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HVR Game Notes - June 28, 2022

June 28, 2022 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
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Brooklyn Cyclones (33-36, 3-0) vs. Hudson Valley Renegades (34-35, 0-3)

RHP Junior Santos (3-6, 4.33 ERA) vs. RHP Blane Abeyta (0-6, 6.41 ERA)

| Game 70 | Home Game 31 | Dutchess Stadium | Wappingers Falls, N.Y. | June 28, 2022 | First Pitch 7:05 p.m. |

HOME, SWEET HOME: After a season-long two-week road trip to North Carolina, the Renegades return home tonight to begin a six-game homestand against the Brooklyn Cyclones. This is the first of two trips to Dutchess Stadium in the second half of the year for the Cyclones, who return from July 26-31. The Renegades and Cyclones play 30 times this season, with this series representing the third of five series.

SO, ABOUT SUNDAY AFTERNOON...: The Renegades fell in their road trip finale to the Winston-Salem Dash on Sunday, 4-1. Hudson Valley dropped the final three games of the trip to finish 6-6 overall on the swing. T.J. Sikkema allowed a run on three hits in the first inning, but allowed only one baserunner after that in a career-high 3.2 innings. Everson Pereira hit a solo home run, his seventh of the season, for the lone run of the game for the Renegades.

BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK: With losses in the final three games of the series at Winston-Salem, the Renegades are mired in their first three-game losing streak in over a month. They last lost three straight from May 22-24, when they were swept in a doubleheader by Brooklyn and dropped the series opener to Rome. The Gades have not lost four in a row since a season-long six-game losing streak from May 12-18.

PEREIRA YARD WORK: Everson Pereira hit five home runs for the Renegades on the last road trip, including two multi-homer games. All five of Pereira's career multi-homer games have come within the last calendar year, including four while a member of the Hudson Valley Renegades, including two last road trip. His homer on Sunday gave Pereira 21 home runs with Hudson Valley, putting him one shy of the Renegades all-time home run record.

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 24 home runs on the last road trip. That represents a whopping 33.3% of the team's total home runs on the season in 17.4% 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. Pereira hit five home runs on the trip, while Hardman and Narvaez hit four homers.

AIR-LOS: With his second inning home run on Wednesday, Carlos Narvaez has four home runs and nine RBIs in his last seven games played. This surge comes after Narvaez had only two home runs and five RBIs in his first 36 games of the season.

SPEED DEMON: Cooper Bowman stole his 27th and 28th bases of the season on Saturday night in Winston-Salem. 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 12 straight tries since he was last caught, and is 41-for-45 (.911) on steals in his career.

HISTORIC THIEVES: The Renegades have stolen 135 bases on the season this year, already the second-highest total in team history. Hudson Valley's all-time record is well within reach --149 in 2021. Infielder James Nelson has 31 career SB with HV, just 2 shy of Jake Fraley's team record, while Cooper Bowman is closing in as well with 28.

ALVAREZ CLOSING IN ON RECORDS: Reliever Nelson Alvarez has his sights set on two of the Renegades all-time pitching records. He currently ranks third all-time in total appearances with 47, just one 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 53 career walks with Hudson Valley, which places him fifth, but he is still 40 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 19 of his last 23 games. The hot stretch has lifted his season batting line from .173/.279/.298 to .250/.326/.427, a 176-point jump in his OPS. The stretch was punctuated by his first career multi-HR game on 6/15 at Greensboro.

NEW HALF, NEW ME: Friday night marked the 67th game of the regular season and the official start of the second half of the South Atlantic League schedule. The half means team records are wiped clean and a fresh start for everyone around the league. The Aberdeen IronBirds and Bowling Green Hot Rods clinched playoff spots by winning their respective divisions in the first half, and they await the second half division winners in the South Atlantic League Playoffs in September. The Renegades finished the first half in third place in the North Division with a record of 34-32, 9.0 games back of Aberdeen.

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