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HVR Game Notes - June 30, 2022

June 30, 2022 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
Hudson Valley Renegades News Release


Brooklyn Cyclones (33-38, 3-2) vs. Hudson Valley Renegades (36-35, 2-3)

LHP Nick Zwack (1-1, 1.85 ERA) vs. RHP Blas Castaño (2-5, 2.91 ERA)

| Game 72 | Home Game 33 | Dutchess Stadium | Wappingers Falls, N.Y. | June 30, 2022 | First Pitch 7:05 p.m. |

BROOKLYN BACK-AND-FORTH: This six-game homestand against the Brooklyn Cyclones marks 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. Hudson Valley is 8-6 across the first 14 meetings with Brooklyn this season.

HOME, SWEET HOME: Entering Tuesday night's series opener off three straight losses at Winston-Salem, the Renegades were fresh off their first three-game losing streak in over a month. Notching two straight victories over the Cyclones, Hudson Valley improved to 18-14 at Dutchess Stadium. On the flip side, the Renegades are 18-21 on the road this season.

SO, ABOUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...: The Renegades made it two consecutive wins back home with a come-from-behind 8-5 victory over Brooklyn last night. Facing a 3-0 deficit three batters into the game, Hudson Valley rallied for five unanswered runs, including two in the third and three in the fourth. Trey Sweeney laced an RBI double, Tyler Hardman launched a game-tying solo homer, and Aldenis Sanchez and Cooper Bowman knocked RBI singles. Matt Sauer kept the Gades in it on the mound, allowing four runs on five hits across 5.2 innings. With the game tied at five in the bottom of the seventh, Everson Pereira and Anthony Seigler smoked back-to-back RBI doubles to spark a three-run frame that ended up as the difference-maker.

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 this 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

BULLPEN BLOSSOMS: After surrendering runs in each of the three losses to round out the road trip, the Renegades bullpen is off to a strong start on the homestand against Brooklyn. On Tuesday night, Jhonatan Muñoz shined with his third consecutive scoreless outing, earning his second win with 2.1 hitless innings. Edgar Barclay followed it up with 1.2 shutout frames, paving the way for Alex Mauricio's sixth save, featuring two strikeouts in a dominant ninth inning. On Wednesday, Ryan Miller and Nelson Alvarez combined for 3.1 innings of one-hit, one-run ball, striking out four and walking just one. Collectively, the 'Gades bullpen tossed 8.1excellent innings across the first two games of the series, allowing only two hits and one run.

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 of his last 13 stolen base attempts, and is 42-for-46 (.891) on steals in his career.

HISTORIC THIEVES: The Renegades have stolen 138 bases on the season, 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.

ALL-TIME ALVAREZ: Reliever Nelson Alvarez has his sights set on two of the Renegades all-time pitching records. Recording the final five outs to notch his second save of the season on Wednesday, he jumped into a three-way tie for the most all-time in total appearances with 48, joining Oscar Bustillos and Jason Jimenez atop the franchise leaderboard. 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 20 of his last 24 games. The third baseman skied his ninth home run of the season last night, a game-tying opposite-field blast, furthering a hot stretch has lifted his season batting line from .173/.279/.298 to .251/.329/.441, a 193-point jump in his OPS. The stretch was punctuated by his first career multi-HR game on 6/15 at Greensboro.

SWEENEY SHINES: Trey Sweeney is 3-for-4 with three doubles, three walks and three runs scored in the first two games against Brooklyn. That's continued a larger surge for the shortstop, who's hitting .270/.363/.472 with 4 HR and 16 RBIs in June. Sweeney has hit safely in 11 of his last 13 games.

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