Sweep Lake Monsters in title series

The Hudson Valley Renegades, the minor league baseball club that plays at Dutchess County Stadium, won the New York-Penn League Championship on Sept. 14 by sweeping the Vermont Lake Monsters in a best-of-three series.

In the Renegades first playoff game, against the Staten Island Yankees on Sept. 9, Zacrey Law hit a solo homer to win it in the 13th inning. (Photo by Nick Musial/HVR)

The Class A Short Season team also won the title in 1999 and 2012.

The Renegades held the Lake Monsters to one hit in Burlington to win, 6-0. On Sept. 13, they took the first game in the series, 3-2, at home in 13 innings.

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