Pirates' Konnor Griffin celebrates 20th birthday with best game of MLB career
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Pirates' Konnor Griffin celebrates 20th birthday with best game of MLB career originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Konnor Griffin is pretty much a wily veteran now.
After debuting in the major leagues at 19 years old, the Pittsburgh Pirates ' shortstop phenom is 20 now. He celebrated his birthday on Friday, and he did it with the best game of his young MLB career. Griffin went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in a 6-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers .
The home run in and of itself was special -- it was the first of Griffin's major league career: KONNOR GRIFFIN 20TH BIRTHDAY | 20TH MLB GAME 1ST MLB HOMER š„ pic. twitter. com/TKk2f28IIo ā MLB (@MLB) April 25, 2026 MORE: This might be the weirdest way to get an inside-the-park HR Griffin would add a two-RBI hit later in the game to help polish off his night.
It was the first three-hit game he's had in MLB, too. He's also just the third player in MLB history to homer on his 20th (or younger) birthday, according to MLB Network's Sarah Langs . The first to do so was Buddy Lewis in 1936.