Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles - News - April 03, 2024

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BAL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Heston Kjerstad - Plates 10 runs at Triple-AKjerstad went 5-for-7 with two home runs, two doubles, 10 RBI and two additional runs Wednesday in Triple-A Norfolk's 26-11 win over Charlotte.

ImpactThe Norfolk roster is teeming with four of the top hitting prospects in baseball in Kjerstad, Jackson Holliday, Connor Norby and Cody Mayo, and the quartet lived up to its billing Wednesday in a rout of Charlotte. Kjerstad led the way with five hits and 10 RBI, but Holliday, Norby and Mayo combined 11 hits and six RBI while No. 5 batter Kyle Stowers chipped in two home runs and seven RBI of his own. On the heels of his blistering performance at the dish, Kjerstad now owns a monstrous 1.785 OPS over five games for Norfolk on the season.

APRIL 4•ROTOWIRE

Bobby Witt - Swipes second bagWitt went 2-for-5 with a double, a run scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Orioles.

ImpactThe 23-year-old shortstop continued his blistering start to the season. Witt has recorded multiple hits in four of the Royals' first six games, batting .400 (10-for-25) with four doubles, a triple, two homers, two steals, two RBI and six runs scored. Ronald Acuna was in uncharted territory last year with his 40-70 campaign, but if any other hitter in baseball has the talent to approach those numbers, it might be Witt.

APRIL 4•ROTOWIRE

Cole Ragans - Strong start wasted WednesdayRagans came away with a no-decision in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Orioles, allowing one hit and two walks over 6.1 scoreless innings. He struck out seven.

ImpactHe retired the first 10 batters he faced, and the only Baltimore hitter to get into scoring position against Ragans was Adley Rutschman, who got stranded on second base twice. The southpaw produced 30 called or swinging strikes among his 91 pitches and exited the game with the Royals ahead 3-0, but James McArthur and Will Smith combined to blow the lead. Ragans sports 16:5 K:BB through his first 12.1 innings this season with two quality starts in two trips to the mound. He'll look to keep rolling in his next outing, which lines up for a home start early next week against the Astros.

APRIL 4•ROTOWIRE

Royals start 4-game series with the White Sox

The Kansas City Royals start a four-game series at home against the Chicago White Sox on Thursday

APRIL 4•ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kjerstad 10 RBIs, Stowers 3 homers, Holliday 4 hits lead Orioles' Tides to 26-11 win over Charlotte

Heston Kjerstad went 5 for 7 with two home runs and 10 RBIs to lead the Baltimore Orioles’ Norfolk Tides to a 26-11 rout of the the Charlotte Knights in the Triple-A International...

APRIL 4•ASSOCIATED PRESS

'No. 1-type arm' Ragans outduels Burnes as Royals drop finaleBALTIMORE -- Left-hander Cole Ragans had to wait an extra five hours to duel Orioles ace Corbin Burnes in Wednesday’s rain-delayed series fi...

APRIL 4•MLB.COM

McCann has 2-out, 2-run single in 9th, Orioles emerge from 5-hour rain delay to beat Royals 4-3James McCann had a two-out, two-run single in the ninth inning and the Baltimore Orioles emerged from a five-hour rain delay to beat the Kan...

APRIL 4•SANDIEGOUNIONTRIBUNE.COM

Royals vs

Orioles

Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles - News: Apr 3, 2024

RECAP

BOX SCORE

PLAY-BY-PLAY

ODDS

NEWS

SOCIAL

Royals start 4-game series with the White Sox

Kjerstad 10 RBIs, Stowers 3 homers, Holliday 4 hits lead Orioles' Tides to 26-11 win over Charlotte