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Soddies Stumble In Regular Season Finale

Amarillo Splits Final Regular Season Set with Midland
September 17, 2025

AMARILLO, TX (September 14, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (71-67) fell to the Midland RockHounds (66-72), 14-10, on Sunday afternoon at HODGETOWN. Despite four homers, Amarillo dropped the regular season finale to split the six-game set with Midland. It was the Ryan Waldschmidt show in the first inning. He

D'Orazio's Three Hits Propels Soddies To One-Run Victory

Soddies Bunt Thrice to Secure 9-7 Decision Over Midland
September 17, 2025

AMARILLO, TX (September 13, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (71-66) defeated the Midland RockHounds (65-72), 9-8, on Saturday night at HODGETOWN. After 10 combined first-inning runs, the Soddies used small ball to hold off Midland. Both sides traded five-run frames in the first inning this evening. Midland used four

McLaughlin Walks Off Midland In 11-Inning Shootout

Pigweeds Surge Back From Six Runs Down To Defeat RockHounds In Extras
September 17, 2025

AMARILLO, TX (September 11, 2025) -- The Yellow City Pigweeds (70-65) defeated the Midland RockHounds (64-71), 13-12, in 11 innings on Thursday night at HODGETOWN. The hit barrage went the way of the home squad with the Pigweeds climbing out of an early six-run hole in the victory. Midland kicked

Soddies Shut Out RockHounds To Clinch Second Half Title

Phenomenal Pitching Paves The Way To Put Amarillo Back In The Playoffs
September 11, 2025

AMARILLO, TX (September 10, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (69-65) defeated the Midland RockHounds (64-70), 4-0, on Wednesday night at HODGETOWN. With the shutout victory, the Sod Poodles clinched a playoff berth for the third time in franchise history. The first two Amarillo batters of the game found themselves

Amarillo Bats Silenced By Switch Pitcher In Loss To Travs

Soddies Drop Fifth Straight, Held To One Run Wednesday
September 8, 2025

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR (September 3, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (66-62) fell to the Arkansas Travelers (64-64), 4-1, on Wednesday night at Dickey-Stephens Park. The Soddies drop their fifth game in a row, leaving 10 men aboard in the one-run effort. Arkansas struck the first blow in the

Five-Run Fourth Propels Amarillo To Series Victory

Big Inning Fuels Soddies to Sixth Consecutive Series Win
August 25, 2025

SAN ANTONIO, TX (August 24, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (64-56) defeated the San Antonio Missions (58-62), 5-4, on Sunday evening at Nelson W. Wolff Stadium. Five runs in the fourth paced Amarillo to complete their sixth consecutive series victory, a new franchise record. This week’s theme of scoreless

Soddies Shutout Missions for the Second Consecutive Night

Roman Angelo, Eli Saul, Zane Russell Combine for Second Straight Shutout to Win Series
July 23, 2025

SAN ANTONIO, TX (July 19, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (44-45) defeated the San Antonio Missions (49-40), 5-0, on Saturday evening at Nelson W. Wolff Stadium. For the second straight night, three Amarillo arms combined for a two-hit shutout to secure the series victory. Saturday’s game started very similar

Soddies Bring The Fireworks In July Fourth Victory

Three Amarillo Home Runs Lead the Sod Poodles Offense On Independence Day
July 4, 2025

AMARILLO, TX (July 4, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (37-42) defeated the Midland RockHounds (43-36), 6-1, on Friday night at HODGETOWN. The middle innings favored the Soddies as the hometown squad launched three homers on the evening to earn the Independence Day win. Roman Angelo kicked off the Fourth

Amarillo Falls To Arkansas On Saturday

Seminaris Quality Start, Arkansas Four-Run Second Sets Tone In Loss Saturday
June 29, 2025

AMARILLO, TX (June 28, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (34-40) fell to the Arkansas Travelers (38-36), 9-4, on Saturday night at HODGETOWN. An early four-run frame put together by the visitors set the tone for the evening, keeping their distance from the Soddies to tab the home squad with

Travelers Launch Three Homers To Thump Pigweeds

Arkansas Posts Six-Run 5th Inning To Pull Away From Yellow City Wednesday
June 26, 2025

AMARILLO, TX (June 25, 2025) -- The Yellow City Pigweeds (32-39) fell to the Arkansas Travelers (37-34), 11-3, on Wednesday night at HODGETOWN. The visitors strung together seven extra-base hits in the contest, outpacing the Pigweeds to keep Yellow City winless in the second half. For the second straight night,

HODGETOWN Shootout Favors San Antonio, Sod Poodles Drop Third Straight

Conticello Four-Hit Effort Not Enough In Back-And-Forth Affair
June 14, 2025

AMARILLO, TX (June 13, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (26-35) fell to the San Antonio Missions (34-27), 10-9, on Friday night at HODGETOWN. The high-scoring battle went against the Soddies as the 13-hit effort left the home team just short in the back-and-forth bout. The first inning yielded the

Hillsboro Walks all over Eugene in 10-4 Series-Clinching Win 

Hops draw 14 free passes on Sunday
May 11, 2025

Hillsboro, OR (May 11, 2025) – The Hops celebrated Mother’s Day 2025 at Hillsboro Ballpark on Sunday with one of their best offensive showings of the year. Hillsboro drew 14 walks and picked up 11 hits, in their 10-4 series-clinching victory over Eugene. Druw Jones and Junior Franco each reached

