CORPUS CHRISTI, TX. (May 24, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (20-24) fell to the Corpus Christi Hooks (15-28), 3-2, on Saturday night at Whataburger Field. A late inning home run and three stolen bases spelled trouble for Amarillo and gave the hosts a one-run victory. Kristian Robinson led off

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 18, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (18-21) fell to the Springfield Cardinals (19-20), 6-1, on Sunday afternoon at Hammons Field. The Cardinals kept Amarillo traffic off the basepaths, tabbing the Soddies with the loss in the series finale After a scoreless top of the first, the

SPRINGFIELD, MO. (May 13, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (16-18) fell to the Springfield Cardinals (16-18), 7-2, on Tuesday night at Hammons Field. The Cardinals overcame a seven-inning masterpiece from the Amarillo starter, taking the series opener after a six-run eighth. Kristian Robinson led off the series opener with

AMARILLO, TX (May 7, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (12-16) fell to the Tulsa Drillers (13-15), 8-2, on Wednesday night at HODGETOWN. Despite taking a 2-0 first inning lead, Tulsa scored eight unanswered runs to complete their fourth straight victory. Amarillo wasted no time scoring, as Kristian Robinson led

MIDLAND, TX (April 30, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (9-14) defeated the Midland RockHounds (12-11), 4-3, on Wednesday night at Momentum Bank Ballpark. The Soddies came through in the late innings to topple the RockHounds in the one-run affair. The RockHounds struck first with Brennan Milone launching a solo

FRISCO, TX (April 18, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (3-10) fell to the Frisco RoughRiders (9-4), 6-2, on Friday night at Riders Field. The Soddies ride a four-run first inning backed by stellar pitching to earn their first win of the road trip. Amarillo got things started quickly as

AMARILLO, TX (April 12, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (2-6) defeated the Springfield Cardinals (6-2), 15-3, on Saturday night at HODGETOWN. A total of five multi-hit performances spearheaded the Soddies first win at home this season. The Cardinals had traffic on the basepaths early, but Soddies starter Spencer Giesting

SAN ANTONIO, TX (April 6, 2025) -- The Amarillo Sod Poodles (1-2) defeated the San Antonio Missions (2-1), 4-3, on Sunday afternoon at Nelson W. Wolff Stadium. Strong pitching and a couple of extra-base hits propelled the Sod Poodles to their first victory of the year. In his return to

Amarillo, Texas (September 10, 2024) – Amarillo earned a 5-1 win over the Frisco RoughRiders to begin the final series of the season. Los Pointy Boots de Amarillo were propelled by a Spencer Giesting quality start and a pair of home runs in the sixth inning gave the southpaw all

Amarillo, Texas (August 28, 2024) – Trailing 5-1 entering the bottom of the seventh inning, Amarillo used an eight-run inning to complete their comeback bid on Wednesday night. They used another two runs in the eighth to fend off the Arkansas Travelers and earn an 11-6 win to even the

Amarillo, Texas (August 21, 2024) – Amarillo racked up 21 hits to match their single-game high in 2024 and muscled out four more home runs in a 13-1 win over Corpus Christi on Wednesday night. Spencer Giesting spun his third quality start with Amarillo en route to earning his third

Amarillo, Texas (August 9, 2024) – Spencer Giesting's quality start and a five-run third inning were not enough for the Sod Poodles to hold off a late charge by the Naturals. Amarillo dropped the extra-inning game on Friday night 7-6, leaving the tying run on third in the bottom of

Amarillo, Texas (July 23, 2024) – Amarillo put together one of their best all-around performances of the season in a 12-3 victory over the Wichita Wind Surge. Six different Sod Poodles had multi-hit games in the offensive explosion. A.J. Vukovich and Tim Tawa both finished one leg short of the

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

For his tenth start of the year, Spencer Giesting matched up against Tri-City Dust Devil's starter Ryan Costieu. In the Wednesday night game at Hillsboro Ballpark, the Hops’ offense scored four runs on nine hits. Hillsboro pitchers only allowed one earned run, beating Tri-City 4-1. Hops' left fielder Brett Johnson

(Hillsboro, OR)- The Hops’ defense was showing off in the 3-2 win over the Eugene Emeralds. Spencer Giesting matched up against fellow lefty Hayden Wynja in the Wednesday night game at Hillsboro Ballpark. Giesting entered the game with the lowest ERA in Minor League Baseball and continued to show his

(Hillsboro, Oregon)- For the Wednesday night meet-up, Hillsboro Stadium hosted the second game of the six-game series featuring the Hillsboro Hops and the Vancouver Canadians. Hops’ starter Spencer Giesting took the mound holding the lowest ERA in minor league baseball- a jaw-dropping 0.79. He would only lower it in his

May 9, 2024 (Hillsboro, OR)- The Hillsboro Ballpark hosted its STEM day, where over 1700 kids from local schools came to the Thursday day game. For the third game of the tied series, the Hillsboro Hops (13-16) beat the Spokane Indians (16-9) with a final score of 2-3 to put

Spencer Giesting went up against Joel Hurtado, the Angel's #20 prospect (MLB.com) for his second start of the year. Giesting went six innings, allowing no runs and racking up five strikeouts, securing the win. This is the second straight start that a Hops pitcher went six innings and not allowing

Hillsboro, OR (July 23, 2023) – The Hops entered the series finale against their Northwest League rival Eugene Emeralds on Sunday with a chance to split the six-game set. In the matinee at Ron Tonkin Field, Nick Sinacola pitched five scoreless for the second time in the series and the

Hillsboro, OR (April 28, 2023) – The biggest crowd of the season at Ron Tonkin Field witnessed another Hops win against the Tri-City Dust Devils on Friday. Although walking nine hitters, Hops’ pitching combined to allow just two hits. The Hops bullpen trio of Otano, Alcantara and Barnes only allowed