Lakewood, N.J. (April 28, 2026) – The Hudson Valley Renegades fought off the Jersey Shore BlueClaws for a 9-5 win on Tuesday night at ShoreTown Ballpark.
The Renegades have now won seven of their last eight games, and are 10-3 in their last 13 contests.
The Renegades’ 7-8-9 hitters in the lineup (Camden Troyer, Josue Gonzalez and Cole Gabrielson) combined to score six runs.
Hudson Valley improved its road record to 7-2 on the season, and is 3-0 on the day-of travel.
RHP Bryce Cunningham (3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K) struck out three batters in 3.0 innings in his first start of the 2026 season.
Cunningham began the season on the 7-day Injured List and was reinstated to the Renegades active roster on Monday.
Cunningham appeared in 12 games (11 starts) with the Renegades in 2025, going 5-3 with a 2.82 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 54.1 innings.
2B Kaeden Kent (2-for-4, R, HR, 4 RBI, SB) picked up his third straight two-hit game with a single and a home run.
Kent is working an eight-game hitting-streak and a 11-game on-base streak. During his hitting streak, Kent is 16-for-38 (.421) with 3 HR and 15 RBIs.
Kent has five multi-hit performances in his last seven games, and has scored a run in six of his last seven games.
Kent has four multi-RBI games in his last seven games.
Kent’s steal was his seventh of the season in 20 games, which matches his total in 135 games in college at Texas A&M from 2023-25.
DH Eric Genther (1-for-5, R, 3B) extended his on-base streak to 19 games in 2026, and 26 games going back to 2025 combined with Single-A Tampa.
After reaching base in his final plate appearance in both games of Sunday’s doubleheader against Brooklyn, Genther extended his streak with a triple in his first at-bat on Tuesday.
C Josue Gonzalez (2-4, R, 2B, RBI) grabbed his sixth extra-base hit of the season with an RBI double in the second.
Gonzalez has more extra-base hits (six) than he does singles (three) this season.
Gonzalez collected his second multi-hit game of the season with a seventh inning single.
RHP Thomas Balboni, Jr. (1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K) made his 2026 Renegades debut after beginning the season on the 7-day Injured List.
Balboni missed the entire 2025 season on the Renegades Full-Season Injured List.
3B Roderick Arias (1-for-3, 2 RBI, HBP) drove in two runs and had a hit in five plate appearances.
RHP Chris Veach (1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K) picked up his second win of the year in relief.
Veach has thrown 8.2 scoreless innings across eight appearances to begin the year.