Wappingers Falls, NY – The Hudson Valley Renegades fell late to the Wilmington Blue Rocks 7-4 on Friday night at Heritage Financial Park.
Wilmington scored first, but Hudson Valley led 4-2 going into the final three innings. The Blue Rocks scored two runs in the eighth and three runs in the ninth to take the win.
In the bottom of the ninth, Jacob Walsh continued the inning on a crucial catcher’s interference call. Later, Angel Feliz stole home base to get the Blue Rocks their final run of the game.
All but one Renegades batter got on base of Friday night, and five Renegades got hits.
Hudson Valley drew eight walks. It has drawn a total of 22 walks this series against Wilmington.
Of the Blue Rocks 12 hits, four of the were for extra bases. Every Blue Rock got on base and all but two got hits.
The Renegades fall to 2-8 against the Blue Rocks this season, all of which have been played at home.
Hudson Valley has tied its season low-water mark of seven games below .500. Before this the Renegades had not been seven games below .500 since 7/16/17 when they were 9-16. The team has not been eight games below .500 since the end of the 2007 season when the team finished 34-42.
**RHP Rory Fox (**5.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HR) allowed fewer than two earned runs for just a second time this season (0 ER on 5/21 at Brooklyn).
Fox threw a season-high 92 pitches on Friday night. He’s thrown 90-or-more pitches in four of last six starts.
Fox has walked just one batter in each of his last four outings. He has walked just four batters in his last five starts.
Fox allowed his 11th home run of the year, tied with Franyer Herrera for most on the team. Fox and Herrera are tied for fourth-most home runs allowed in a single season by a Renegades pitcher, with Josh Maciejewski (2021), Zach Messinger (2023) and Tyrone Yulie (2023) all having allowed 13 in a season.
Fox struck out six Blue Rocks. He has struck out six-or-more batters in each of his last four starts.
Tonight was the first time the Renegades have lost with Fox starting since 6/5 at Frederick, though he departed the game with Hudson Valley leading 4-2.
2B Kaeden Kent (1-for-5, SB) extended his on-base streak to 18 games.
Kent is batting .338/.382/.463 over the stretch with 14 R, 12 RBI, 4 2B, 2 HR, 6 BB, 17 K.
Kent put the ball in play every time he came to the plate on Friday night. He has only failed to put the ball in play three times this series.
C Eric Genther (1-for-2, R, 2 BB) extended his on-base streak to eight.
Genther’s slashing .375/.516/.583 over it with a 1.099 OPS, 7 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B, HR, 5 BB, 3 K.
3B Roderick Arias (1-for-4, RBI, CS) extended his team best on-base streak to 23 straight games, and he has hits in 12 of his last 13.
During the stretch, Arias is batting .400/.440/.700 (34-for-85) with 18 R, 6 2B, 7 HR, 21 RBI, 6 BB, and 24 K.
SS Core Jackson (0-for-4, K, HBP) extended his on-base streak to 12 games.
Jackson’s hitting .259/.298/.481 (14-for-54) across it with 6 R, 7 RBI, 3 2B, 3 HR, 2 BB, 9 K.
CF Wilson Rodriguez (1-for3, R, RBI, BB) has reached base in 21 of his last 22 games played and is working an 11-game on base streak.
Rodriguez is hitting .393/.430/.700 over the on-base streak with a 1.127 OPS, 8 R, 2 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 9 BB, 9 K.
C Josue Gonzalez (1-for-3, R, BB, K, SB) extended his on-base streak to six games.
Gonzalez is hitting .333/.417/.476 over the stretch with 2 R, 2B, 3B, 2 BB, 5 K.
RF Robbie Burnett (0-for-1, 3 BB) grabbed his first multi-walk performance of the season.
Burnett has drawn a walk in all of his last three games played.
RHP Brady Kirtner (1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K) hasn’t allowed a run to score in back-to-back appearances.