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HVR Game Notes - April 23, 2023

April 23, 2023 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
Hudson Valley Renegades News Release


Hudson Valley Renegades (9-5) at Rome Braves (5-8)

RHP Drew Thorpe (0-0, 4.22 ERA) vs. RHP Luis Vargas (0-1, 12.71 ERA)

| Game 15 | Road Game 6 | AdventHealth Stadium | Rome, GA | April 23, 2023 | First Pitch 1 p.m. |

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SAY, 'WHEN IN ROME': The Hudson Valley Renegades continue their second-ever series in the state of Georgia on Saturday as they take on the Rome Braves, the High-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves at AdventHealth Stadium. In 2022, the Renegades played their first six-game series of the season in Rome, dropping four of six to the R-Braves to close out a season-opening road trip. The set was highlighted by a five-hit game by T.J. Rumfield, and a mammoth 467-foot home run by Everson Pereira.

GO ON...: The Renegades and Rome Braves face each other 12 times this season, with each team hosting the other for a six-game series. The 'Gades play more games with the R-Braves than against any SAL South opponent this year, and also more times than SAL North foe Greensboro (3 games). Incredibly, Hudson Valley has been scheduled to play Rome 24 times in 2022 and 2023, while Greensboro, a division rival, has been slated for just nine contests.

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Hudson Valley won a 10-inning thriller with the Rome Braves 3-2 on Saturday night. Juan Carela was terrific for the second straight outing, not allowing a hit across 5.2 innings as the Renegades carried a no-hitter into the seventh. With the game tied at 1-1 heading into the 10th, Spencer Jones brought in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly, and the 'Gades tacked on another when Alexander Vargas tripled and scored on a Caleb Durbin RBI single.

EXTRA! EXTRA!: Saturday's win at Rome was the first extra-inning win of the season for the Renegades, and the team's first since Aug. 21, 2022 at Brooklyn, a 9-3 triumph in 10 innings. It was also their first one-run win.

GÓMEZ GOING STREAKING: With a 1-for-3 performance on Saturday, Antonio Gómez is riding a nine-game hitting streak for Hudson Valley. In 2022, the Renegades only had four hitting streaks of eight-or-more games, with T.J. Rumfield's nine-game streak from Aug. 20-31 serving as the longest of the year. In the Yankees Era (2021-Present), the Renegades have only had one 10+ game hitting streak, Josh Breaux's 11-game spurt from July 3-16, 2021.

WALK THIS WAY: The Renegades tied a franchise record in Thursday's 10-4 win over the Rome Braves. Hudson Valley worked 14 walks against the Braves pitching, tying a franchise single-game high. The only other time this feat happened was on July 10, 2011 at the Lowell Spinners.

ALL ABOUT THE RUN DIFFERENTIAL: With a +37 run differential in 14 games, the Renegades own the best run differential among all minor league teams in Double-A or below (Triple-A began a week early in 2023). The Fayetteville Woodpeckers (HOU, A) sport a +31 differential and are the second closest team to Hudson Valley.

BENNY AND THE JETS: Ben Rice is off to stellar start at the plate this season. The Dartmouth grad currently ranks first in HBP (5), second OBP (.550), third in OPS (1.165), and eighth in SLG (.615) in the South Atlantic League. He is also tied for the second most HR on the team, after hammering his first two of the season in back-to-back games vs Rome on Tuesday and Wednesday.

PITCHING LEADING THE WAY AGAIN: The Renegades rank first in ERA (2.91) among South Atlantic League teams and all High-A teams. The 'Gades rank third among all MiLB teams in ERA this season. This comes after Hudson Valley paced the SAL in ERA in 2022 (3.62), and finished with the second-best ERA among all High-A teams. The Hudson Valley bullpen has been even better, sporting a collective 2.90 ERA through 59.0 innings, the 10th-best mark in MiLB.

GAS STATION: Through 14 games this season the Renegades pitching staff has registered 165 strikeouts, the most in the SAL, second-most among all High-A teams, and eighth-most among all non-Triple-A teams in the minor leagues. The Hudson Valley pitching staff has struck out a tremendous 31.0% of batters faced this season, a strikeout rate just better than the career rate of Jose Fernandez, and better than any single season of Nolan Ryan's career.

RISP AVERSION: Over the past eight games, the Renegades pitching staff has left 61 runners on base with opponents hitting a mere .118 (10-for-85) with runners in scoring position over this stretch. This season, opponents are hitting just .134 with RISP against Renegades pitching, the lowest mark in all of MiLB. The August GreenJackets (ATL, A) are the second-best with opponents hitting .141 with RISP.

MR. STEAL YOUR BASE: After going 6-for-6 on stolen base attempts in Tuesday's series opener with Rome, the Renegades are now 33-for-36 in stolen base attempts this season. They rank first in the South Atlantic League in steals, and have the third most in all of High-A. The Lynchburg Hillcats (CLE, A) went 11-for-11 in steal attempts on Tuesday to rocket to the top of the MiLB steals leaderboard with 50 through 14 games. Caleb Durbin leads the team with nine steals so far, tied for the most in the South Atlantic League.

DURBIN MOTORING AROUND: In the top of the fourth on Tuesday, Caleb Durbin stole second base, third base and home in succession to produce a run. He became the first Renegades player to steal second, third and home in the same inning since Anthony Seigler did so on July 6, 2022 at Jersey Shore. That rare feat is more common in the minor leagues, but has only been accomplished 54 times in the AL or NL, with 40 instances happening before World War II.

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