Wappingers Falls, NY – The Hudson Valley Renegades came from behind twice to beat Wilmington 5-4 on Independence Day at Heritage Financial Park.
Hudson Valley and Wilmington were tied 3-3 heading into the final seventh inning. The Blue Rocks took a 4-3 lead in the top of the seventh, but the Renegades scored two in the bottom of the seventh to take the lead for good.
The game was halted for a 53-minute rain delay after the bottom of the second inning with the game tied 1-1.
Saturday night marked the Renegades’ seventh comeback win coming in the seventh inning or later in 2026. It’s their first since 6/5 at Frederick.
Hudson Valley pitching struck out a series-high 15 batters and walked just four.
Six of nine Renegades batters got on base, and five of those six got hits.
Hudson Valley batters stole three bases. The Renegades have stolen 16 bases this series against Wilmington.
The Renegades improved to 3-8 this season against Wilmington, and 2-3 against them in the second half.
Wilmington baserunners were caught stealing four times on the bases, a season-high for runners caught stealing by the Hudson Valley.
The Renegades improved to 19-7 (.731) in games in which they commit no errors.
LHP Franyer Herrera (4.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HR) got the start and pitched after the weather delay, throwing a total of 76 pitches.
Herrera has allowed three-or-fewer earned runs to score in his last four starts. He’s allowed just 5 ER over his last 22.0 IP.
Herrera hasn’t walked more than two batters in any of his last four games. During the stretch he has thrown 22.0 innings with 16 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 6 BB, 22 K, good for a 2.05 ERA.
Three of the first four hits Herrera allowed were for extra bases. Two of the hits came on his slider.
The home run surrendered to Jacob Walsh was the 12th home run of the season given up by Herrera, the fourth-most surrendered by a pitcher in a single-season in Renegades history. Josh Maciejewski (2021), Zach Messinger (2023 and Tyrone Yulie (2023) each hold the club record having surrendered 13 homers in a season.
2B Kaeden Kent (2-for-3, 2B, 2 R, RBI) extended his on-base streak to 19 games.
Kent is batting .349/.398/.482 over the stretch with 16 R, 14 RBI, 5 2B, 2 HR, 6 BB, 17 K.
Since 6/11, Kent has 10 multi-hit performances, and he leads the team with 31 multi-hit games this season.
Kent leads the South Atlantic League in hits (97) and doubles (20).
C Eric Genther (1-for-3, RBI, HBP, K) extended his on-base streak to nine.
Genther is batting .370/.514/.556 over it with a 1.070 OPS, 7 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 5 BB, 3 K.
3B Roderick Arias (0-for-4, 4 K) saw his 23-game on-base streak come to an end.
SS Core Jackson (1-for-4, 2 RBI, K, SB) extended his on-base streak to 13 games.
Jackson’s hitting .263/.295/.474 (15-for-57) across it with 6 R, 9 RBI, 3 2B, 3 HR, 2 BB, 10 K.
CF Wilson Rodriguez (1-for-4, K, SB) has reached base in 22 of his last 23 games played and is working a 12-game on-base streak.
Rodriguez is hitting .357/.453/.667 over the on-base streak with a 1.120 OPS, 8 R, 2 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 9 BB, 10 K.
C Josue Gonzalez (0-2, R, BB) extended his on-base streak to seven games.
Gonzalez is hitting .304/.407/.435 over the stretch with 3 R, 2B, 3B, 3 BB, 6 K.
On the defensive side, Gonzalez caught four base runners trying to steal, tying a single-game franchise record in the Portal Era (since 2005). He is the first Renegade to catch four runners since Kyle Holloway nabbed four against State College on 8/18/11.
Gonzalez has thrown out 22.9% of would-be base stealers this season.
CF Camden Troyer (1-for-2, 2 R, BB, K, SB) grabbed his first hit since Game 2 of Hudson Valley’s doubleheader at Bowling Green on 6/28.
RHP Wilmy Sanchez (1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K) threw his first scoreless outing since 6/20 at Rome.
Sanchez has struck out multiple batters in three of his last four outings.
RHP Bryce Warrecker (1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K) has not allowed a run to score in seven of his last eight outings.