SAL Hudson Valley Renegades

HVR Game Notes - July 24, 2022

Published on July 24, 2022 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
Hudson Valley Renegades News Release


Hudson Valley Renegades (48-40, 14-8) vs. Wilmington Blue Rocks (46-41, 11-11)

RHP Matt Sauer (5-1, 3.29 ERA) vs. RHP Michael Cuevas (4-9, 4.24 ERA)

| Game 89 | Road Game 47 | Frawley Stadium | Wilmington, Del. | July 24, 2022 | First Pitch 1:05 p.m. |

BACK IN THE FIRST STATE: The Hudson Valley Renegades complete their first series after the All-Star Break today as they take on the Wilmington Blue Rocks at Judy Johnson Field at Daniel Frawley Stadium. The Gades play an abbreviated three-game series with the Nationals' High-A affiliate before returning home to Dutchess Stadium on Tuesday. This is the first time that the Renegades and Blue Rocks have played since a six-game set at The Dutch from April 26-May 1.

ABOUT LAST NIGHT...: Three Renegades pitchers combined one-hit the Wilmington Blue Rocks last night in a 3-0 Hudson Valley victory. Beck Way started things off with six no-hit innings, while Alex Mauricio filled in two two innings behind him, allowing a lone infield single. Nelvin Correa finished things off in the ninth. Wilmington only hit two balls out of the infield all night. Jasson Domínguez went 2-for-5 at the plate for his second straight multi-hit game, and Pat DeMarco went 3-for-4 with a run.

EL MARCIANO IS HERE: On Friday Jasson Domínguez made his High-A debut with the Renegades and put on a show. He went 2-for-4 at the plate with a home run, a walk, a stolen base and three runs scored. The 19-year-old is the youngest player on the Renegades this year, and is the Yankees No. 3 prospect and No. 39 in MiLB, according to MLB Pipeline.

THAT'S ALL THEY GOT WAS ONE HIT?: In allowing just one hit to the Blue Rocks on Saturday, the Renegades threw their fourth one-hitter of the year. The staff also threw combined one-hitters on April 23 against the Brooklyn Cyclones, May 8 (G1) at Jersey Shore, and June 1 at Aberdeen. The Renegades have thrown 10 one-hitters in the Portal Era (2005-Pres.), with seven of them coming in the past two seasons (3 in 2021, 4 so far in 2022).

A LITTLE EXTRA: With their extra-inning contests on Saturday, July 16 and Friday, the Renegades played back-to-back extra-inning games for the first time all year, albeit with a five-day break in between. Both games ended in walk-offs, with the Gades beating Greenville on 7/16, then Wilmington taking down HV on Friday. Those represented the first walk-off win for the Renegades this year and their first true road walk-off loss. The Renegades are 5-3 in extras this season.

LUCKY No. 13: Renegades INF Tyler Hardman hit his 13th home run of the season on July 15 against Greenville. Not only is that the most on the team this season, but it ranks tied for sixth-most in a single season in Renegades History. Dan Grummitt holds the single-season record with 22, while Josh Breaux (17), Anthony Volpe (15) and Everson Pereira (14) all hit more in 2021.

SWEENEY ON A TEAR: Since May 25 when his slash line bottomed out at .176/.261/.333, Trey Sweeney has been on a tear, hitting .274/.378/.464 across 43 games to raise his line to .237/.334/.415. One of the biggest keys for Sweeney during the stretch has been how dramatically his K% has dropped, from 31.3% before May 25, to 20.8% since May 25, while his walk rate has spiked from 8.7% to 12.6%.

GETTING ON: Entering play on Sunday, Trey Sweeney rides an 18-game on-base streak, the longest for a Renegade this season. Sweeney is hitting .313/.439/.522 during the streak, which began on June 25. There is only one longer active on-base streak in the South Atlantic League, belonging to Endy Rodriguez of Greensboro (20 G), while Bryson Horne of Rome also has an 18-game streak. The longest on-base streak by a Renegade last season belonged to Ezequiel Duran and Josh Breaux, who both had 24-game streaks.

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 3.54 ERA on the season, the best in the South Atlantic League. 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 3.50, t6th; Tampa 3.68, 11th; Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 3.88, 22nd. On Saturday night, the Renegades threw their seventh shutout of the season, tied for fourth-most in the SAL.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STEALS: With Carlos Narvaez's steal of third base in the seventh inning on July 6, 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 Sunday with 176 stolen bases on the year, third-most in the minors behind Down East (A, TEX -- 211) and Lake Elsinore (A, SD -- 188).

FUTURES GAME GADES: The Hudson Valley Renegades were well-represented at last weekend's SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game. Current Renegade Jasson Domínguez hit a home run for the AL team, while 2021 Gades Anthony Volpe and Ken Waldichuk were also selected to participate.

BAD MUÑOZ RISING: With 2.0 scoreless innings on Friday at Wilmington, Renegades reliever Jhonatan Muñoz continued a strong run of outings. In his last seven games (Since June 17), he has gone 2-0 with a 0.68 ERA (13.1 IP/1 ER), with 4 H, 5 BB, 15 K, lowering his ERA from 6.33 to 4.46.

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