Walsh homers, drives in 4 as Blue Rocks blank Renegades

WILMINGTON, Del. (Interstat) — Jacob Walsh hit a two-run home run and a two-run single, driving in four runs, to lead the Wilmington Blue Rocks to a 6-0 victory over the Hudson Valley Renegades on Tuesday at Daniel S. Frawley Stadium.

Wilmington scored three runs in the second inning, two in the third and one in the fourth. Walsh homered to right-center in the second, scoring Angel Feliz, and Eli Willits followed with an RBI triple to give the Blue Rocks a 3-0 lead. Walsh’s two-run single in the third scored Ronny Cruz and Luke Dickerson. Cruz added an RBI double in the fourth.

Bryan Polanco (8-1) earned the win, pitching 3 2/3 scoreless innings and allowing two hits while striking out four. Austin Amaral struck out three over 1 1/3 hitless innings. Luis Serna (7-7) took the loss for Hudson Valley, which managed just two hits. Eric Genther went 1 for 3 for the Renegades.

Wilmington outhit Hudson Valley 8-2. The Renegades fell to 67-63, while the Blue Rocks improved to 68-62. The game lasted 1 hour, 44 minutes and drew 2,041 fans.