SHORT-SEASON CLASS-A AFFILIATE of the HOUSTON ASTROS Hudson Valley Renegades (47-30, 2-0) Vs
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NOTES SHORT-SEASON CLASS-A AFFILIATE OF THE HOUSTON ASTROS Hudson Valley Renegades (47-30, 2-0) vs. Tri-City ValleyCats (44-33, 2-0) Saturday, September 8th, 2018 Postseason Game #3 (78) - Home Game #2 (39) Joseph L. Bruno Stadium - Troy, NY HV: RHP Zack Trageton (2-0, 0.56 ERA) TRI: RHP Shawn Dubin (2-1, 4.60 ERA) JUNE JUNE SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT I-87 RIVALRY REMATCH: Tonight's game SCOUTING REPORT 1 2 HOME GAME FIREWORKS will begin a rematch of the 2012 New York-Penn TRI BATTING HV AWAY GAME League Championship Series, when the Renegades .243 (8th) AVG .247 (5th) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 bested the ValleyCats in three games. Hudson Valley 587 (T-10th) H 601 (5th) was also the No. 1 seed in that series, so the Valley- 10 11 12 13 14 15 7:00 16 7:00 328 (6th) R 353 (2nd) EDUCATION DAY EXHIBITION Cats started at home, winning Game One at "The Joe" 56 (1st) HR 41 (3rd) 10am 17 5:00 18 7:05 19 7:05 20 7:05 21 7:00 22 7:00 23 7:00 by a score of 5-4. 98 (2nd) SB 75 (6th) CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION: Through 566 (14th) K 600 (11th) 24 4:00 25 7:00 26 7:00 27 28 7:00 29 7:00 30 7:00 17 seasons of operation, the ValleyCats are playing 255 (7th) BB 310 (1st) in their seventh ever NYPL Championship Series. The .703 (2nd) OPS .701 (3rd) JUNE JULY ValleyCats' most recent NYPL Championship came PITCHING SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 5:05 2 7:05 3 12:05 4 6:30 5 7:00 6 7:00 7 7:00 in 2013, when they beat the State College Spikes 3.30 (3rd) ERA 3.54 (6th) in three games. Their most recent Championship 42 (1st) HR 37 (5th) 8 5:00 9 11:00 10 11 7:05 12 7:05 13 7:05 14 7:05 appearance was in 2014, when the Spikes defeated 281 (3rd) BB 191 (14th) the 'Cats in three games. 741 (1st) K 613 (9th) 15 6:05 16 12:00 17 7:00 18 7:00 19 7:00 20 7:00 21 7:00 EVENLY MATCHED: The ValleyCats and Renegades have played each other closely all year ASTROS AFFILIATES 22 4:00 23 24 7:00 25 7:00 26 11:00 27 7:00 28 7:00 long, with the season series coming down to the final (MLB) Houston Astros 29 5:00 30 7:00 31 11:30 inning they played against each other in August. In 88-53 (1st) SI SI SI nine regular season games played against each other, Lead AL West by 3.5 games 7:00 7:00 7:00 JUNE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER the ValleyCats have edged out the Renegades in team (AAA) Fresno Grizzlies SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT batting (.250 / .234), stolen bases (20 / 6), team ERA 1 7:00 2 7:00 3 7:00 4 7:00 Lead ELP in Semifinals Series (3.68 / 3.86) and runs scored (41 / 39). Hudson Valley 2-1, 10:05 first pitch tonight 5 4:05 6 7:05 7 7:05 8 7:00 9 7:00 10 7:00 11 6:05 on the other end has bested the ValleyCats in walks (AA) Corpus Christi Hooks (45 / 25), home runs (7 / 3) and wins (5 / 4). Lead SA in Semifinals 2-0 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 5:05 7:00 7:00 6:35 5:35 STRIKEOUTS vs. WALKS: Throughout the Game 3 suspended: 8-8, B11 regular season, Hudson Valley's pitching staff issued (A+) Buies Creek Astros 19 5:35 20 7:00 21 7:00 22 7:00 23 7:05 24 7:05 25 6:05 fewer walks than any team in the NYPL (191), while Swept WS, will begin CRL offensively they drew more walks than any team Championship Series Tuesday 26 5:00 27 7:00 28 7:00 29 6:35 30 6:35 31 6:35 1 6:05 (310). On the other hand, Tri-City's pitching staff (A) Quad Cities River Bandits struck out more batters than any team (741), while 2 5:05 3 1:05 4 5 6 7 8 NYPL Eliminated in MWL Semifinals PLAYOFFS offensively they struck out the fewest times (566). BEGIN Broke MiLB Strikeout Record CONTACT INFO NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE TITLES Broadcaster: Steven Cusumano 2010, 2013 Email: [email protected] MLB DEBUTS Twitter: @Steven_Cusumano 55 SEEKING RENEGADE REVENGE: In addition to the history between the Val- BATTING LEADERS leyCats and Renegades, the two teams