No-Fun Day: Hudson Valley drops road trip finale
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (June 26, 2022) – The Hudson Valley Renegades fell to the Winston-Salem Dash 4-1 on Sunday afternoon at Truist Stadium. The Renegades finish their season-long 12-game road trip with a 6-6 record. T.J. Sikkema allowed a run in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI single
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (June 26, 2022) – The Hudson Valley Renegades fell to the Winston-Salem Dash 4-1 on Sunday afternoon at Truist Stadium. The Renegades finish their season-long 12-game road trip with a 6-6 record.
T.J. Sikkema allowed a run in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI single by Oscar Colas to give Winston-Salem a 1-0 lead. That was the only run allowed by the left-hander on the day in a career-high 3.2 innings.
The Renegades tied the score in the top of the third when Everson Pereira blasted a solo home run to center off Andrew Dalquist. The round tripper was Pereira’s seventh of the season and 21st in a Renegades uniform – one shy of Dan Grummitt’s career franchise record of 22.
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Everson Pereira launches his 7th HR of the year to tie things up 1-1 in the 3rd 🔥💣 pic.twitter.com/hTIQAu6WTp
Leif Strom backed up Sikkema with 2.1 scoreless innings out of the bullpen, but in the bottom of the seventh, the Dash took the lead against Nelvin Correa (0-2). Ben Norman singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch before scoring on a Duke Ellis single.
In the bottom of the eighth, Winston-Salem tacked on two insurance runs off Nelson Alvarez to expand its lead to 4-1. Vince Vannelle set the Gades down 1-2-3 in the ninth to earn his fourth save of the year.
Aaron Palensky finished 2-for-3 with a double, and had five hits in the last two games of the series with the Dash. On the road trip, Palensky hit .370 (10-for-27) with three home runs and five RBIs.
Hudson Valley has an off day on Monday before returning home on Tuesday to face the Brooklyn Cyclones to begin a six-game series. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. at Dutchess Stadium. For tickets and more information, visit www.hvrenegades.com.
POSTGAME NOTES: Hudson Valley has lost three straight games for the first time since May 22-24… With a run scored today, Everson Pereira has moved into a tie for first place on the Renegades all-time list with 72 runs scored, drawing even with Chris Winder.