Five-Run First Enough to Carry Amarillo to Victory

Spencer Giesting Spins Quality Start in Double-A Debut
June 19, 2024

Amarillo, Texas (June 19, 2024) – The Amarillo Sod Poodles jumped out to an early lead in the first and never looked back on Wednesday night. A five-run bottom of the first inning was enough run support for Spencer Giesting and the rest of the Sod Poodles pitching staff to

Melendez Caps 4-Hit Day with Walk-Off Winner in Extras

May 18, 2024

Amarillo, Texas (May 14, 2024) – The Sod Poodles and Frisco RoughRiders kicked off their series at HODGETOWN with a morning matinee on Tuesday. Amarillo needed extra innings to secure the win, doing so on the back of a four-hit day from Ivan Melendez who provided the game-winning RBI in

Offense Explodes for 12 Runs in Win 

Deyvison De Los Santos Homers, Leads all Double-A in HR
May 8, 2024

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (May 7, 2024) – The Amarillo Sod Poodles started their road trip in south Texas with a 12-5 win over the Corpus Christi Hooks on Tuesday night. Amarillo's offense was paced by the heart of the order in an overall balanced effort. The 2-5 hole hitters combined

Amarillo Held to Three Hits in 8-0 Loss Friday Night

Sixth Shutout Loss at HODGETOWN in Team History
May 4, 2024

AMARILLO, Texas (May 3, 2024) – The Sod Poodles and Midland RockHounds continued their series at HODGETOWN on Friday night. A pitcher's duel through the first four innings where neither team was able to crack the scoreboard ended in a lopsided 8-0 shutout loss for Amarillo. After working a scoreless

Yilber Diaz Tosses Seven Scoreless In Sod Poodles Win

D-backs no. 16-rated Prospect Sets Career-High in Strikeouts
May 4, 2024

AMARILLO, Texas (May 2, 2024) – The Amarillo Sod Poodles blanked the Midland RockHounds on Thursday night for their first shutout win of the season. RHP Yilber Diaz earned his first win of the year after holding Midland scoreless over seven innings with a career-high 11 strikeouts and just two

Calf Fries Fall in Extras

Amarillo Unable to Match Springfield's Six Run Extra Inning
April 20, 2024

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

Sod Poodles Held to Five Hits in 11-0 Loss

August 31, 2023

Amarillo, Texas (August 31, 2023) – Playing as the Amarillo Calf Fries for the final time during the regular season, Amarillo was limited to just five hits in a 11-0 loss to the Midland RockHounds. Making his first start in Double-A, Dylan Ray saw a leadoff single reach base before

Amarillo Leaves Tulsa With Series Win After 9-3 Sunday Win

Hill Tosses Six Scoreless on the Bump
August 13, 2023

Tulsa, Okla. (August 13, 2023) – The Sod Poodles put together a 16-hit performance to outpace the Tulsa Drillers 9-1 on Sunday afternoon behind Jamison Hill's six scoreless innings on the bump. With the win, Amarillo claimed a series win after taking each of the last two games over the

Melendez Drives in Four in Sod Poodles 7-3 Win

July 30, 2023

Midland, Texas (July 29, 2023) – Amarillo jumped out to an early lead and held on to defeat the Midland RockHounds on Saturday night. Ivan Melendez was one of five Sod Poodles to record multi-hit efforts and paced the team with his four RBI at Momentum Bank Ballpark. Camden Duzenack

Hops' Defense Sets Franchise Record by Turning Five Double Plays in 7-1 Win

Melendez and D'Orazio hit back-to-back homers
July 9, 2023

Hillsboro, OR (July 9, 2023) – The Hillsboro Hops were trying to avoid losing 5 of 6 for the fourth time in five series’ on Sunday at Ron Tonkin Field against the Vancouver Canadians. One of the best pitchers in Minor League Baseball so far on the season, Devereaux Harrison

Offensive Explosion in 11-1 Rout of Canadians 

Ray turns in another gem
July 6, 2023

Hillsboro, OR (July 5, 2023) – The Hillsboro Hops had struggled against the Vancouver Canadians in 2023, carrying a 2-11 record against the C’s into Wednesday night. 17 hits and 11 runs later, the Hops had one of their most lopsided wins of the season. J.J D’Orazio led the way

Peña's Two-Homer Night Spoiled in Hops' Loss

Final game of First Half Tomorrow
June 22, 2023

Hillsboro, OR (June 21, 2023) – A late-inning comeback for the Hops wasn’t enough on Wednesday night at Ron Tonkin Field. In his second game as a Hop, 19-year-old Manuel Peña had a two home run performance. Despite outhitting Everett 12-9, the Hops lost 8-7 in game two of the

Spokane Mashes 11 Extra-Base Hits in Series Opener 

19 Hits and 10 Walks Later Indians Win 15-7
June 7, 2023

Hillsboro, OR (June 6, 2023) – The Spokane Indians picked up where they left off after the first meeting against the Hops, pouring in 15 runs and 19 hits on Tuesday at Ron Tonkin Field. The 11 extra-base hits for Spokane tied a record for a Hops’ opponent. J.J. D’Orazio