Kjerstad, Lucas Promoted to Triple-A Norfolk

June 5, 2023 - In conjunction with the Baltimore Orioles, the Norfolk Tides today announced that Orioles top prospects Heston Kjerstad and Easton Lucas are being promoted from Double-A Bowie to Norfolk. According to MLB Pipeline, Kjerstad is ranked #50 on their MLB Top 100 prospect list and #4 in the Orioles Top 30. Kjerstad is also ranked #91 according to Baseball America's Top 100 prospects list, and entered the season ranked #12 in Baltimore's organization. HESTON KJERSTAD (pronounced KERR-stad), 24, was... Full Story


June 4, 2023 - BOWIE, MD - Despite 10 runs from a collective 17 hits, including three hits and three RBI from Donta' Williams, the Bowie Baysox yielding a season-high 14 runs and five home runs in a 14-10 losing effort against the Harrisburg Senators on Sunday afternoon. The wild back-and-forth affair broke in Bowie's favor early. The Baysox ambushed Senators' starter Michael Cuevas with a four-run bottom of the first inning. Seven of the first eight Bowie batters reached base, as Heston Kjerstad singled to... Full Story

June 4, 2023 - FREDERICKSBURG, VA: The Delmarva Shorebirds (24-26) were walked off by the Fredericksburg Nationals (23-26) in Sunday's series finale by a score of 4-3. The Fred Nats produced the game's first run in the bottom of the fourth inning on an RBi double by Murphy Stehly to Score Sammy Infante, making it 1-0 Nationals. They added to their lead in the next frame with another RBI double, this time by Johnathon Thomas to push their advantage to 2-0. Delmarva fought back in the top of the sixth i... Full Story

June 4, 2023 - NORFOLK, VA --- The Norfolk Tides (40-17) defeated the Gwinnett Stripers (24-33), 13-4, on Sunday afternoon at Harbor Park. With 14 hits, nine walks, and two hit batsmen, the Tides had plenty of traffic on the basepaths in the game, earning the series finale win. It would be Gwinnett who got things rolling in the run department this afternoon as they scratched the game's first run in the second inning of play as Hoy Park's ground-rule double was followed by an RBI single by Joe Dunand, puttin... Full Story

• Díaz, Glendinning Drive in Four in Series Finale - Norfolk Tides (IL) June 4
• Returning Tides Highlight Bounce Back Victory - Norfolk Tides (IL) June 3
• Early Damage Piles Up On Bowie In Saturday Night Loss To Harrisburg - Bowie Baysox (EL) June 3
• Baysox Battle Back To Take Extra Inning Thriller Over Senators - Bowie Baysox (EL) June 2
• Tides Blanked On Friday Night - Norfolk Tides (IL) June 2
• Baysox Out Slugged by Senators in Second Straight Defeat - Bowie Baysox (EL) June 1
• Tides Use Late Inning Rallies To Defeat Gwinnett In Matinee Victory - Norfolk Tides (IL) June 1
• Shorebirds Lose Third Straight to Nationals - Delmarva Shorebirds (CarL) May 31
• Tides Split Twin Bill Against Gwinnett - Norfolk Tides (IL) May 31
• Baysox Nearly Blanked by Senators on Wednesday Night - Bowie Baysox (EL) May 31
• Jud Fabian Collects Five Doubles, Five RBI in Home Series vs. Blue Claws - Aberdeen IronBirds (SAL) May 31
• Shorebirds Swept by Nationals in Doubleheader - Delmarva Shorebirds (CarL) May 30
• DeLuzio Plays Hero With Walk-off Home Run - Norfolk Tides (IL) May 30
• Stallings Slams The Door In Baysox Win Over Senators - Bowie Baysox (EL) May 30
• Four Runs Not Enough as Bowie Squanders Series Finale in Akron - Bowie Baysox (EL) May 28
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June 6	EL	Bowie at Erie	6:05 p.m.
June 6	IL	Norfolk at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	6:35 p.m.
June 6	SAL	Asheville at Aberdeen	7:05 p.m.
June 6	CarL	Down East at Delmarva	7:05 p.m.
June 4	IL	Gwinnett 4 at Norfolk 13	Final
June 4	EL	Harrisburg 14 at Bowie 10	Final
June 4	CarL	Delmarva 3 at Fredericksburg 4	Final
June 4	SAL	Aberdeen 0 at Hudson Valley 9	Final
June 3	SAL	Aberdeen 2 at Hudson Valley 3	Final
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• Tides’ Joseph Rosa off to hot start after winding path to Norfolk - IL Newport News Daily Press (June 5)
• Orioles promoting Heston Kjerstad, former No. 2 overall pick, to Triple-A Norfolk - EL Annapolis Capital Gazette (June 5)
• Norfolk pulls away late in win over Gwinnett Stripers - IL Gwinnett Daily Post (June 5)
• Orioles promoting Heston Kjerstad, former No. 2 overall pick, to Triple-A Norfolk - EL Capital Gazette (June 5)
• Tides finish homestand by powering past Gwinnett - IL Virginian Pilot (June 5)
• Grayson Rodriguez pitches six shutout innings as Tides throttle Gwinnett - IL Newport News Daily Press (June 4)
• Gwinnett Stripers stifled in loss at Norfolk - IL Gwinnett Daily Post (June 4)
• First-place Tides suffer rare rout at Gwinnett’s hands - IL Virginian Pilot (June 3)
• Season-high 16 runs, gem from Allan Winans highlight Gwinnett Stripers win - IL Gwinnett Daily Post (June 3)
• First-place Tides suffer rare rout at Gwinnett’s hands - IL Newport News Daily Press (June 3)
• Humbled by demotion, Tides pitcher Grayson Rodriguez eager to start path back to Baltimore - IL Newport News Daily Press (June 2)
• Jordan Westburg’s two extra-base hits lead Tides past Stripers in matinee - IL Virginian Pilot (June 2)
• Gwinnett Stripers lose at Norfolk despite Tanner Gordon's best Triple-A start - IL Gwinnett Daily Post (June 1)
• Jordan Westburg’s two extra-base hits lead Tides past Stripers in matinee - IL Newport News Daily Press (June 1)
• Photos: Norfolk Tides defeat Gwinnett Stripers - IL Newport News Daily Press (June 1)
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