April 19, 2022 – South Atlantic League (SAL) – Hudson Valley Renegades News Release
Brooklyn Cyclones (6-3) vs. Hudson Valley Renegades (4-5)
RHP Blane Abeyta (0-1, 4.50) vs. RHP Daison Acosta (0-1, 18.00 ERA)
| Game 10 | Home Game 1 | Dutchess Stadium | Wappingers Falls, NY | April 19, 2022 | First Pitch 7:05 p.m. |
HOME, SWEET HOME: After a nine-game road trip to start the season, the Hudson Valley Renegades finally return home to Dutchess Stadium tonight to start a six-game series with the Brooklyn Cyclones. The Home Opener kicks off a 12-game, 13-day homestand as Brooklyn and Wilmington visit The Dutch. Tonight’s contest will be the earliest regular-season Renegades game ever played at Dutchess Stadium, coming 22 days earlier than the May 11 opener in 2021. Before last season, the franchise had never played a game before June as a member of the Class Short Season-A New York-Penn League.
FINALLY OUT OF GEORGIA: The Renegades dropped the series finale to the Rome Braves 7-3 on Sunday at AdventHealth Stadium. With the win, Rome handed Hudson Valley a series loss, and a losing record on the nine-game season-opening road trip. The top four batters in the Renegades lineup combined to go 9-for-17, while the bottom five went 2-for-21. Austin Wells picked up his first multi-hit game of the year with a 3-for-4 performance, and Cooper Bowman blasted a two-run home run in the ninth for his second round-tripper of the year.
NOT A FAN: In the six games of the last series with the Rome Braves, Hudson Valley batters have struck out an incredible 78 times (13.0 K/9). That culminated with three Braves pitchers striking out 18 Renegades on Saturday, and they also posted one game with of 16 strikeouts and two with 14 strikeouts.
A NEW ERA: Friday night marked an historic day for the South Atlantic League and across Minor League Baseball as it was the first game in which the new pitch clock rules were enforced. In the first night under the rules, game times across Minor League…
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