Two of the most talented young sluggers in the game had their power on full display Friday night. Alex Kirilloff and Alejandro Kirk each mashed a pair of dingers to pace their respective clubs to victories.

Kirilloff, who made his regular-season debut in The Show on April 14, was playing in his ninth career game and found the seats for his first career dinger in the third inning of the Twins' 9-1 romp of the Royals at Target Field. MLB Pipeline's No. 22 overall prospect followed a pair of walks from Byron Buxton and Nelson Cruz with a three-run blast the other way that put Minnesota ahead 4-0 early on. Two frames later, Kirilloff stepped in against Ervin Santana with the bases empty and absolutely hammered an 83.8 mph changeup into orbit. The ball traveled 416 feet at 105.5 mph.

The second-ranked Twins prospect became the first Twins player to hit his first two career home runs in the same game since Pat Meares did it on June 19, 1994 at Baltimore.

Kirilloff also worked a two-out, four-pitch walk in the seventh inning against Santana. The 23-year-old has hit safely in four straight games and is 5-for-16 in this stretch with a pair of homers, a double, five RBIs, three runs scored and a walk.

Another Twins rookie also had a memorable night. Ben Rortvedt made his big league debut with a start behind the dish and notched his first career knock with an RBI single to left in the eighth inning. Minnesota's 28th-ranked prospect came around to score later in the frame on a wild pitch by Wade Davis.

It was a milestone performance for Kirk as well as the Blue Jays cruised past the Braves 13-5 at home. Kirk posted his first multi-hit performance of the season -- second of his career -- as well as first multi-homer game and set a career-best with four RBIs. The Blue Jays' rookie stepped to the plate in the fourth inning with one on and one out and got the green light on a 3-0 pitch from Drew Smyly. Kirk did not miss the 91.4 mph fastball as he demolished it to left-center field for his second dinger of the season.

In the following frame, Kirk faced Edgar Santana with two outs and Marcus Semien at second base. After jumping ahead to 2-1 in the count, the 22-year-old backstop connected with a sinker that stayed in the middle of the plate and launched it into the seats in center. Kirk also worked a four-pitch walk in the seventh and came around to score his third run of the game on an RBI single by Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

Kirk has hit safely in four straight games and is 5-for-12 in that span.

More notable performances from rookies on Friday:

Yermín Mercedes, 1B, CWS
The 28-year-old's second-inning base knock into center off Shane Bieber extended his hitting streak to six games and helped him make a little bit of history in the process. Through 22 games, Mercedes is hitting .415 with 34 total hits, becoming just the third player in franchise history with a .400 batting average and at least 30 hits before May 1. The other two were Floyd Robinson (.441 average and 30 hits) in 1962, and Nellie Fox (.423 average and 30 hits) in 1959. The Dominican native is also the first to do it with a delicious burger named after him. Gameday »

Mitch White, RHP, LAD
It was an efficient outing for the 20th-ranked Dodgers prospect who was perfect over a pair of relief innings against the Brewers. White entered the game in the fourth and needed just eight pitches to get through the frame. In the fifth, the right-hander froze Luis Urías on a 3-2 fastball for his lone punchout of the game before getting Billy McKinney and Freddy Peralta to ground out to end the inning. It’s the second straight scoreless appearance for White, who has yielded just a hit and a pair of walks over 3 2/3 frames this season while sporting a 0.82 WHIP and .083 average against. Gameday »

Edwin Uceta, RHP, LAD
The 23-year-old made his Major League debut for the Dodgers with a start against the Brewers and allowed a pair of runs on four hits and a walk while notching the first two punchouts of his career over two frames. L.A.’s 26th-ranked prospect needed just nine pitches to navigate through the first inning – facing the minimum after coaxing Omar Narváez into an inning-ending double play following a one-out walk to Daniel Vogelbach. Uceta was tagged for a two-run shot by Jackie Bradley Jr. in the second, before escaping the frame without any further damage. Gameday »