After starting the week below the “Mendoza Line” and dipping to as low as .194 as a team after two games in Spokane, the Hops’ bats showed signs of life as they hit .236 with 11 home runs over the course of the six games with the Indians.
Despite the power surge that enabled Hillsboro to salvage two of the series’ final four games, in the end, they dropped four of six to Spokane and fell to 12-21 on the season, seven games behind first-place Vancouver.
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