HVR Game Notes – April 16, 2023

April 16, 2023 – South Atlantic League (SAL) – Hudson Valley Renegades News Release

Hudson Valley Renegades (5-3) vs. Aberdeen IronBirds (3-5)

RHP Drew Thorpe (0-0, 3.18 ERA) vs. RHP Kyle Virbitsky (0-0, 27.00 ERA)

| Game 9 | Home Game 9 | Heritage Financial Park | Wappingers Falls, N.Y. | April 16, 2023 | First Pitch 2:05 p.m. |

HELLO, OLD FRIEND: Before the start of this six-game series, the IronBirds and the Renegades have played 246 times against each other. That number marks the second-most games played by Hudson Valley against another league opponent in franchise history, only trailing the Brooklyn Cyclones (257). The Renegades lead the all-time series 144-107 (.569). Hudson Valley and Aberdeen also opened their seasons by playing each other for 15 straight years from 2005-2019. Aberdeen was one of three New York-Penn League teams absorbed into the High-A East/South Atlantic League during the Great Reorganization of 2020.

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Aberdeen snapped Hudson Valley’s four-game winning streak with a 2-1 victory on Saturday night. Juan Carela for Hudson Valley tied a career-high, striking out nine in 4.1 scoreless innings. Ben Cowles and Spencer Jones compiled back-to-back doubles in the third to score the game’s first run. Max Wagner hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game in the seventh. An RBI groundout by Luis Valdez in the top of the ninth, surged Aberdeen ahead to a 2-1 victory over the Renegades.

STAY IN THE YARD: Marcos Cabrera’s inside-the-park home run in the bottom of the sixth on Thursday against Aberdeen was the first inside-the-park home run for the Renegades since Eric Wagaman circled the bases against Jersey Shore on June 9, 2022 at Heritage Financial Park. Wagaman’s inside-the-parker was part of a 10-run inning for Hudson Valley in a 15-1 rout of the BlueClaws.

CAREER DAY FOR AARON: In Wednesday’s 12-5 win over Aberdeen, Aaron Palensky drove in four runs and collected four hits, while falling just a double shy of the cycle. The four hits set a new career-high while the four RBIs tied his career best. The former Nebraska Cornhusker tallied 4 RBIs last year, on August 21st against the Brooklyn Cyclones, when he connected for a Grand Slam.

SPENCERS BRING THEM IN: In Tuesday’s series opener with Aberdeen, Spencer Jones and Spencer Henson each hit two home runs and drove in five runs. They became the first pair of Hudson Valley teammates to homer twice and collect 5 RBIs in the same game since Everson Pereira and Carlos Narvaez did so at…