Renegades Game Notes - 7/17/2026
SAL Hudson Valley Renegades

Renegades Game Notes - 7/17/2026

Published on July 17, 2026 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
Hudson Valley Renegades News Release


Hudson Valley Renegades (41-44, 11-10) at Brooklyn Cyclones (36-49, 11-9)

RHP Bryce Cunningham (2-4, 4.21 ERA) vs. LHP Luis R. Rodriguez (First Start)

| Game 86 | Away Game 38 | Friday, July 17, 2026 | Maimonides Park | Brooklyn, N.Y. | First Pitch 6:40 p.m. |

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WHEN IN NEW YORK: The Renegades are back in action for their second series of the two-week homestand. This week, they take on the Rome Emperors, the High-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. It's the second and final meeting this season between the two teams and the first at Heritage Financial Park. Hudson Valley won three of five games in Georgia the first time these teams faced off. The Renegades are 14-7 all-time against Rome at Heritage Financial Park.

STARTING ANEW: Friday 6/19 began the second half of the 2026 SAL season, with records in the standings resetting to 0-0 for all teams. Since the reset, the Renegades have a winning record and have been within a game of the top spot in the SAL North. Going into the All-Star break, the Renegades really found their stride over a two-week homestand. The 'Gades split their first six-game series with Wilmington, and then they won four of six against Rome. The 'Gades left the two-weeks winners, and they headed into the All-Star break 2.0 games back in the SAL North.

FIRST HALF FLOW: The Renegades had a rollercoaster of a first half to the 2026 season. After the first two series of the year, the 'Gades found themselves in fifth in the SAL North, but they worked their way to the top spot in the division going into May. However, Hudson Valley then went just 9-18 in the second month of the season, dropping it to fourth in the division. While the Renegades couldn't recover to make a push for the top spot, they did find more of their offense, averaging over 6.0 runs per game across their final series in the first half.

YES OFFENSE: Since Wednesday, June 10, the Renegades have the fifth-best batting average in the SAL. They are hitting .283/.368/.471 as a team. They also have the ninth-best OPS in the SAL over that stretch at .839. The Renegades have the 12th-highest batting average in MiLB since 6/10. Additionally, the 'Gades are averaging 6.0 runs per game since June 10th.

CARDIAC 'GADES: On 7/6 and 7/8, the Renegades had back-to-back walk-off winners for the second time this season, with the first occasion coming on 4/21 and 4/22 against Brooklyn. In April, both walk-off hits were home runs (one from Kaeden Kent and one from Kyle West). In July, the first was a three-run walk-off homer, and the second was a walk-off error committed by Rome after Enmanuel Tejeda pulled a ball down the first base line to bring home Kyle West.

SHUT IT DOWN: Franyer Herrera and Rory Fox have each thrown complete game shutouts (7 inn.) for the Renegades this season. Fox's came on 5/21 (G1) at Brooklyn, and Herrera's came on 6/28 (G1) at Bowling Green. They became the first Renegades teammates to throw complete game shutouts since 2009 when Alex Colome and Jason McEachern did so. There have been five complete game shutouts thrown in MiLB this season of at least 7.0 innings, and the Renegades are the only team who have two The Renegades have thrown three CG SHO of 7.0-or-more innings since becoming a Yankees affiliate in 2021, with Kyle Carr (7/2/25 (G2) vs Brooklyn) being the other pitcher to accomplish the feat.

THRICE IS NICE: Renegades outfielder Wilson Rodriguez homered on Friday night at Bowling Green, giving him home runs in three straight games. He became the first Renegades hitter since Omar Martinez from May 6-8, 2025 to homer in three straight games.

RAM ROD: Roderick Arias saw his team-high 23-game on-base streak come to an end on 7/4. During the stretch, he was one of the hottest hitters in the SAL, batting .400/.440/.700 (34-for-85) with 18 R, 6 2B, 7 HR, 21 RBI, 6 BB, and 24 K. The stretch raised his season OPS 195 points (.559 to .754). Arias also had 12 multi-hit games during the streak, including multi-hit performances in six of his last 11 games played spanning from late June to early July. Arias is the second Renegade to work an on-base streak of 20-plus, following Eric Genther who had a team-high 21-game streak.

HEAR HIM ROR: Rory Fox threw 8.0 innings on Friday night at Bowling Green, becoming just the fourth starter in the Yankees Era (2021-Present) of Renegades baseball to complete 8.0 innings in a start. He joined Richard Fitts (8/27/22 vs Hickory) and Drew Thorpe (6/4/23 vs Aberdeen & 7/22/23 vs Brooklyn) as those to accomplish the feat. He is the first Renegades pitcher to complete 8.0 IP on the road since Tyree Hayes on 8/10/10 at Lowell.

