Heston Kjerstad led the Orioles' Triple-A affiliate Norfolk Tides to a 26-11 rout Wednesday night.
Kjerstad is batting .583 with four homers and 18 RBIs in five games, while Stowers is hitting .400 with five homers and 14 RBIs. Holliday, a son of seven-time All-Star Matt Holliday, is hitting .400 with two homers and eight RBIs for the Tides, who are off to a 4-1 start. Holliday, a 20-year-old middle infielder, was the top pick in the 2022 amateur draft.
Kjerstad, a 25-year-old outfielder ranked as the No. 48 prospect in the minors, hit a go-ahead RBI double in the first, a three-run homer in the sixth off Aaron McGarity, a two-run single in the seventh and a grand slam in the eighth against Danny Mendick, an infielder who appeared in 33 games with thelast season. The second overall pick in the 2020 amateur draft, Kjerstad set a team record for RBIs.
Stowers, a 26-year-old outfielder selected in the second round in 2019, hit two-run homers in the first off Nick Nastrini and in the sixth against Bailey Horn, and a solo shot in the seventh against McGarity. Connor Norby hit a solo homer in the fourth against Nicholas Padilla, David Bañuelos hit a two-run drive in the sixth off Horn and Peyton Burdick hit a solo drive in the ninth against Mendick.
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