Henson's Three-Run Homer Give Renegades Win Over Dash

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (June 23, 2022) — Hudson Valley used strong seventh and eighth innings to take the series lead against the Dash, winning by a score of 6-1.

The Renegades starter, Blas Castano, and Winston-Salem’s starter, Cristian Mena, held the game scoreless until the fifth inning. Hudson Valley struck first in the top of the fifth by taking advantage of the basepaths. Anthony Seigler walked to start the inning, advanced to second on a passed ball and stole third a batter later. On an Eric Wagaman sacrifice fly, Seigler would come home to score the first run of the game.

The Dash would retaliate in the bottom of the inning using fielding mistakes by the Renegades. Tyler Osik reached base via a fielding error and Harvin Mendoza would pile on with a single. Keegan Fish would both reach base and bring Osik home after Hudson Valley sailed a ball past first base, equaling the score at one but that’d be all the Dash would get. Castano would shut down the Dash for two more innings, going seven innings, only allowing four hits, and striking out four Dash batters.

All was quiet again until the seventh inning when Spencer Henson hit a three-run home run into deep left field, putting the Renegades up 4-1. In the top of the eighth, they’d score two more runs on a Trey Sweeney single, putting the game out of the reach of Winston-Salem. Leif Strom and Jhonatan Munoz shut down the Dash offense in the eighth and ninth, allowing just a single hit and two walks combined.

Despite the loss, Mena had a bright debut for the Dash, going five innings and striking out two, allowing just six hits in the process.