Losses keep coming for the Hops who dropped their sixth straight in 7-4 loss to Canadians

So, it continues.

For the sixth straight game and fifth with the Canadians, the Hops were on the losing end of a game, this time a 7-4 defeat to Vancouver on Saturday afternoon, at Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver.

The home C’s broke open a tie game in the eighth inning, scoring three runs on three straight hits, followed by a two-out RBI-double by Je’Von Ward that put Vancouver ahead 7-4 and firmly secured the team’s eighth straight win.

All three runs were credited to Hops reliever Carlos Meza who replaced Alec Baker on the mound to start the eighth inning.

Ward finished the game 2-for-5 and was one of four Canadian players to record multiple hits, led by Dasan Brown and Peyton Williams who tallied three hits apiece.

The Hops led 4-1 after 3.5 innings thanks to two runs in each of the third and fourth innings, but allowed Vancouver to tie the game after a run in the bottom of the fourth, followed by two runs in the fifth leading into the game-deciding eighth frame.

Offensively, Wyatt Crenshaw led the Hops, going 3-for-4 with an RBI and run-scored, while Manuel Pena had two hits and an RBI.

Vancouver (8-0) has yet to lose a game in the season’s second half, while Hillsboro (1-7) has gone the opposite direction since ending the first half winning eight of their last 11 games.

Hillsboro will hope to avoid a six-game sweep in Vancouver when the two teams end their series at 1:05 p.m. this afternoon at Nat Bailey Stadium.