After earning his second promotion of the season, Pittsburgh Pirates infield prospect Konnor Griffin has continued to show why he deserves the title of No. 1 prospect in all of baseball. The only thing that eluded him through his first eight games at the Double-A level was a home run, but that changed – and then some – on Friday night.
Leading off for Altoona against the Washington Nationals' Double-A affiliate in Harrisburg, Griffin went 3-for-5 with not one, but two home runs in a 14-3 win on Friday. His first career multi-homer game included a three-run blast in the fifth inning and a two-run shot in the ninth inning, giving him a new career-high of seven RBI in a single game.