The ball was flying in Dayton on Friday night, and two powerful teenage prospects took advantage and stole the show.

MLB No. 4 overall prospect Walker Jenkins cranked his first High-A homer and Reds No. 5 prospect Cam Collier went deep three times as Dayton topped Cedar Rapids, 11-4, at Day Air Ballpark.

Collier pulled a two-run homer to right in the first, went back-to-back with Ethan O¡¯Donnell with an opposite-field solo shot in the second and added a two-run tater to center in the sixth. He became the second Dayton player with a three-homer game at Day Air Ballpark, and only the second this season to accomplish the feat in the Midwest League. Collier¡¯s is the 24th three-homer game in the Minors in 2024.

Drafted 18th overall in the 2022 Draft as a 17-year-old, Collier seemed to find his footing in the second half of his pro debut at Single-A last summer. He's really taken strides in the power department this season at High-A, tripling his home run total from a year ago in fewer games. All told, Collier is slashing .253/.358/.446 with 18 homers and 69 RBIs through 106 games at Dayton.

¡°He¡¯s a stud,¡± Jenkins said. ¡°I was talking to him before the game, saying, ¡®Why are you still here? You¡¯re too good for this [level].¡¯ He showed that tonight.¡¯¡±

Jenkins¡¯ solo homer to right in the third came as part of a three-hit night for the 19-year-old in his 20th game at High-A, his eighth multihit game this month since joining the Kernels at the end of July.

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Jenkins missed a good chunk of the year due to a left hamstring issue, but had pretty much put it behind him entirely by the time he got to High-A. Healthy again, he¡¯s shown the full range of tools that made him a 1-1 candidate in the 2023 Draft out of the North Carolina prep ranks, and that ultimately sent him to the Twins with the 4th overall pick.

¡°I¡¯ve had little tweaks here and there but nothing ever like this,¡± Jenkins said. ¡°Solely for the fact that to get hurt in-season like that, you have to figure a way to come back and be like, ¡®OK, I¡¯m not feeling the way I normally do and I can¡¯t play the way I want to play yet.¡¯ I want to run all over and go [all out], but that¡¯s difficult to do when your hammy is still barking a little bit. Getting that out of the way -- feeling more confident in my body -- has definitely been a learning experience that I think will be good for me going forward.¡±

After getting his feet wet in his pro debut, Jenkins is now slashing .287/.396/.435 with four homers and 11 steals in 62 games across three levels in his first full pro season.

¡°I¡¯m starting to feel pretty good,¡± Jenkins said. ¡°Some of it has just been time. The more time you have, the more time you have to get better.¡±