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HVR Game Notes - June 22, 2022

June 22, 2022 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
Hudson Valley Renegades News Release


Hudson Valley Renegades (32-32) vs. Winston-Salem Dash (33-31)

RHP Matt Sauer (3-1, 3.42 ERA) vs. LHP Garrett Schoenle (0-0, 0.63 ERA)

| Game 65 | Road Game 35 | Truist Stadium | Winston-Salem, N.C. | June 22, 2022 | First Pitch 7 p.m. |

Game Notes and more are available in the Renegades Digital Press Room: www.bit.ly/HVRPressRoom

IT'S REALLY A HYPHEN: The Hudson Valley Renegades continue 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 LAST NIGHT: Hudson Valley dropped its series opener to the Winston-Salem Dash on Tuesday night 7-3. The Dash scored six runs off Renegades starter Blane Abeyta in 5.0 innings en route to victory. Both Trey Sweeney and Aaron Palensky hit home runs in the defeat, while Cooper Bowman finished 2-for-4. Edgar Barclay, Carlos Gomez and Alex Mauricio combined for 3.0 innings out of the bullpen without allowing an earned run.

BOWMAN HEATING BACK UP: Since last Wednesday's contest at Greensboro, infielder Cooper Bowman has been one of the hottest hitters in the Renegades lineup. He is batting a scorching .409/.462/.682 (9-for-22, 6 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 4-4 SB) across five games, and has at least two hits in four of the five. Bowman is second on the team with 11 multi-hit games, trailing only Everson Pereira, who has 16.

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 have hit 19 home runs on the current road trip. That represents a whopping 28.3% of the team's total home runs on the season in 10.9% 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 Greensboro 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).

CLOSE GAME TROUBLE: Entering play on Wednesday, the Renegades sit at exactly .500 with a 32-32 record, despite a +52 run differential, the second-best in the South Atlantic League North Division (37-27 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. Infielder James Nelson has 31 career stolen bases with Hudson Valley, just two shy of Jake Fraley's franchise record.

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/.337/.422, a 184-point jump in his OPS. The stretch was punctuated by his first career multi-homer game on 6/15 at Greensboro.

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