WORKING DEEP: Rory Fox, Jack Cebert and Luis Serna have all recorded multiple starts on 7.0-or-more IP for Hudson Valley this season. The Renegades are the only team in MiLB with three pitchers with multiple starts of 7.0-or-more innings.

BULLPEN BEAUTIES: The Renegades bullpen put together a strong two series before the All-Star break. Relievers finished the week with a 4-3 record and a 3.64 ERA across 47.0 IP. Additionally, they struck out 66 batters and walked just 29. They did not allow a run to score in 16.2 IP across three games against Rome. This season, the Renegades' bullpen has the second-lowest ERA (4.11) and the third-lowest WHIP (1.35) in High-A.

FAREWELL, SWEET PRINCE: OF Josh Moylan was promoted to the Double-A Somerset Patriots by the Yankees on Tuesday. He departs as the Renegades all-time franchise leader in Games Played (269), At-Bats (909), Hits (211), Singles (129), Doubles (47), Home Runs (28), Extra-Base Hits (82), Total Bases (356), Runs (121), RBIs (127), Walks (135) and Strikeouts (329). Moylan finished his final month with the Renegades on a high note, batting .316/.346/.763 with 10 HR including two multi HR games in his last 21 games. The Yankees signed Moylan as a non-drafted free agent in 2023 out of East Carolina University.

BACK TO BACK: Hudson Valley won back-to-back series against Jersey Shore and at Rome in June. It's the first time since April 14-19 at Frederick and April 21-26 vs Brooklyn that the Renegades have won back-to-back series. It's also just the second time this season that the 'Gades have gone back-to-back. Hudson Valley is 1-0 in rubber games in 2026 after going 2-0 in them in 2025.

RED-HOT CORE: Since returning from the IL on 5/26, Core Jackson is rocking a .361 OBP and a .518 SLG with 30 R, 8 2B, 3B, 9 HR, 29 RBI, 21 BB, 30 K. Additionally, Jackson has gotten on base in 27 of his last 32 games played, grabbing 9 2B, 3B, 9 HR, 30 RBI, and 23 BB over the stretch. Jackson has increased his home run total by 10 and his RBI total by 29.

HOMER HAPPY: The Renegades have been tearing the cover off of the baseball since June. In their first series of June at Frederick, the Renegades clubbed 12 home runs in the series, about 27.3% of their season total at the time (12-of-44). The last time the Renegades hit at least 12 home runs in a single series was 7/25-7/30/2023 at Hickory when Hudson Valley hit 19 HR. It is the first time hitting at least a dozen home runs in a series at Heritage Financial Park since 9/7-9/11/2021 vs Brooklyn, when they hit 14 HR in a seven-game series. The Renegades have hit 61 homers in their last 41 games which is 65.6% of their season total of 93 home runs. They have hit a homer in 27 of their last 35 games.

HOME RUN KING: Josh Moylan became the Renegades' all-time career home run leader with his 25th long ball on 6/10 vs. Jersey Shore. Moylan has 13 home runs in 2026 which is a career high, 10 of which have come since 5/21. Moylan is one of just eight players in team history in the 20 homer club, with seven of the members joining in the Yankees era (2021-Present).

ER-YAY: The Renegades boast the third-best ERA in High-A Baseball (4.22). With offense exploding across the minors, the 'Gades were one of just a handful of teams to have a sub-4.00 ERA for the first eight weeks of the season. However, their ERA jumped above 4.00 on 5/29 after Bowling Green scored 13 runs. The Renegades have led the SAL in ERA in four straight seasons (2022-25), including a 2.82 mark in 2025 which was the lowest team ERA in MiLB since 2019. Additionally, the Renegades have struck out a league-high 899 batters this season.

ON-BASE ANIMALS: Multiple Renegades batters are putting together impressive on-base streaks. There are currently eight HV players with multi-game on-base streaks, and two Renegades with on-base streaks that are at least 10 games long. Leading the way is OF Wilson Rodriguez who's working a personal-best 19-game on-base streak. He's one game away from being the third 'Gade this season to reach the 20 mark.

TAKING MANY FOR THE TEAM: Renegades C Eric Genther was hit by a pitch on 7/9 to grab the High-A lead in HBPs with 20. He became the Renegades all-time career HBP leader on 7/4, surpassing the previous high of 18 set by Cole Gabrielson. Through only 57 games played, Genther broke the Renegades single-season record for HBP, which belonged to Robby Price (2010) and Ryder Mathias (2005). Genther is still far from Ripken Reyes' MiLB record of 49 HBPs in 119 games with San Antonio (AA, SD) in 2023.

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