SAL Hudson Valley Renegades

Renegades Game Notes

August 13, 2024 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
Hudson Valley Renegades News Release


Hudson Valley Renegades (55-41, 22-19) vs. Hickory Crawdads (50-58, 22-20)

LHP Kyle Carr (0-6, 5.44 ERA) vs. RHP Aidan Curry (2-7, 6.63 ERA)

| Game 107 | Home Game 48 | Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Heritage Financial Park | Wappingers Falls, N.Y. | First Pitch 6:35 p.m. |

Radio: 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

TV: MiLB.tv & Bally Live App

'GADES ARE HOT: The Renegades dropped both games of a doubleheader on Sunday, completing a series split with the Cyclones. Despite the two losses, the Renegades have won 10 of their last 13 games. Hudson Valley enters this week with a current seven-game win streak at Heritage Financial Park. Last Sunday, the Renegades set a season-high with their seventh consecutive victory, and their sixth in a row over Jersey Shore. The sweep over the BlueClaws marked the second six-game series sweep in franchise history and the first ever at Heritage Financial Park. Hudson Valley is currently in a playoff spot, sitting 0.5 games ahead of Aberdeen.

CONEY ISLAND STORMS: Inclement weather got in the way last week at Maimonides Park. After Tuesday's game was postponed, Thursday's game featured three separate rain delays. The matchup on Friday was also postponed, forcing the second doubleheader of the series to be played on Sunday.

SWAN SONG: This week, Hudson Valley hosts the Hickory Crawdads for the final time. The Rangers High-A affiliate will be joining the Carolina League next season, moving to the Single-A level. The Hub City Spartanburgers will replace the Crawdads in the South Atlantic League. Last season, the Renegades traveled to Hickory, where they won four of six games at L.P. Frans Stadium. In the first game of that series, Hudson Valley was victorious 16-5, featuring three-hit games from Spencer Jones and Christopher Familia.

PITCHING IN: Entering play on Saturday, the Renegades pitching staff sports a 3.50 ERA, not only the lowest in the South Atlantic League, but second-best among all High-A teams. Hudson Valley ranks 11th among all full-season Minor League teams. Since the All-Star Break, the staff has a 2.51 ERA, which is second-best in MiLB, trailing only the Down East Wood Ducks (TEX, A), who have a 2.06 team ERA since the break.

PITCHING REINFORCEMENTS: After being called up early last week, Josh Grosz and Cade Smith provided stellar performances in Brooklyn on the mound. Grosz was stellar to in his return to the Renegades on Saturday, after making a spot start with the club in May, also in Brooklyn. The right-hander allowed just one hit in six scoreless innings. In his last four starts between Tampa and Hudson Valley, Grosz has been charged with just one earned run in 24 innings, good for a 0.37 ERA during that stretch. In his first career High-A start, Smith retired the first 14 batters he faced, taking a perfect game into the fifth inning. He allowed one hit in 4.2 innings with five punch outs. After winning Florida State League Pitcher of the Month in July, Smith has allowed just six earned runs over his last six starts.

HOME COOKIN': The Renegades are currently in a stretch where they are playing 19 of their next 25 games at Heritage Financial Park. After traveling to Brooklyn for a six-game series last week, Hudson Valley now embarks on a two-week homestand. They host Hickory for six games this week, before playing Wilmington one final time next week. Of their final 25 games, the Renegades will play 19 of them at home

LIMITING HITS: Hudson Valley pitchers have allowed only 693 hits through 106 games. The Renegades have allowed the fewest hits in MiLB, one fewer than the Down East Wood Ducks (A, TEX) for the best mark. Renegades pitching is holding the opposition to a .211 batting average this season, the best mark in MiLB. Incredibly, the Lansing Lugnuts (OAK, A+) have allowed a staggering 960 hits through 107 games, most among all non-AAA teams.

NEW BEGINNINGS: Jace Avina debuted with the Renegades on April 17 after being traded to New York for Jake Bauers in November from Milwaukee. July was a rough month for the outfielder, where he hit just .096 (7-for-72). However, August has started with a bang for Avina. He is 10-for-31 with two home runs and seven RBIs in eight games so far this month. Last Sunday, Avina was featured as the No. 1 play on Sportscenter's "Top 10 Plays" for a home run robbery of Jersey Shore's Felix Reyes.

