Millers edge Hops 3-2 in extra innings at Ridgecliff Park

A 2-0 first-inning lead disappeared, and the Millers left Ridgecliff Park Fld 2 with a 3-2 extra-inning win over the Hops in HRL Twin Cities Wiffleball Game #2. The eight-inning result came down to one extra frame and one run after a night when both clubs had to squeeze value out of limited offense.

The July 23, 2026 score page showed the Hops opening fast with two runs in the first, only for the Millers to answer with two in the second and drag the game back to level. From there, the box score turned into a string of zeros until the Millers finally pushed across the winning run in the X inning. The Hops actually finished with eight hits to the Millers’ three, but the edge in contact never became the edge on the scoreboard.

Stache took the win and moved to 7-3, while Big Hoss was tagged with the loss and fell to 7-4. Neither side made an error, which made the finish feel even more like a test of execution under pressure than a game decided by miscues. The Hops had the better hit total and the early cushion, but they could not turn those opportunities into separation once the Millers answered in the second and shut the door through regulation.

The result fit the kind of weekly tension HRL Twin Cities Wiffleball has built around its scoreboard, stats and news feed. The league describes itself as the official home for those numbers all season long, and a KARE 11 report called HRL the largest wiffle ball league in the country when its season opened in Hopkins and Eagan. In that setting, a one-run extra-inning win at Ridgecliff Park Fld 2 carried the kind of weight that keeps every at-bat under a microscope.