Trailing by two runs going into the ninth inning, the Hillsboro Hops final game of the 2026 Season was teetering on another loss by the hands of the Eugene Emeralds at Hillsboro Hops Ballpark on September 6th. As reported in the first post of this two-post series, the Hops trailed the Emeralds by two runs entering the ninth, 4-6. In the top of the inning, the leadoff batters for Eugene popped out to the infield and flew out to center field. The following two batters singled and walked to threaten an extension of the Emeralds lead, however the following batter flew out to shut down the top half of the inning. Now it was time for the Hops to get to work. After leadoff batter Adrian De Leon struck out, Wallace Clark brought Hops fans to their feet with a double to right field. Clark stole third base on a passed ball and Abdias De La Cruz walked to put runners at the corners. Next, a Carlos Virahonda sacrifice fly to right field scored Wallace from third. Sitting on a two out situation, Ka...