Let's Be Frank
WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY -In the first international rules extra-inning game in Hudson Valley Renegades history, shortstop Tyler Frank provided the game-winning single to left-center to give the Renegades a 4-3, 10 inning win Friday night over the Vermont Lake Monsters at Dutchess StadiumThe Renegades drew first blood in the third.
WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY -In the first international rules extra-inning game in Hudson Valley Renegades history, shortstop
The Renegades drew first blood in the third. With two out and shortstop Tyler Frank at first following a single, catcher
However, the Lake Monsters stormed back in the sixth thanks to one swing of the bat. After a fielder's choice and single put runners at first and second with one out, shortstop Jeremy Eierman belted a three-run homer over the leftfield wall to give the Lake Monsters a 3-2 lead. The dinger was Eierman's fourth of the season.
Hudson Valley came right back to tie the game in the bottom-half. After a leadoff walk by first baseman
Things stayed that way until the 10th when the Lake Monsters put runners at the corners with one away. However, Renegades reliever
The win went to Myers whose double-play ball was the only 0.2 he would pitch on the evening. The win moved him to 2-0 for the season. The tough-luck loser was Vermont relief man
Though he didn't figure in the decision, reliever
Hudson Valley had eight hits with two apiece coming from Frank and Ostberg. Frank singled twice, scored twice, and drove in the game-winner, while Ostberg doubled twice and drove in two runs. Stone chipped in by going 2-4 with an RBI triple. Vermont had six hits with no one registering more than one.
The Renegades will take on the Vermont Lake Monsters tomorrow in game two of their three-game series Dutchess Stadium with a 6:05 start. Left-hander