Rough Night
WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY-Hudson Valley Renegades pitchers surrendered a season-high 19 hits as they dropped the rubbergame of a three-game series against the Brooklyn Cyclones 10-2 at Dutchess Stadium Sunday night. With the loss, the Renegades dropped into a first-place tie with the Cyclones in the McNamara Division. For the sixth time
WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY-Hudson Valley Renegades pitchers surrendered a season-high 19 hits as they dropped the rubbergame of a three-game series against the Brooklyn Cyclones 10-2 at Dutchess Stadium Sunday night. With the loss, the Renegades dropped into a first-place tie with the Cyclones in the McNamara Division.
For the sixth time in all six games between the teams at Dutchess Stadium Brooklyn drew first blood. Three singles in the frame scored the first run as third-baseman
The Renegades came back with a run of their own in the bottom-half of the third thanks to
Hudson Valley took the lead thanks to an unearned run in the fourth. Second-baseman Tyler Frank started the inning with a ground-rule double to left-centerfield. Two batters later, catcher
Brooklyn came charging back to retake the lead with two runs in the sixth. With runners at first and second and two away, firstbaseman Brian Sharp drilled a double to left to score both runners to make the score 3-2 Cyclones.
The Cyclones would then put the game away by scoring the next seven runs, including six in the eighth. In the seventh, designated hitter
Getting the win for Brooklyn was reliever
Of Brooklyn's nine batters, seven had more than one hit. Tice was 3-4 with three runs, a double, and two RBI. Cortes went 3-5 with three singles and an RBI with a run. Catcher Hayden Senger finished 3-5 with a double and two runs scored. Rasquin, Lagrange, Sharp and shortstop Manny Rodriguez had two hits apiece. Rasquin scored and drove in a run. Lagrange drove in two, scored a run and doubled. Sharp homered, doubled, scored a run and drove in three while going 2-5, and Rodriguez finished 2-5 with two singles.
Hudson Valley had eight hits in the contest; two apiece from Frank, Smith, designated hitter
The Renegades now hit the road for a three-game series with the Connecticut Tigers beginning tomorrow night at 7:05. Starting for Hudson Valley will be right-hander
Hudson Valley returns to Dutchess Stadium on Thursday to kick-off a six-game homestand against the Tri-City ValleyCats with a 7:05 start. Tickets can be purchased online at hvrenegades.com or by calling the ticket office at 845-838-0094.