played each other nine times this regular season, with the AVG Machado .304 'Gades edging out the 'Cats in the season series 5-4. The rubber match in the season series took H Machado 59 place at Dutchess Stadium in Hudson Valley on 8/25 (exactly two weeks ago), the last time these R Valdez 40 two teams faced each other. Adding to the rival-revenge narrative, that was one of the most RBI Encarnacion 33 thrilling games that either team has played in all season long. After each team exchanged blows 2B Valdez 16 in the early innings, they were left in a 4-4 tie from the fourth inning through the ninth, forcing 3B 3 players tied 2 extras. 'Cats catcher Nate Perry then blasted his second homer of the year to give the ValleyCats a HR Encarnacion 10 6-4 lead. In the bottom of the 10th inning, with the Renegades down to their final strike, Marvin TB Valdez 100 Malone hit a three-run walk-off home run to give the Renegades a 7-6 win in the game, handing BB Dawson 31 them the season series win as well. One month ago today (8/8), the ValleyCats completed a SO Encarnacion 62 season-high three-run comeback to walk off on the Hudson Valley Renegades 8-7. The ValleyCats SB Dennis 16 came within one win of sweeping the Renegades the last time they played them at "The Joe." OBP Rodriguez .350 TRAFFIC JAM: The ValleyCats and Renegades saw plenty of traffic on the bases during SLG Encarnacion .453 their respective two-game sweeps in the NYPL Semifinals. The ValleyCats combined for 17 runs OPS Encarnacion .764 on 20 hits, 15 walks and two hit batsmen (37 baserunners), while the Renegades totaled 18 runs on 29 hits, 7 walks and two hit batsmen (38 baserunners). PITCHING LEADERS RENEGADE-RIPPERS: In five games against Hudson Valley this season Carlos ERA Freure 0.98 Machado is batting .591 (13-for-22) with a 1.273 OPS. Of Machado's 13 hits vs. the Renegades, W 4 players tied 4 12 have been singles. In the last series between Hudson Valley and Tri-City (@ HV, 8/23-8/25), L De Paula, Tejada 5 Machado went 9-for-10 (including 5-for-5 the last time they played each other) at the plate en G De Paula 18 route to a 15-for-22 week that earned him NYPL Player of the Week Honors. Nobody has played in GS Rodriguez, Tejada 7 more games against the Renegades than Austin Dennis. In eight games against Hudson Valley, SV Hardy 4 Dennis is 8-for-30 (.267 AVG). Dennis is also coming off of a 3-for-4 day in Mahoning Valley IP Rodriguez 55.2 where he hit a bases loaded double to bring home the ValleyCats' tying and go-ahead runs in SO Tejada 66 the Series-clinching victory. Despite leading the NYPL in home runs, the ValleyCats have only hit BB Moclair 30 three against the Renegades. Of those three homers, two have been hit by Nate Perry. WHIP Gonzalez 0.00 NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE STANDINGS McNamara Division W L PCT GB Home Away Div Streak Playoff Seeding Hudson Valley Renegades 45 30 .600 - 25-13 20-17 16-15 L1 1 Brooklyn Cyclones 40 35 .533 5 22-16 18-19 15-18 W2 - Staten Island Yankees 37 36 .507 7 20-16 17-20 16-16 L2 - Aberdeen IronBirds 38 37 .507 7 19-19 19-18 17-15 W1 - Pinckney Division W L PCT GB Home Away Div Streak Mahoning Valley Scrappers 42 33 .560 - 19-18 23-15 37-27 W2 2 Auburn Doubledays 41 35 .539 1.5 18-20 23-15 36-28 W1 4 Batavia Muckdogs 36 40 .474 6.5 15-23 21-17 33-31 L1 - State College Spikes 36 40 .474 6.5 13-25 23-15 31-33 W2 - West Virginia Black Bears 32 44 .421 10.5 19-19 13-25 29-35 L2 - Williamsport Crosscutters 32 44 .421 10.5 17-21 15-23 26-38 L2 - Stedler Division W L PCT GB Home Away Div Streak Tri-City ValleyCats 42 33 .560 - 21-16 21-17 16-15 L2 3 Vermont Lake Monsters 39 37 .513 3.5 22-16 17-21 18-14 W2 - Lowell Spinners 37 38 .493 5 17-20 20-18 14-19 W3 - Connecticut Tigers 29 44 .397 12 19-18 10-26 16-16 L4 - On This Day in ValleyCats History... September 8, 2014: Today marks the four-year anniversary of the ValleyCats' most recent win in the New York-Penn League Championship Series. Although the ValleyCats lost the series to State College 2-1, their lone win in the series was a 3-0 shutout on this day in 2014.