SAL Hudson Valley Renegades

Blue Rocks Top Renegades 2-1 in 10

Published on August 5, 2023 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
Hudson Valley Renegades News Release


WILMINGTON, Del. - The Wilmington Blue Rocks walked off the Hudson Valley Renegades 2-1 in 10 innings on Saturday night at Frawley Stadium to snap the Renegades' three-game winning streak.

In his High-A debut, Leonardo Pestana was terrific. He retired the first eight hitters he faced before issuing a two-out walk in the third inning to Geraldi Diaz. Diaz was the lone man to reach against Pestana who ended up striking out five in 3.2 scoreless innings.

Andry Lara also kept Hudson Valley off the scoreboard in the first four innings before they broke through in the sixth inning against Chance Huff. Marcos Cabrera walked to begin the frame before advancing to second base on a wild pitch. Spencer Jones grounded out to second to move Cabrera to third before Alexander Vargas hit into a fielder's choice to score Cabrera when T.J. White's throw home went wild and hand the 'Gades a 1-0 lead.

Murphy Stehly lined a double down the left field line to begin the seventh against Mason Vinyard. After advancing to third on a wild pitch thrown by Vinyard, Sammy Infante hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Stehly and tie the game at 1-1.

Hudson Valley had a chance to take the lead in the ninth against Todd Peterson. Christopher Familia and Antonio Gómez each tallied back-to-back singles to begin the frame before Peterson struck out the next two batters. Luis Santos worked a walk to load the bases before Peterson punched out Cabrera to leave the bases loaded.

In the tenth, Dannel Diaz (1-4) entered out of the bullpen and allowed a leadoff single to Jones to place runners at the corners with nobody out with automatic runner Marcos Cabrera advancing. Diaz retired the next three men to strand a pair of runners on base.

Jack Neely (5-3) struck out four of the first six batters he faced in the eighth and ninth before rolling out again for the tenth. Kevin Made grounded out to begin the extra frame before Infante walked to bring up Brandon Boissiere. Boissiere laced a base hit down the third base line to score the automatic runner Jared McKenzie to hand the Blue Rocks a 2-1 victory.

Seven of the 10 runners left on base by Hudson Valley on Saturday were stranded in the final three innings. The Renegades and Blue Rocks wrap up their six-game series on Sunday afternoon at Frawley Stadium. First pitch is slated for 1:05 p.m. with coverage on the Renegades Baseball Network beginning at 12:45 p.m. LHP Andrew Alvarez (6-3, 2.82) will make his second start of the series for the Blue Rocks, while the Renegades have yet to name a starter.

Renegades Record: 57-44, 18-17

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