Renegades Game Notes - 8/18/2026
SAL Hudson Valley Renegades

Renegades Game Notes - 8/18/2026

Published on August 18, 2026 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
Hudson Valley Renegades News Release


Hudson Valley Renegades (55-57, 25-23) at Jersey Shore BlueClaws (43-69, 17-30)

LHP Franyer Herrera (5-4, 4.57 ERA) vs. RHP Brandon Beckel (2-5, 4.37 ERA) | Game 113 | Away Game 53 | Tuesday, August 18, 2026 | ShoreTown Ballpark | Lakewood, N.J. | First Pitch 6:35 p.m. |

Radio: The Beacon - WBPM 96.5 FM - Beacon, WGHQ 92.5 FM/920 AM Kingston, W232DQ 94.3 FM Peekskill, WBNR 1260 AM - Beacon, WLNA 1420 AM - Peekskill

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Next Theme Game: An Ode to Cream Cheese

Promotion: Baseball Bingo presented by Partner Rentals & Silver Gades Tuesday

Postgame: Family Stroll Around the Bases presented by CDPHP and Launch-A-Ball

LONG TIME, NO SEE: For the second time in four weeks, the Hudson Valley Renegades are taking on the Wilmington Blue Rocks in a six-game series. It's the fourth of five meetings in 2026 between these two teams, and the third and final in the Hudson Valley. The Renegades are 10-13 this season against Wilmington and 7-10 at Heritage Financial Park.

SPEED DEMONS: The Renegades stole 31 bases two weeks ago at Greenville including seven bases on Wednesday, 8/5, and a season-high nine bases on Saturday 8/8. Those two outings were the 11th and 12th times since the start of the 2005 season that the team has swiped seven-or-more in a game. The Renegades then stole 20 bases last week versus Wilmington to set a new club record of 231 stolen bases as a team this year. They passed their 2022 team high of 230 steals.

WALK-OFF WINNERS: On 8/11 versus Wilmington, Hudson Valley grabbed its seventh walk-off win of the season. The 'Gades grabbed two more on 8/11 and 8/15 behind walk-off homers from Maika Niu and Jackson Lovich. It's the third time since the Renegades became an affiliate of the New York Yankees that they've had nine-or-more homers in a season (2021, 2024). Of the nine walk-off winners, six have been walk-off home runs (two by Kyle West, one by Kaeden Kent, two by Maika Niu, and one by Jackson Lovich).

CHASING .500: The Renegades have not been at the .500 mark overall this season since 5/21. Further, the Renegades have not been above .500 since 5/14. Early in the second half, the 'Gades were on the prowl, closing in on the .500 mark overall this season. However, the 'Gades got swept by Jersey Shore in back-to-back doubleheaders to fall under .500 in the second half for the first time since it began on 6/10 at Rome.

BOUNCE BACK: After Hudson Valley lost five of six games at home to Jersey Shore, it won four of six on the road at Greenville and four at home against Wilmington. The five losses marked the third time this season that the Renegades have lost five-or-more games in a six-game series this year. It's only the second time since becoming a New York Yankees affiliate that the Renegades have lost five-or-more games in a six-game series three times in one season (2024). The back-to-back series wins at Greenville and versus Wilmington marked just the second back-to-back six-game series wins for the Renegades since April.

LATE-GAME LIFE: Last week against Wilmington, the Hudson Valley Renegades stormed back on multiple occasions. On 8/11, Maika Niu hit a walk-off homer after being tied with Wilmington since the top of the sixth inning. A day later, Niu grabbed his third go-ahead hit in a row, ripping a two-RBI double as part of a four-run bottom of the ninth inning to win. On the 13th, The 'Gades had another four-run bottom of the eighth inning but fell 6-5 to Wilmington. On 8/15, Jackson Lovich then hit a walk-off three-run homer as part of a seven run bottom of the ninth to walk off Wilmington.

DRAMATIC FINISH: On 8/9 at Greenville, the Renegades took down the Drive 15-12 in 12 innings. At 4 hours, 19 minutes, the game was the longest played by the Renegades in the Yankees Era (2021-Present), and the longest game played by the Renegades since 8/30/10 at Tri-City (4:25). In the win, the Renegades set their season-high run total, and they clinched their first six-game road series win since 4/14-19 at Frederick.

