Friday Follies: Renegades fall 5-1 at Blue Rocks

Wilmington, Del. (Sept. 4, 2026) – The Hudson Valley Renegades fell to the Wilmington Blue Rocks 5-1 on Friday night at Frawley Stadium.

Hudson Valley took the lead in the top of the first inning on a leadoff home run by Jackson Lovich, but the Blue Rocks scored five unanswered runs to finish the ballgame.

Lovich’s leadoff blast in the first was the fourth leadoff homer of the season by the Renegades, but the first since Kaeden Kent on 6/28 (Game 1) at Bowling Green. All four leadoff homers by the Renegades this year have come on the road.

This was the first game in the series to not end in a shutout, as each of the first three games of the series resulted in a shutout by one team.

The Renegades committed no errors for the second straight game, but fell to 30-16 (.652) this season when they do not commit an error in a game.

Hudson Valley fell to 12-16 this season against Wilmington, with the loss tonight clinching the season series for the Blue Rocks.

RHP Sean Paul Liñan (5.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K) struck out five batters across five innings in his final start of the 2026 season with the Renegades.

Liñan allowed two runs in the first inning and another in the second before settling in to keep the Blue Rocks off the board for the remainder of his start.

Liñan’s five strikeouts increased his season total to 106 between the Renegades and Somerset Patriots, among the top 10 among Yankees minor leaguers this year. He finishes his 2026 with 98 strikeouts with Hudson Valley, fourth-most on the team.

Liñan has allowed three earned runs or fewer in six straight games with the Renegades. His six hits allowed on Friday were his most since 6/28 (Game 2) at Bowling Green.

DH Jackson Lovich (1-for-4, R, HR, RBI) hit a leadoff home run in the top of the first inning off Carson Fischer for the only Renegades run of the game.

Lovich’s home run was his 24^th of the season between the Renegades and Single-A Tampa. He also has 88 RBIs, the most among Yankees minor leaguers this season.

Lovich has reached base in 19 of his last 20 games played and has a .399 on-base percentage with Hudson Valley.

RF Dean Toigo (3-for-3) has gotten on base in 18 of his first 20 professional games. Friday night was his second three-hit game and his sixth multi-hit game.

Toigo has hits in five of his last six games played.

RHP Brandon Decker (1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K) threw a scoreless inning, his third straight scoreless appearance.

Since 7/26, Decker is 3-0 with a 0.57 ERA (15.2 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 10 BB, 15 K) across 11 appearances.

RHP Chris Veach (1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K) threw a scoreless inning in his first game with Hudson valley since 5/17 after returning from Somerset this week.

Veach has allowed one run across his last 10 appearances since 5/23.