SAL Hudson Valley Renegades

HVR Game Notes - June 21, 2022

Published on June 21, 2022 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
Hudson Valley Renegades News Release


Hudson Valley Renegades (32-31) vs. Winston-Salem Dash (32-31)

RHP Blane Abeyta (0-5, 5.88 ERA) vs. RHP Andrew Dalquist (2-4, 5.68 ERA)

| Game 64 | Road Game 34 | Truist Stadium | Winston-Salem, N.C. | June 21, 2022 | First Pitch 7 p.m. |

IT'S REALLY A HYPHEN: The Hudson Valley Renegades begin the second leg of their two-week, 12-game road trip tonight as they take on the Winston-Salem Dash, the High-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. This is the lone series of the season between Hudson Valley and Winston-Salem, after the clubs met for one six-game set in 2021. Last year, the Renegades and Dash split their series at Truist Stadium.

SO, ABOUT SUNDAY: The Renegades won a wild 11-inning contest with the Greensboro Grasshoppers on Sunday, 16-10. After falling behind 7-5 in the seventh, the Renegades rallied to tie the game in the top of the ninth, and after a back-and-forth 10th, broke the game open with seven runs in the top of the 11th. Hudson Valley hit four home runs and stole five bases in the game, while seven pitchers combined to pitch the team to a win despite allowing six unearned runs off three errors.

PEREIRA YARD WORK: Everson Pereira hit two home runs for the Renegades on Friday night, his fifth career multi-homer game. All four have come within the last calendar year, and four while a member of the Hudson Valley Renegades, including two this week. The two-homer game gave Pereira 20 home runs with Hudson Valley, making him just the second player in franchise history to hit 20 long balls with the team.

Pereira Career Multi-HR Games:

6/17/22 at Greensboro Grasshoppers

6/14/22 at Greensboro Grasshoppers

9/5/21 at Greensboro Grasshoppers -- 3 HR

8/12/21 vs. Jersey Shore BlueClaws

7/10/21 at Dunedin Blue Jays

GADES DIG THE LONG BALL: After hitting just 48 home runs in their first 57 games of the season, the Hudson Valley Renegades hit 17 home runs in the last series in Greensboro. That represents a whopping 26.2% of the team's total home runs on the season in 9.5% of the team's games. The Gades have seen four players hit multiple home runs in a game (Everson Pereira 2x, Tyler Hardman and Carlos Narvaez), and on Friday hit a season-high six home runs in one game. Hardman and Pereira both hit four homers in the series, while Narvaez added in three.

IN A PINCH: Catcher Carlos Narvaez hit a pinch-hit home run in the top of the 11th on Sunday, the second pinch-hit homer of the year for the Renegades. Tyler Hardman previously had one against Aberdeen on May 11. Those are the only two pinch-hit home runs that the Renegades have hit in the Portal Era (2005 - Present).

START ME UP: In their last 29 games, Renegades starting pitchers have turned in some great individual performances, and as a unit have been performed at a high level. In those games, HV starters are 7-7 with a 2.96 ERA (45 ER/137.0 IP), with 123 hits allowed, 47 walks (3.09 BB/9) and 133 strikeouts (8.74 K/9). The run has lowered the collective starting pitcher's ERA from 4.61 to 3.77, and the starters win total has quadrupled.

CLOSE GAME TROUBLE: Entering play on Tuesday, the Renegades sit at just one game over .500 with a 32-31 (.508) record, despite a +56 run differential, the second-best in the South Atlantic League North Division (37-26 pythag record). Part of the reason for this has been the Gades performance in one and two-run games this season. Hudson Valley is 9-11 (.450) in one-run games, and 7-11 (.389) in two-run games this season. Teams are typically around .500 in these kinds of games, indicating that the Gades have experienced some bad luck.

BOWMAN ON THE RUN: Cooper Bowman stole his 25th and 26th bases of the season on Sunday afternoon in Greensboro. That is the most steals in a single season by a Renegades player since Jake Fraley set the franchise record with 33 in 2016. Bowman has been successful in 10 straight attempts since he was last caught stealing, and is 39-for-43 (.907) on steals in his career.

HISTORIC THIEVES: The Renegades have stolen 124 bases on the season this year, already the fourth-highest total in team history. Hudson Valley's all-time franchise record is 149 in 2021, with 134 in 2009 and 125 in 2016 sitting second and third for the time being.

ALVAREZ CLOSING IN ON RECORDS: Reliever Nelson Alvarez has his sights set on two of the Renegades all-time pitching records. He currently ranks fourth all-time in total appearances, just three shy of tying Oscar Bustillos and Jason Jimenez for the lead. Alvarez also has racked up seven wins out of the bullpen, which puts him just behind teammate Charlie Ruegger (8) for second on the all-time relief wins list, two shy of Mike Venafro's mark (9) set in 1995. Dubiously, Alvarez has issued 51 career walks with Hudson Valley, which ties him for fifth most, but he is still 42 shy of Rich Dorman's franchise mark of 93.

HARDMAN HEATING UP: After a slow start to the season, infielder Tyler Hardman has been swinging a hot bat lately, picking up hits in 16 of his last 19 games. The hot stretch has lifted his season batting line from .173/.279/.298 to .256/.338/.426, a 189-point jump in his OPS. The stretch was punctuated by his first career multi-homer game on 6/15 at Greensboro.

HUDSON VALLEY TO THE SHOW: The Renegades have had two 2021 alumni recently make their MLB debuts. Infielders Josh Smith and Ezequiel Duran both made their debuts with Texas last month. They became the second and third Renegades, respectively, under the Yankees affiliation (2021 - Pres.) to debut in MLB, joining RHP Elvis Peguero, who debuted on August 26, 2021. All three Yankees-era Renegades in the majors debut with other orgs after both were traded in 2021.

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