BRAND NEW DAY: The Hudson Valley Renegades look much different for this series than they did the last time they played Wilmington. The Renegades got three position players from the Single-A Tampa Tarpons two weeks ago (INF Jackson Lovich, OF Gabriel Lara, and OF Willy Montero). Additionally, the Renegades got four new position players last week: IF Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek, OF Maika Niu, OF Dean Toigo, and C David McCann. Niu and Toigo were signed in July by the Yankees as free agents whereas Martin-Grudzielanek and McCann are coming from Single-A Tampa. Additionally, RHP Jose M. Rodriguez got promoted from Single-A Tampa last week.

ROSTER OVERHAUL: After making only 16 total roster moves in the month of July, the Renegades have made 16 roster moves in the first week of August, re-shaping the team. The 'Gades have welcomed in five new players, had four released from their contracts, activated two off the Injured List, placed two on the Development List and had two traded at the deadline.

100 HOMERS: Hudson Valley reached the 100 home run mark on 7/26 at Wilmington. The 'Gades have reached that mark in five of their last six seasons, with 2025 being the only outlier. The Renegades surpassed their 2024 home run total of 101 with a Camden Troyer blast on 7/31, but the 'Gades need 11 more to surpass their 2022 total. The most home runs they've had in a season in that six-year stretch his 156 in 2021.

WORKING DEEP: For the first time as a New York Yankees affiliate (and for the first time since 1995), Renegades pitching has thrown four complete games in a single season. The four pitchers to achieve the feat are Rory Fox (5/21 at Brooklyn and 7/23 at Wilmington), Franyer Herrera (6/28 at Bowling Green), and Bryce Cunnigham (8/1 vs Jersey Shore). Additionally, 10 Renegades starters have record starts of 7.0-or-more innings pitched. Fox, Jack Cebert and Luis Serna have done it multiple times. The Renegades are one of three teams in MiLB with three pitchers who have multiple starts of 7.0-or-more innings pitched, joining the Columbia Fireflies (KC, A) and the Augusta GreenJackets (ATL, A).

WAPPINGERS BOMBERS: The Renegades have five players with double-digit home runs this season (Kyle West, 19; Josh Moylan, 13; Core Jackson, 12; Roderick Arias, 12; and Eric Genther, 12). In 2025 only Dillon Lewis (13) reached double-digit homers. Five players reach double figures in 2024. Camden Troyer is one homer away from joining the club.

20+ TEAM: Four Renegades have worked on-base streaks of at least 20 games. C Eric Genther was the first to do so when he reached base in the first 21 games that he played this season. Then, Roderick Arias, Kaeden Kent, and Wilson Rodriguez all crested the 20-game on-base streak mark in the month of July. Arias currently has the longest on-base streak of the four at 23, and Eric Genther is the only Renegade to achieve the feat twice this season.

RUNNING WILD: Renegades opponents have stolen 297 bases this season, and are 297-for-351 (84.6%) on stolen base attempts this season. That is already the most steals allowed by the Renegades in a season in franchise history, surpassing the mark of 226 from 2025. Hudson Valley is allowing an average of 2.65 steals per game.

NO DOUBLES DEFENSE: The Renegades have turned the fewest double plays in MiLB this season (47). The teams with the second fewest turned this year, the Columbus Clingstons (ATL, AA) and the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (MIA, AA), have turned 63. Hudson Valley is on pace to turn only 56 double plays this season, which would be the fewest of any full-season team in a non-shortened season since 2005 (excludes 120 game 2021 season).

GO WEST, YOUNG MAN: Renegades 1B Kyle West has clubbed a team-leading 19 home runs this season, the most by a Hudson Valley player since Tyler Hardman tied the franchise record with 22 in 2022. West's 19 long balls this year are the third-most in a single season by a Renegades player. West trails only Hardman and Dan Grummitt (22, 1999) in the category.

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 a homer in 43 of their last 61 games. Since the MLB trade deadline, the Renegades have hit 16 home runs in 12 games, including two four-homer games.

ER-YAY: The Renegades boast the third-best ERA in High-A (4.28). 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 the lowest WHIP in High-A (1.33), and they have struck out a league-high 1152 batters.

TAKING MANY FOR THE TEAM: Renegades C Eric Genther was hit by a pitch on 8/9 to tie for the second-most HBPs in MiLB with 26. 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).

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