Heston Kjerstad went 5-for-7 with two house runs and 10 RBIs to guide the Norfolk Tides to a 26-11 rout of the Charlotte Knights within the Triple-A Worldwide League on Wednesday evening.
Kyle Stowers had three homers, 4 hits and 7 RBIs for the Baltimore Orioles’ Triple-A affiliate, and No. 1 total prospect Jackson Holliday had 4 hits in opposition to the Chicago White Sox farm crew. Norfolk set crew data for runs, hits (29) and residential runs (eight).
Kjerstad is batting .583 (14-for-24) with 4 homers and 18 RBIs in 5 video games, whereas Stowers is hitting .400 (10-for-25) with 5 homers and 14 RBIs. Holliday, a son of seven-time All-Star Matt Holliday, is hitting .400 (10-for-25) with two homers and eight RBIs for the Tides, who’re off to a 4-1 begin. Holliday, a 20-year-old center infielder, was the highest choose within the 2022 novice draft.
Kjerstad, a 25-year-old outfielder ranked because the No. 48 prospect within the minors, hit a go-ahead RBI double within the first, a three-run homer within the sixth off Aaron McGarity, a two-run single within the seventh and a grand slam within the eighth in opposition to Danny Mendick, an infielder who appeared in 33 video games with the New York Mets final season. The second total choose within the 2020 novice draft, Kjerstad set a crew report for RBIs.
Stowers, a 26-year-old outfielder chosen within the second spherical in 2019, hit two-run homers within the first off Nick Nastrini and within the sixth in opposition to Bailey Horn, and a solo shot within the seventh in opposition to McGarity.
Connor Norby hit a solo homer within the fourth in opposition to Nicholas Padilla, David Bañuelos hit a two-run drive within the sixth off Horn and Peyton Burdick hit a solo drive within the ninth in opposition to Mendick.
The Related Press contributed to this report.