Wehiwa Aloy keeps giving Chesapeake a different kind of jolt.
The Orioles’ No. 8 prospect, selected 31st overall in the 2025 Draft, stayed scorching Wednesday night with two more home runs in the Baysox’s 5-4 win over Portland at Prince George’s Stadium. It was his second two-homer game since moving up to Double-A on July 29, and his fourth multi-homer showing overall this season.
Aloy’s first blast helped Chesapeake chip away after falling behind 3-0. He sent a two-run homer to left-center in the seventh to put the Baysox on the board. Then, in the eighth, he did it again - this time with a two-run shot the other way, a full-count drive that cleared the right-field wall and pulled Chesapeake even at 4-4.
The Baysox finished the job later, when Vance Honeycutt delivered a walk-off single in the 10th.
For Aloy, the power surge has become part of the nightly routine. The 22-year-old has a hit in nine of his last 11 games and has put together a .971 OPS since Aug. 13, with five home runs over that stretch. Across two levels this year, he’s up to an .874 OPS, along with a .292 average and .500 slugging percentage, production strong enough to outweigh his higher strikeout total.
Aloy, who is from Hawaii, pointed earlier this summer to his upbringing for the strength behind the power he’s been showing.
“I think part of it comes from where I was born and raised growing up in Maui," he explained. "We grew up running on rocks barefoot, hunting and surfing, and it's those hobbies that unlock some things and strength that you can’t really teach.”
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