SAL Hudson Valley Renegades

HVR Game Notes - July 26, 2022

Published on July 26, 2022 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
Hudson Valley Renegades News Release


Brooklyn Cyclones (44-46, 14-10) vs. Hudson Valley Renegades (48-41, 14-9)

RHP Junior Santos (4-9, 4.09 ERA) vs. RHP Yoendrys Gómez (0-0, 1.35 ERA)

| Game 90 | Home Game 42 | Dutchess Stadium | Wappingers Falls, N.Y. | July 26, 2022 | First Pitch 7:05 p.m. |

BACK AGAINST BROOKLYN: Hudson Valley returns home for its second series after the All-Star break to face a familiar foe in the Brooklyn Cyclones. This series marks the second of two trips the Cyclones make to Dutchess Stadium in the second half. To kick off the month of July, Hudson Valley took four out of six from Brooklyn, holding the Cyclones to a combined 10 runs (2.5 runs/gm) in the four victories. The Renegades are 10-8 across the first 18 games of a very competitive season series.

ABOUT SUNDAY...: Trey Sweeney continued his surge with a 3-for-4 performance, including his 10th home run of the season, Jasson Domínguez knocked a two-run single, T.J. Rumfield notched a couple of RBI singles, and Pat DeMarco launched his first home run of the season off the bench in the Renegades 16-9 loss at Wilmington. Hudson Valley tallied 11 hits and three stolen bases - Cooper Bowman stole his team-leading 35th, Aldenis Sanchez cruised in for his 28th, and Sweeney swiped his 19th of the season - but the BlueClaws jumped on Renegades starter Matt Sauer to earn a series victory.

EL MARCIANO IS HERE: Jasson Domínguez made his High-A debut with the Renegades over the weekend in Wilmington and put on a show. In his debut on Friday, Domínguez went 2-for-4 at the plate with a home run, a walk, a stolen base and three runs scored. For the series, he went 5-for-12 with two walks and three RBIs, hitting safely in every game. 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 .285/.385/.494 across 44 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 Tuesday, Trey Sweeney rides a 19-game on-base streak, the longest for a Renegade this season. Sweeney is hitting .338/.454/.592 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 (21 G), while Bryson Horne of Rome also has a 19-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 3.69 ERA on the season, tied with Wilmington for the best mark in the South Atlantic League. It also ranks as the fourth-best staff ERA in High-A, and tied for ninth-best in the minor leagues. All four Yankees affiliated teams rank in the top 25 in the minors in ERA -- Somerset 3.50, 6th; Tampa 3.75, 14th; Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 3.88, 23rd. 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 Tuesday with 179 stolen bases on the year, third-most in the minors behind Down East (A, TEX -- 211) and Lake Elsinore (A, SD -- 188).

BAD MUÑOZ RISING: Renegades reliever Jhonatan Muñoz has pieced together a strong run of outings. In his last eight games (Since June 19), he has gone 2-0 with a 1.26 ERA (14.1 IP/2 ER), with 5 H, 5 BB, 15 K, lowering his ERA from 6.33 to 4.57.

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