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HVR Game Notes - May 12, 2022

May 12, 2022 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
Hudson Valley Renegades News Release


Aberdeen IronBirds (20-7) vs. Hudson Valley Renegades (15-13)

RHP Justin Armbruester (0-0, 3.10 ERA) vs. RHP Will Warren (1-2, 2.57 ERA)

| Game 29 | Home Game 15 | Dutchess Stadium | Wappingers Falls, N.Y. | May 12, 2022 | First Pitch 7:05 p.m. |

FOR THE BIRDS: The Hudson Valley Renegades host the Aberdeen IronBirds tonight in the third game of a six-game series. This is the first of three series between the former New York-Penn League rivals this season, with Hudson Valley making one trip to Aberdeen (May 31-June 5) and the IronBirds returning to Dutchess Stadium from August 9-14. With a 20-7 record, Aberdeen enters play Thursday night with the best record in MiLB.

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Renegades bounced back from a tough loss on Tuesday to defeat the IronBirds in come-from-behind fashion on Wednesday. Trailing 5-1 in the sixth, the Renegades plated two on a single from Eduardo Torrealba to cut the gap to 5-3. In the bottom of the eighth, Hudson Valley scored three runs, with a pinch-hit two-run home run from Tyler Hardman putting the Gades on top 6-5.

COLEMAN STREAKING: With 1.2 scoreless innings on Wednesday against Aberdeen, Hudson Valley reliever Carson Coleman has a 16.1 inning scoreless streak to begin the season. That represents the longest scoreless streak for a pitcher in affiliated professional baseball this season (MiLB and MLB). Interestingly, the second-longest streak also resides in the South Atlantic League, with Rome's Lisandro Santos on a 16.0-inning streak to begin his season.

THRICE AS NICE: Renegades first baseman Spencer Henson tripled in the second inning of Wednesday's game, for his first three-base hit of the season and second of his career. His last triple came on July 8, 2019 while playing for the Pulaski Yankees off Jose Maldonado of the Bristol Pirates in an Appalachian League contest.

I'M ON FIRE: After a slow start to the season, Austin Wells has put together a torrid stretch in the last three-plus weeks. In his last 16 games (since 4/17), the catcher is 22-for-54 (.407/.515/.759), with four doubles, five home runs, 12 walks and seven stolen bases. With the outburst, he raised his season batting line from .148/.273/.222 to .321/.434/.580, a 519-point jump in OPS. Wells is the Yankees No. 4 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, who also ranks him as the No. 95 prospect in MiLB, and the No. 10 overall catching prospect.

BORN TO RUN: Through 28 games, the Hudson Valley Renegades lead all teams in Minor League Baseball in stolen bases with 69.

- The Renegades have already stolen more bases this season in 26 games than they did in the entire 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2017 seasons (all between 74 and 76 games).

- Jersey Shore (PHI) has 62 to place second in the South Atlantic League, and fifth among all teams. The Gades have been caught stealing 15 times, leading to a 82.1% success rate.

- Lake Elsinore (Low-A, SD) has the second-most steals in the minors, with 68, but has been caught 17 times.

- The Renegades have stolen the most bases of any team in the Yankees organization, with Somerset (AA) ranking second with 48.

- With 69 steals through 28 games, the Renegades are stealing an average of 2.46 bases per game, which puts them on pace for 325 on the season, which would smash the franchise record of 149 in 2021.

- Cooper Bowman leads the team with 16 steals, which is tied for first in the SAL. Bowman has stolen multiple bases in a game six times this season. Aldenis Sánchez is tied for third in the circuit with 12 swipes. James Nelson is tied for eighth with nine.

- Austin Wells is 8-for-8 in steals this year, and is 24-for-24 in stolen base attempts in his career.

- The Renegades have stolen at least six bases in a game as a team three times this season, including a season-high nine on 4/30.

- James Nelson has 25 steals with the Renegades, and is one shy of moving into a tie for 10th place on the franchise stolen base list.

WE'RE ON THE CLOCK: The new Minor League Baseball pitch clock rules have been accomplishing their intention of speeding up the pace of play and shortening game times across the sport in 2022. Owing to MLB's temporary suspension of the pitch clock at Dutchess Stadium in April, the Renegades have played in only nine games this year with a functioning pitch clock. In those contests, the average time of game is 2:27. In 2021, Hudson Valley played only three nine-inning games in under 2:30. This year, they have already played eight in 22 nine-inning contests.

STAYING IN THE YARD: Through 28 games this season, the Hudson Valley Renegades have allowed only 10 home runs in 237.0 IP (0.38 HR/9). That is the second-fewest home runs allowed in the South Atlantic League this year, with only Brooklyn (8 HR) having coughed up fewer. However, Brooklyn's home field, Maimonides Park, notoriously suppresses home runs. The Renegades have not allowed a home run at Dutchess Stadium this season in 122.0 innings entering play on Thursday night.

IN A PINCH: Tyler Hardman clubbed a go-ahead, two-run pinch-hit home run for the Renegades on Wednesday vs Aberdeen in a 6-5 win. That was the first time this season that Hudson Valley had a pinch hit, and the first pinch hit for the franchise since 2019 (0-for-3 in 2021). It was the first pinch-hit home run for the Renegades in the portal era (2005 - Present).

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