Renegades Game Notes – SAL Championship Series Game 3

September 18, 2024 – South Atlantic League (SAL)
Hudson Valley Renegades News Release

Hudson Valley Renegades (73-58, 40-26) vs. Bowling Green Hot Rods (75-54, 40-26)

Best-of-three South Atlantic League Championship Series tied 1-1

RHP Trent Sellers (6-3, 2.08 ERA) vs. RHP Jackson Baumeister (3-3, 2.53 ERA)

| SAL Championship Series Game 3 | Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024 | Heritage Financial Park | Wappingers Falls, N.Y. | First Pitch 6:35 p.m. |

Radio: WBPM 96.5 FM – Beacon, WGHQ 92.5 FM/920 AM Kingston, W232DQ 94.3 FM Peekskill, WBNR 1260 AM – Beacon, WLNA 1420 AM – Peekskill

Internet Radio: www.hvrenegades.com/broadcast & www.renegadesonair.com

TV: MiLB.tv & Bally Live App

FOR ALL THE MARBLES: The Renegades kept their championship hopes alive with a 6-2 victory on Tuesday night, forcing a winner-take-all Game 3 on Wednesday night. A five-run fifth inning featured a grand slam from Omar Martinez, helping Hudson Valley overcome a 2-0 deficit early. With a win tonight, the Renegades will earn their first South Atlantic League championship in franchise history, and their fourth league title overall.

OUT FOR FOUR: The Renegades are looking for their fourth championship in team history, having won the New York-Penn League’s Nader Cup three times: 1999, 2012 and 2017. Hudson Valley won the 1999 title over Mahoning Valley and the 2012 title over Tri-City at Heritage Financial Park, and the 2017 championship on the road at Vermont.

CHAMPIONSHIP CONNECTION: The last time the Renegades won the New York-Penn League in 2017, their manager was Craig Albernaz. The next season, Albernaz guided Bowling Green to its first Midwest League championship with a roster featuring 18 members of the 2017 Renegades. From 2020-23, Albernaz served as the Bullpen and Catching Coach for the San Francisco Giants, where he was joined on staff by current Renegades manager Nick Ortiz.

THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL: Hudson Valley plays its second winner-take-all game of the postseason tonight and its third game in the last four in which the season would be over with a loss. All-time in winner-take-all playoff games, the Renegades are 7-2 (.778). The Renegades won their first winner-take-all game of the 2024 playoffs last Friday, beating Greensboro 4-1. Hudson Valley won two winner-take-all games during their 1999 and 2012 New York-Penn League Championship runs.

GRAND SLAMS: In a 2-2 game in the fifth on Tuesday, a grand slam by Omar Martinez helped lift the Renegades to a win in an elimination game. The…