Short’s eight strikeouts were a career high and he took a perfect

May 10, 2024 (Hillsboro, OR)- In back-to-back nights the Hillsboro Hops (14-16) went into extra innings against the Spokane Indians (16-10). Hillsboro played as the Soñadores De Hillsboro in the electric win. Jean Walters was once again the hero in tonight’s game at Hillsboro Stadium, with a walk-off hit to

Hillsboro, OR (April 18, 2024) – Avery Short was on the bump for Hillsboro in game three of the series and he was opposed by Jorge Marcheco for Tri-City. Both pitchers gave up one earned run without walking a batter, as Short pitching five strong innings and Marcheco pitched six

Hillsboro, OR (April 6, 2024) – In the second game of the series against the Everett AquaSox, the Hillsboro Hops refused to lose. The Hops went 7-for-30 with runners in scoring position, but proved that just one swing of the bat could change the game. Cole Percival only allowed one

Eugene, OR (May 17th, 2023) – Avery Short was the Hillsboro starter in game two of the series at PK Park and put on his best performance of 2023. Short allowed just one run over six complete innings and got superb run support from his offense. Ivan Melendez had three

April 12, 2023 (Hillsboro, OR) – The Hops walked nine times for the second game in a row, en route to a 4-3 win over Everett on Wednesday. Shane Muntz had two more hits and Avery Short was brilliant in his first start of the season. Hillsboro recorded just three

Hillsboro, OR (August 20, 2022) – Chad Patrick made his second start as a Hop and recorded a quality start, with Avery Short adding another scoreless outing in relief. Deyvison De Los Santos hit a go-ahead, three-run home run in the sixth, his 20th home run of the year and