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HVR Game Notes - July 12, 2022

July 12, 2022 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
Hudson Valley Renegades News Release


Greenville Drive (31-49, 5-9) vs. Hudson Valley Renegades (44-37, 10-5)

LHP Shane Drohan (4-5, 4.14 ERA) vs. RHP Matt Sauer (4-1, 3.39 ERA)

| Game 82 | Home Game 38 | Dutchess Stadium | Wappingers Falls, N.Y. | July 12, 2022 | First Pitch 6:05 p.m. |

YANKEES-RED SOX, THE HIGH-A VERSION: The Hudson Valley Renegades host the Greenville Drive, the High-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, in a six-game series at Dutchess Stadium this week. The Renegades opened their season in South Carolina and took two of three against the Drive.

REHAB ALERT: New York Yankees catcher Ben Rortvedt commences an MLB rehab assignment tonight for the Renegades. Rortvedt is the second MLB rehabber with the Renegades in the Yankees era (Luis Severino in '21) and the fourth-ever in team history. He becomes the first home rehabber for HV since Doug Waechter pitched four games at The Dutch in 2007.

ABOUT SUNDAY NIGHT: The Renegades finished off a six-game sweep of the Jersey Shore Blue Claws on Sunday with a 9-6 win in 11 innings. Trey Sweeney had the winning hit with a two-run triple in the 11th, while T.J. Sikkema was masterful in 5.0 innings of relief, striking out 11 and allowing just two hits while picking up his first win.

GONE STREAKING: Hudson Valley has won eight straight games, the longest streak of the season. In 2021, the Renegades longest winning streak was also eight games. The last nine-game winning streak for The Renegades came in 2018. Overall the Gades are 18-8 (.692) since June 11, and sit at a season-best seven games over .500.

PINSTRIPED PITCHING PROWESS: Strength in pitching is a theme across the New York Yankees minor league system and the Renegades are no exception. The staff sports a 3.46 ERA on the season, the second-best in the South Atlantic League (Wilmington, 3.40). It also ranks as the fourth-best staff ERA in High-A, and the eighth-best in the minor leagues. All four Yankees affiliated teams rank in the top 25 in the minors in ERA -- Somerset 3.34, 4th; Tampa 3.67, t-13th; Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 3.84, 21st.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STEALS: The Renegades stole 11 bases in Wednesday's game at Jersey Shore, the most of any team in the minor leagues this season. It was the most in a game since the Hillsboro Hops (ARZ, A+) stole 11 against the Everett AquaSox (SEA) on May 7, 2021. Before that, the last full-season MiLB team to steal 11 was the Burlington Bees against the Fort Wayne TinCaps in an 18-inning game on April 16, 2014. Those are the only three instances of 11 steals in a single game in full-season leagues since 2005. Both Hudson Valley and Everett accomplished their prolific steal totals without being caught.

LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THE STEALS: With Carlos Narvaez's steal of third base in the seventh inning on Wednesday, the Renegades stole their collective 150th base of the season to set a new franchise record. It took only 77 games to break the record that was set by the 2021 Renegades in 120 games. The Gades enter play on Tuesday with 165 stolen bases on the year, third-most in the minors behind Down East (A, TEX -- 191) and Lake Elsinore (A, SD -- 178).

BUT HAVE I MENTIONED THE STEALS?: Not only did the Renegades set a new club record with 11 steals on Wednesday, but they also stole more bases in a single game than any South Atlantic League team has since 2005. Since that point, only three other times has a SAL team stolen 10 bases, with the most recent instance coming on July 1, 2013 when the Rome Braves stole 10 at the Charleston RiverDogs.

THIS NOTE IS NOT ABOUT STEALS...JK, IT IS: Cooper Bowman stole his 30th base of the season on Wednesday, making him the third player in Renegades history to steal 30 in a single season. He joins Jake Fraley (33 in 2016) and Michael Ross (30 in 2007). James Nelson and Bowman are tied for second on the Renegades all-time list behind Fraley.

RE-WRITING THE RECORD BOOK: After homering off Mick Abel to lead off the fifth inning on Friday night, Everson Pereira moved into a tie for first on the Renegades career home run leaderboard. His next home run will set a new franchise record, surpassing Dan Grummitt's record which has stood since 1999. The Yankees No. 3 prospect (Baseball America) also sits at 73 career RBIs with the Renegades, placing him second behind Jacson McGowan, who had 82 from 2018-19.

CLEAN FIELDING RENEGADES: The Renegades are working on a streak of five straight games without committing an error, their longest of the season. Hudson Valley has handled 189 total chances in those games without a gaffe. The Renegades have gone 56.0 innings since their last error, committed by Aldenis Sánchez with no outs in the first on July 4.

TWO '21 GADES HEADED TO FUTURES GAME: MLB released the rosters for the 2022 MLB All-Star Futures Game last week, and the list features several familiar names to Hudson Valley. Both Anthony Volpe and Ken Waldichuk were selected to participate in the prestigious showcase. Jasson Dominguez, currently with Tampa, was also selected to represent the Yankees, who were one of only two teams (LAD) to have three players.

THE RIVALRY IN HIGH-A: The current series with the Greenville Drive represents the High-A edition of baseball's greatest rivalry, Yankees-Red Sox. However, before 2022, it had been 18 years since the club's respective High-A affiliates played each other. From 1994-2004 the Tampa Yankees and Sarasota Red Sox both competed in the old Florida State League. The Sox moved their High-A affiliate to the Wilmington Blue Rocks for 2005 and 2006, the Lancaster JetHawks from 07-08 before settling in with the Salem Red Sox from 2009 until the Great Reorganization of 2020. The Yankees had their High-A affiliate with the Tampa Yankees/Tarpons from 1994 through 2020.

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