Pereira, Volpe Drive Gades to Victory

PEREIRA, VOLPE DRIVE GADES TO VICTORY

Everson Pereira hit a three-run homer and Anthony Volpe added a two-run double as the Hudson Valley Renegades beat the Brooklyn Cyclones, 7-6, on Tuesday night.

The Gades picked up the win in their first game back from a 12-game road trip to North Carolina where they finished 4-8 against Winston-Salem and Greensboro.

Matt Sauer (2-2) allowed four runs over six innings with nine strikeouts to earn the win. Sauer allowed a grand slam in the second inning to Luis Gonzalez but otherwise held Brooklyn off the scoreboard.

The Hudson Valley bats came alive in the fifth when Pereira launched his 10th home run to cut the deficit to 4-3. Carlos Narvaez tied the game in the sixth when he doubled down the left field line, scoring Jake Sanford.

Later in the sixth, Volpe doubled to drive in two and Austin Wells added an RBI double of his own.

Brooklyn made it close in the eighth when Ronny Mauricio hit his 19th home run to right. The two-run shot off Charlie Ruegger brought the game to 7-6.

Jose Peroza led off the top of the ninth with a ground ball to the left side that got under the glove of sure-handed James Nelson at third. Reliever Derek Craft, attempting to throw to first to keep the runner close, committed the second error of the inning and the tying run moved to second. Craft then settled in to record the final three outs and pick up his league-leading ninth save.

The Renegades have won two in a row but gained no ground on Greensboro in the High-A North playoff race, as the Grasshoppers beat Jersey Shore 21-4. The Renegades beat Greensboro 23-4 on Sunday. Hudson Valley (65-43) remains 4.5 games behind Greensboro, whose magic number sits at eight.

The Gades and Brooklyn (42-64) will play a single-admission doubleheader on Wednesday with the first pitch scheduled for 5:05 p.m.