Pirates' Konnor Griffin makes history only done once in MLB in last 85 years
Griffin remains incredibly special.
Pirates' Konnor Griffin makes history only done once in MLB in last 85 years originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The days when Konnor Griffin got off to a slow start to his MLB career seem like a long time ago.
He's been 20 years old for less than a month, and the Pittsburgh Pirates phenom is in a groove. On Wednesday night, Griffin went 4-for-5 with three runs scored for the Pirates. He raised his season average to .
278 and his OPS to . 738. All four hits were singles, but that wasn't a big deal.
He was coming around to score regardless. The Pirates won the game over the St. Louis Cardinals , 7-0, as well -- so they'll gladly take that 4-for-5 out of Griffin.