CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Heston Kjerstad went 5-for-7 with two residence 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 night time.
Kyle Stowers had three homers, 4 hits and 7 RBIs for the Baltimore Orioles‘ Triple-A affiliate, and No. 1 general prospect Jackson Holliday had 4 hits towards the Chicago White Sox farm group. Norfolk set group information 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 decide within the 2022 beginner 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 towards Danny Mendick, an infielder who appeared in 33 video games with the New York Mets final season. The second general decide within the 2020 beginner draft, Kjerstad set a group 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 towards Bailey Horn, and a solo shot within the seventh towards McGarity.
Connor Norby hit a solo homer within the fourth towards Nicholas Padilla, David Bañuelos hit a two-run drive within the sixth off Horn and Peyton Burdick hit a solo drive within the ninth towards Mendick.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
