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

Renegades Game Notes - 8/8/2026

Published on August 8, 2026 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
Hudson Valley Renegades News Release


Hudson Valley Renegades (49-55, 19-21) at Greenville Drive (47-56, 21-19)

RHP Luis Serna (4-5, 4.69 ERA) vs. RHP Dylan Brown (3-6, 3.86 ERA)

| Game 105 | Away Game 51 | Saturday, August 8, 2026 | Fluor Field | Greenville, S.C. | First Pitch 6:45 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

Internet Radio: www.hvrenegades.com/broadcast & www.renegadesonair.com

TV: MiLB.tv & Bally Live App

Next Theme Game (8/11): First Responders Night

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

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

GOING TO GREENVILLE: For the first and only time this season, the Hudson Valley Renegades are taking on the Greenville Drive. The Renegades last faced the Drive in 2025 for a six-game series at home in which the teams split the series 3-3. Overall, the 'Gades are 14-10 against Greenville and 8-5 at Fluor Field at the West End.

SPEED DEMONS: The Renegades stole seven bases on Wednesday against the Greenville Drive, tying their season high (4/26 vs Brooklyn) and marking the 11th time since the start of the 2005 season that the team has swiped seven-or-more in a game. The Renegades are up to 197 stolen bases as a team this year, already the second-highest total in club history, trailing the 230 steals from the 2022 team.

CORE GOES FOR 30: With his steal of third in the top of the fourth inning on Wednesday at Greenville, Core Jackson is up to 30 stolen bases on the season, becoming the first Renegades player with 30 in a year since Spencer Jones in 2023. Jackson is just the sixth Renegade all-time with a 30-steal season, joining Michael Ross (30, 2008), Aldenis Sanchez (32, 2022), Jake Fraley (33, 2016), Cooper Bowman (35, 2022) and Jones.

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.

JERSEY SHORE BLUES: Hudson Valley lost five of six games at home to the Jersey Shore BlueClaws last week and were swept in two doubleheaders. It was 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).

REINFORCEMENTS: The Renegades got three position players from the Single-A Tampa Tarpons last week. INF Jackson Lovich, OF Gabriel Lara, and OF Willy Montero all made their High-A debuts. Lovich made his impact known immediately by getting a hit in all six games of the series against Jersey Shore. He slashed .381/.458/.381 with a .956 OPS, 3 R, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 9 K in the series.

BRAND NEW DAY: The Hudson Valley Renegades look much different for this series at Greenville than they did last week against Jersey Shore. In addition to the reinforcements sent to the Hudson Valley last week, the Renegades now have four new position players: 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.

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 23 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).

THE 10/20 CLUB: Infielders Roderick Arias and Core Jackson have both hit at least 10 HR and stolen 20 bases this season, making them two of six players in franchise history in the 10/20 club, with all members joining since 2022. Trey Sweeney (14 HR, 29 SB) was the charter member in 2022, while Ben Cowles (10 HR, 23 SB) and Spencer Jones (13 HR, 35 SB) joined in 2023. Roc Riggio (11 HR, 27 SB in 2024) was the most-recent member to join the group before this year.

WAPPINGERS BOMBERS: The Renegades have five players with double-digit home runs this season (Kyle West, 18; Josh Moylan, 13; Core Jackson, 12; Roderick Arias, 12; and Eric Genther, 11). 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 272 bases this season, and are 272-for-323 (84.2%) 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 2.64 steals per game.

NO DOUBLES DEFENSE: The Renegades have turned the fewest double plays in Minor League Baseball this season (44). The teams with the second fewest turned this year, the Columbus Clingstones (ATL, AA) and the Cedar Rapids Kernels (MIN, A+), have turned 54 and 57. 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 18 home runs this season, the most by a Hudson Valley player since Tyler Hardman tied the franchise record with 22 in 2022. West's 18 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. West is tied for ninth with Jace Avina and Josh Breaux on the Renegades career home run list

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 73 homers in their last 57 games which is 69.5% of their season total of 105 home runs. They have hit a homer in 36 of their last 52 games.

ER-YAY: The Renegades boast the third-best ERA in High-A (4.31). 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 1057 batters this season.

TAKING MANY FOR THE TEAM: Renegades C Eric Genther was hit by a pitch on 7/31 to become the MiLB leader in HBP with 25. 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).

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.

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