BEAVER DOMINANCE: Starting pitching continues to be excellent for the Renegades. Fifty-four of the last 59 starters have allowed three earned runs or less in their outings. On Sunday, the streak of no earned runs allowed by Trent Sellers came to an end at 30.2 consecutive frames. The right-hander still has a 0.64 ERA in 28.1 innings since June 26th with 32 strikeouts and a .118 opposing average. He has retired 56 of the last 65 batters he has faced. Last week, Sellers was named South Atlantic Pitcher of the Month for July, holding the best ERA in MiLB (0.00) among qualified pitchers during that span. On Wednesday, Kyle Carr was charged with just one runs on two hits in four innings, while striking out five. The southpaw has allowed just nine combined hits in his last four starts.

THE RUNNIN' RENEGADES ARE BACK: After stealing only 13 bases in 27 games in June, the Renegades have been on a stolen base frenzy, going 38-for-43 on stolen base attempts as a team in their last 32 games. The Renegades set a season-high with four stolen bases on July 20.

HEATING UP: Antonio Gomez have been excellent at the plate over the last week. The Renegades catcher is currently riding a nine-game on-base streak where he is 13-for-29 at the plate, with six doubles, a triple, a home run, four RBIs, and 12 runs scored. During that stretch, Gomez has a .828 slugging percentage and 1.357 OPS. He has boosted his average from .169 to .237 in the last nine games.

ROAD STRUGGLES: After losing both games of a doubleheader on Sunday Hudson Valley is now 6-13 in its last 19 road games. The Renegades have taken three of the first four games on the road at Maimonides Park this week, but had to settled for a series split. Hudson Valley had just seven combined hits in the doubleheader. In the series, they only scored more than three runs twice, and scored six combined runs over the final three matchups of the set. This season, Hudson Valley is just 23-36 overall away from Heritage Financial Park this season. The 36 road losses are the most in the South Atlantic League this season. Last year, the Renegades were 41-25 on the road.

DOUBLES MACHINES: With 199 doubles in 2024, Hudson Valley has the most doubles in High-A this season, five more than the Everett AquaSox (A+, SEA). Four Renegades have 16 or more doubles, and 10 players have ten or more two-baggers.

THE 'PEN IS MIGHTIER: The Renegades bullpen collectively sports a 3.27 ERA (157 ER/431.2 IP) this season, the best mark in High-A and sixth-best in the minors. On Wednesday, five Renegades relievers collectively threw five scoreless innings to complete a 7-0 shutout win in game two of the doubleheader. Hudson Valley's bullpen consisting of Blane Abeyta, Indigo Diaz, and Thomas Balboni allowed just three total hits in 3.1 innings, while striking out four batters.

GADES THROW NO HITTER: History was made on July 19th, as the Renegades completed the third no-hitter in franchise history. It was the first time since July 10, 2021 that the Renegades had thrown a no-no, and the first nine-inning no-hitter since August 10, 2000. With the score remaining tied into the bottom of the ninth, a Roc Riggio walk-off home run sealed the no-hitter and a 1-0 win. Kyle Carr, Trent Sellers, and Hueston Morrill combined to complete the feat. In NL and AL history, a walk-off no-hitter has only taken place four times, with the last one coming back in 2013.

INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH: The Hudson Valley Renegades and the Bhutan Baseball & Softball Association have partnered to present Bhutan Night on August 20 at Heritage Financial Park. The team is currently fundraising to bring over several Bhutanese baseball players for baseball and cultural enrichment tour of the Hudson Valley and New York. More details on the night can be found at www.hvrenegades.com/bhutan.

DEFENSIVE IMPROVEMENT: In 17 of their last 33 games, the Renegades have played error-free. With no errors in eight of the last 11 games, Hudson Valley is now 28-10 in games this season where they do not commit an error. Despite not committing an error in both games of Sunday's doubleheader, the Renegades lost both games.

PIRATE POWER: Josh Moylan has been on a tear over the past two weeks. The infielder had a tremendous series in Wilmington two weeks ago, going 5-for-17 with three home runs. He has to excel at the plate since that series two weeks ago. In his last eight games, Moylan is 10-for-24 (.417) with 2 HR, 6 RBIs, and five runs scored, to go along with a .750 slugging percentage and a 1.250 OPS.

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